Queenslandâs costliest and cheapest suburbs for daycare Daycare costs are soaring â and some centres cost 50 per cent more than others. Check our list to compare costs in Queensland.
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Subscriber only  Daycare fees are rocketing above $35,000 a year in some parts of the state, with families in some suburbs slugged twice as much as others for high-quality care. As childcare costs eclipse elite private school fees and mortgage payments, the nation s costliest and cheapest suburbs for daycare can be revealed. Brisbane s most expensive daycare is in the CBD, where fees average $146 a day - or $35,000 for full-time care over 48 weeks a year.
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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
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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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