Premier Daniel Andrews said the preschool reforms would also benefit women,who often bear the brunt of a lack of access to childcare.Credit:Penny Stephens
As a sign of co-operation between the two biggest states – which both have elections within the next 12 months – Andrews and Perrottet co-authored a letter of intent that called the transformation to early childhood education “a long-term policy commitment that will change lives”.
The new childcare centres will deliver childcare,kinder and pre-prep programs and will be built in suburbs with long waiting lists for childcare spots,boosting the overall supply by between 3 and 5 per cent.