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budget funding for childcare may help families but educators are still being paid pennies

  • Written by Tamara Cumming, Senior Lecturer, Charles Sturt University
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The government has committed an additional A$1.7 billion over five years to reduce the cost of childcare for around 250,000 families with more than one child. Another $1.6 billion is going into ensuring each four-year-old child gets 15 hours of preschool a week.

But these budget announcements, framed in part as being a boost for...

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