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Urgency Debate: Childcare in Australia

Debate Transcript | Spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young
Friday 14th November 2008, 5:11pm

Senator HANSON-YOUNG (South Australia) (3.53 p.m.)—I move:

That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:

The collapse of ABC Learning and its effect on childcare across Australia, which requires an urgent response from the Government including an emergency summit of the key childcare providers from around the country, to ensure services to parents and children are available beyond the end of 2008.