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Parents disappointed that free childcare introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic has not been continued

Lucy Williams

SWAN Hill parents are disappointed free four-year-old kindergarten attendance introduced during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic has not been renewed. Neither the state nor the federal budget continued the program, which also catered for eligible three-year-olds, according to Marg Hartshorn, at Swan Hill’s Young Adventurers Early Childhood Services. Prior to the federal budget local […]

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