PHOTO: Deputy Premier Paul Toole gets a taste of Bourke’s early childhood services.
Childcare services in Bourke are in crisis. After forty years without Capital Works Funding from either State or Federal Governments the roof of the Oxley Street Childcare building collapsed in September 2022 making the building unusable.
The only course of action was to relocate and combine all services into the Bourke and District Children’s Services building on Gorrell Ave.
With 2021 census data for Bourke showing that 60% of children residing in town are vulnerable and data showing that children five years and under are the fastest growing population group in the district the need for quality services will only escalate…