Free daycare demand for jobless families Kids miss out on daycare when parents can’t pay the $14-per-day ‘gap fee’, child advocates warn
Parenting by NATASHA BITA
Premium Content Exclusive: Childcare experts are demanding free daycare for kids with parents on the dole. Early Childhood Australia chief executive Samantha Page said all children should be able to attend childcare at least two days a week - even if their parents are out of work or too poor to pay a gap fee. Shonna-Lee Johnson and Christiana Rory building models at Indi Kindi. Picture: Wayne Quilliam It is a complicated system and out of pocket costs are genuinely too high for some families, she said.
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