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Islanders unhappy about changes preventing hiring of more child-care staff, MLA says • Apr. 18, 2025, 5:40 AM ET (CBC)
Adams Cancels Preschool Cuts as Child Care Emerges as Election Issue • Apr. 16, 2025, 11:59 PM ET (New York Times)
These women say $10-a-day daycare is their top federal election issue • Apr. 14, 2025, 11:37 PM ET (CBC)
Coalition pledges $20b Regional Australia Future Fund to improve health, child care and infrastructure inequalities • Apr. 9, 2025, 7:28 PM ET (ABC News (Australia))
Privatising child care and aged care promised lower costs, more choice. Experts say some consequences are 'devastating' • Mar. 22, 2025, 9:09 AM ET (ABC News (Australia))

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Also Known As crèche • nursery school • day nursery

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Josephine Marshall Jewell Dodge
American educator