Childcare fees are stopping these families from working. Here s what could help
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Jana Firestone and her partner pulled their children out of childcare when fees increased to an impossible figure.
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Mother of two Jana Firestone says she isn t asking for handouts. We don t expect to be given a free ride, she tells ABC RN s Life Matters, but says her childcare centre s fees became simply impossible to pay when they were increased earlier this year to $157 per child, per day.
She and her partner reluctantly pulled their children out of childcare, dropping a day of work each to care for them.