The Sydney Morning Herald (22.7.14) reports that the Federal Government rejects the Productivity Commission recommendation on childcare. ‘The minister responsible for childcare, Sussan Ley appeared open to the idea of government-supported nannies – if they were employed within the “existing regulated system”‘.
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