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| Row over childcare reform costs | August 25, 2010 | |
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Herald Sun - Elissa Doherty - August 25, 2010
The Child Care Centres Association of Victoria said many parents would not be able to afford care with the changes, and different ratios could cost 3000 places...
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| Parents let down - again | August 25, 2010 | |
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Herald Sun - August 25, 2010
FOLLOWING hard on the heels of the Federal Government's failure to honour its childcare election promises, parents have been dealt another blow...
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| Pledges favour parents | August 21, 2010 | |
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Herald Sun - Susie O'Brien - August 21, 2010
FAMILY policies such as paid parental leave, education rebates and cheaper childcare are on offer to attract the votes of Aussie mums and dads...
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| Phlegmatic response to our germ warfare | August 21, 2010 | |
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The Australian - Emma Tom - August 21, 2010
If, on the other hand, you've had contact with that haven of germ warfare known as the childcare centre, both you and your rhinoviruses are welcome...
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| Operators fear childcare fee hikes | August 14, 2010 | |
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ABC Online - Jennifer Macey - August 13, 2010
At a forum on child care in Sydney last night, childcare workers gave the politicians a grilling. Minister for Early Childhood Education Kate Ellis said...
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| Families face child care choices | August 14, 2010 | |
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Sydney Morning Herald - Kim Christian - August 13, 2010
With more than 800 babies born daily in Australia, thousands of parents each week face the choice of staying at home with their children or placing them in child care...
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| Woman jailed over childcare fraud | August 14, 2010 | |
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Sydney Morning Herald - August 13, 2010
A woman inflated attendance figures at her childcare centre in Adelaide to falsely claim almost $60000 from three government agencies, a court has heard...
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| Time to get tough for our children's sake | August 12, 2010 | |
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The Age - Pam Cahir - August 12, 2010
The early education and care policies put forward at this election will have profound effects on Australia's future and differences are emerging between...
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| Union suggests childcare cost fears are 'alarmist' | August 10, 2010 | |
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Courier Mail - Margaret Wenham - August 10, 2010
PARENTS with children in daycare face only minimal out-of-pocket expenses under major federal government reforms, the childcare union claims...
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| Parents face $33-a-day rise for childcare | August 9, 2010 | |
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The Daily Telegraph - Sue Dunlevy - August 09, 2010
PARENTS face fee rises of up to $33 per child per day when the Federal Government requires childcare centres to employ more and better qualified staff...
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| Childcare on the table after birth-rate high | August 8, 2010 | |
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Sydney Morning Herald - Rachel Browne - August 8, 2010
CHILDCARE is shaping as an election decider with services full or near capacity in a majority of marginal seats in NSW. In 2008 there were 296600 births...
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| Leaders pull out extra cash to woo families | August 8, 2010 | |
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Sydney Morning Herald - Jessica Wright - August 8, 2010
The Coalition has also promised the reindexation of the childcare rebate, which would provide an extra $300 for families claiming the maximum tax rebate...
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| Parents get advance to cope with cost of living | August 5, 2010 | |
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Sydney Morning Herald - Ari Sharp - August 5, 2010
Labor's plan would also allow recipients of the Family Tax Benefit to get an advance on their payments of up to $1000, depending on their circumstances...
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| Dealing in family matters | August 4, 2010 | |
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Sydney Morning Herald - August 4, 2010
But so far this campaign, childcare has amounted to little more than a front in the war of words over cost-of-living pressures. On taking office...
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| G8 continues growth spurt | August 3, 2010 | |
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Gold Coast Bulletin - Nick Nichols - August 3rd, 2010
G8 Education continues to grow its childcare empire after yesterday buying another 20 centres in NSW and Queensland in a deal worth up to $20 million...
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| There's no harm done being a working mum | August 2, 2010 | |
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Herald Sun - Felicity Williams - August 02, 2010
MUMS can return to work within a year of giving birth without harming their babies' development, a landmark report shows...
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| Coalition ditches nanny rebate | July 31, 2010 | |
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The Australian - Patricia Karvelas - July 31, 2010
THE Coalition has dumped a plan to give families a rebate for half the cost of nannies, au pairs or grandparents paid for childcare...
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| Experts urge childcare commitment | July 30, 2010 | |
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Herald Sun - July 30, 2010
A SLIDE in the nation's commitment to improving early childhood education would significantly damage Australia's economy, a leading advocacy group...
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| G8 buys two more childcare centres | July 28, 2010 | |
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Gold Coast Bulletin - Nick Nichols - July 28, 2010
GOLD Coast-based childcare centre operator G8 Education has snared two more childcare centres, this time in Sydney. The company, headed by former S8 team...
