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The Australian - LABOR will toughen accreditation for child care centres and make public how they perform, Labor leader Kevin Rudd has announced. Mr Rudd said a federal Labor government would publicly release performance data so that parents coukld find out how well ...

Age - Child care centres would receive a grading from excellent to unsatisfactory following random inspection under a Labor government. In a pitch to parents' concerns about the quality of child care, Opposition leader Kevin Rudd said Labor would introduce ...

Maine Sunday Telegram - Child care provider Melanie Collins of Falmouth is among nearly 2,200 people who will press their case for joining a union next year. Nearly 2,200 people who care for children in their homes plan to press their case for joining a union when the ...

News.com.au - The treasurer said the policy risked pushing up the price of child care. "If all you do is you increase the rebate, you do run the risk that the value will be captured by the provider," Mr Costello said. "I don't think he's given that any ...

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Washington Post - ... migrate for many of the same reasons that men do -- to escape hardship, find better opportunities, provide for their families -- but also to do jobs men don't, such as those in the booming personal service sector, including domestic work, child care ...

Austin Daily Herald - Local shortage of child care, knowledge of brain development and belief in community investment have culminated into a learning center aimed at early success for young children. The city asked legislators from local districts and bonding committees ...

St. Cloud Times - More than 300 children and families from five St. Cloud-area child care centers are involved in a 13-week pilot program designed to improve their health. Children and parents in “Better Living: Exercise & Nutrition Daily,” or BLEND, will receive ...

Bend Bulletin - Oregon recently was named one of the 10 least affordable states for full-time child care by the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies. The average price for full-time child care for a 4-year-old was $9,012 in Oregon in 2006 ...