Image: Australian Childcare Alliance.
The National Farmers Federation and the Regional Australia Institute have this week joined a growing number of groups pushing to for big changes to the number of childcare places available in rural Australia.
The two organisations have joined the Access for Every Child Coalition launched it says is to “ensure families in the bush receive the same access to early childhood education and care as their city counterparts”.
“The juggle of raising a family and running a farm business is tricky at the best of times. Add into the equation limited or even no childcare options, and farming families are really left behind,” Tony Mahar, Chief Executive of Coalition member the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) said…