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| Early starts translate well | July 28, 2010 | |
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The Advertiser - Candice Keller - July 27, 2010
A trial being conducted at nine preschools and childcare centres around South Australia is examining the benefit of introducing kindergarten students to a second language...
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| Abbott to stall childcare reforms | July 27, 2010 | |
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The Australian - Matthew Franklin - July 27, 2010
TONY Abbott has promised to delay introducing new rules requiring childcare providers to hire more teachers with better qualifications...
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| Calls for more childcare support | July 21, 2010 | |
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Sydney Morning Herald - July 21, 2010
Both major parties have been called on to do more to help parents struggling with rising childcare costs. Childcare Alliance Australia (CAA) will issue an...
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| Children entitled to more preschool time | July 21, 2010 | |
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ABC Online - July 20, 2010
The SA Government says it is part of a program to boost enrolments and increase children's access to preschool. Minister for Early Childhood Development...
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| Greens query childcare data | July 20, 2010 | |
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The Age - Jewel Topsfield - July 20, 2010
THE reliability of figures used to justify breaking a key 2007 federal election promise on childcare have come under attack, with an investigation by the Greens...
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| Leaders try to keep it all in family | July 20, 2010 | |
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Herald Sun - Susie O'Brien - July 19, 2010
There's the undertaking to pay the childcare rebate fortnightly, which will make a huge difference to many working families struggling to afford childcare...
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| School computer scheme probed | July 20, 2010 | |
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The Australian - Natasha Bita - July 17, 2010
The auditor also plans to probe the administration of $2bn a year in childcare subsidies to families, as well as the Council of Australian Governments agreement...
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| Rudd and Gillard's wins, stuff-ups | July 17, 2010 | |
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Herald Sun - July 16, 2010
*Plan for 260 new childcare centres axed - Dumped 2007 election promise to build 260 childcare centres on school grounds to avoid the "dreaded double drop off"...
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| Major law firms in bidding war on parental leave | July 16, 2010 | |
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The Australian - Nicola Berkovic - July 16, 2010
"The cost of childcare and the lack of deductibility, together with the fact that rebates are for good reason targeted at lower and middle-income women...
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| Union attacks coalition childcare review | July 16, 2010 | |
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Sydney Morning Herald - July 15, 2010
Opposition childcare spokeswoman Sharman Stone says fees will rise and centres will close if the government goes ahead with plans to lift quality standards...
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| PM warns of cuts in 'lean' campaign | July 16, 2010 | |
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The Australian - Joe Kelly - July 15, 2010
The Prime Minister dismissed an ideological "free-market" approach to the delivery of key services including hospitals, aged care facilities, childcare centres...
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| Libs promise swift action on childcare rebates | July 15, 2010 | |
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The Australian - Patricia Karvelas - July 15, 2010
THE Coalition has vowed to deliver weekly childcare rebate payments to parents months earlier than Labor. The move came as the pre-election campaigning...
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| Rescuing centres from financial disaster | July 15, 2010 | |
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The Australian - Glenda Korporaal - July 15, 2010
McGRATHNICOL partners Chris Honey and Jason Ireland still remember the call that was to dominate their lives for the next 18 months. In October 2008, they were called to...
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| Household shift has politicians perplexed | July 14, 2010 | |
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Daily Telegraph - Sue Dunlevy - July 13, 2010
Childcare subsidies, increased family tax benefits and paid parental leave, the policy fare of recent election campaigns, are meaningless to people who are childless...
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| Why is Labor ignoring child care cost blowouts? | July 14, 2010 | |
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Australia.TO - Dr Sharman Stone - July 13, 2010
For the sake of working families the Gillard Labor Government must do better with child care costs than its promise to pay child care rebate fortnightly in a year's time...
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| Childcare rebate changes ease home budget pain | July 10, 2010 | |
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Sydney Morning Herald - Kirsty Needham - July 10, 2010
FAMILIES can opt to have the childcare rebate paid fortnightly from next year or paid directly to a childcare centre to reduce fees, the federal government says...
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| Fortnightly childcare rebates hailed | July 10, 2010 | |
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The Australian - Patricia Karvelas - July 10, 2010
JULIA Gillard has tried to win over families, promising parents they will get childcare rebate payments fortnightly from July 1 next year. The move to ease cost-of-living...
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| Childcare sector is not as simple as ABC | July 10, 2010 | |
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Sydney Morning Herald - Carolyn Cummins - July 10, 2010
THE collapse and consequent change in ownership of the former ABC Learning Group has opened up opportunities for other operators in the childcare sector but finding locations...
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| Year 7 school switch gets the nod | July 10, 2010 | |
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Courier Mail - Tanya Chilcott - July 09, 2010
... and private schools raise the possibility of establishing more kindergartens on their sites - signalling a potential battle with the childcare sector...
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