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Researchers have told The Weekend Australian that the rise in the number of infants in childcare -- 277930 aged under 24 months in the March quarter last year, 9.5 per cent more than the previous year -- meant research was
necessary to evaluate how ..."],["2300","http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/industrial-relations/childcare-union-demands-13bn-in-staff-pay-rises/story-fn59noo3-1226261289456","Childcare union demands $1.3bn in staff pay rises","The Australian - Ewin Hannan - February 03, 2012
The Gillard government faces wage demands from a female-dominated low-paid workforce, with the union representing childcare workers seeking $1.3 billion in funding to finance pay rises for 60,000 workers…"],["2299","http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/12784948/au-pairs-the-answer-to-childcare-woes/","Au pairs the answer to childcare woes","The West Australian - Kate Bastians and Angela Pownall - February 2, 2012
Working parents are hiring au pairs and nannies in record numbers to cope with their busy lifestyles. Agencies which link in-home carers with families say the demand is also being driven by long childcare waiting lists, fly-in fly-out dads in need of 24/7 help..."],["2298","http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2012/02/01/436111_miranda.html","Childcare halting careers","Weekly Times Now - Genevieve Barlow - February 1, 2012
Childcare is prohibitively expensive, but can young mothers afford to be out of the workforce for long? How many young mums on farms and in towns don't go back to work because the income they can earn doesn't cover the cost of childcare? Or perhaps childcare in its many forms..."],["2297","http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8411206","Governments spend $71.5bn on education","Ninemsn - January 31, 2012
One dollar in every $20 spent on goods and services in Australia in 2009/10 was government funding for education. Federal, state and territory governments spent $71.5 billion on early childhood, school, vocational and higher education in that year, a new report says..."]]);
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