Rising childcare fees deter more parents from returning to work
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Almost 17,000 more people are not working across Australia because they are caring for children at home due to the cost of childcare, as fees continue to rise beyond the rate of inflation.
The latest data released by the Productivity Commission shows childcare fees rose by 5.6 per cent to a national median of $523 between 2019 and 2020. The biggest increases were in the ACT, Victoria and NSW.
ACT parents paid $595 for a child to attend 50 hours of centre-based care per week in 2020, while Victorians paid $546 and NSW parents paid $535.
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British Red Cross and St John Ambulance Cymru volunteers to support COVID-19 vaccination in Wales
This article is old - Published: Wednesday, Dec 16th, 2020
The British Red Cross and St John Ambulance Cymru are preparing to support the coronavirus vaccination in a number of Welsh health boards.
Teams at both charities have been working with health boards to ensure volunteers are ready and able to support with the COVID-19 vaccination programme following the announcement of the approval of the Pfizer vaccine.
The start date is likely to be in the New Year and planning is ongoing with training commencing imminently in readiness.
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