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Labor hitches election fortunes to early childhood education

Children playing at a childcare centre Canberra

Children playing at a childcare centre at Canberra. Source: SBS

The federal opposition has announced a huge new investment in early childhood education if it wins the next election. They're proposing a plan worth nearly two billion dollars to extend preschool to three-year-olds. But whilst those on the Labor party's side of politics are spruiking the benefits of the plan, the federal government is claiming Labor can't pay for its promise.


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By Sunil Awasthi

Presented by Brwa Mohamed

Source: SBS




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The federal opposition has announced a huge new investment in early childhood education if it wins the next election. They're proposing a plan worth nearly two billion dollars to extend preschool to three-year-olds. But whilst those on the Labor party's side of politics are spruiking the benefits of the plan, the federal government is claiming Labor can't pay for its promise.



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