Taken from La Trobe Valley Express (p11) 05/09/2011
OCCASIONAL Childcare services in Victoria have come under attack by the State Government when it
decided to cease funding to this style of childcare in its 2011-2012 budget.
This has the potential to leave families in rural regions with no continuing services in 2012.
Small providers such as Neighbourhood Houses will be faced with an untenable financial situation as they
continue to struggle to provide such services.
Families in Gippsland need the elected National Party members Peter Ryan, Tim Bull, and Russell Northe to stand up for regional Victoria, protect occasional childcare in their electorate by securing the release of the state's 45 per cent share of the Take a Break funding immediately.
The release of the 45 per cent funding will allow for the continuance of OCC in regional Victoria.
I ask the National Party ministers to remember what happened in the 1990s when they were a part of a
Coalition Government with the Liberals, and not allow the situation to occur again.
Stand up for country families; ensure the ongoing funding of occasional childcare service or hang
your heads in shame.
Glenys McBride, Heyfield.
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