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	<title>Crikey &#187; childcare</title>
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		<title>Funding cuts force closure of &#8216;occasional&#8217; child care centres</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/15/funding-cuts-force-closure-of-occasional-child-care-centres/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/15/funding-cuts-force-closure-of-occasional-child-care-centres/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey Intern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funding to neighbourhood-based occasional child care was cut in the last federal budget. While most states have picked up the slack, Victorian centres are set to close. Mothers and support groups are unhappy, writes <b>Iona Salter</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mungo: Rudd slowly shedding Dr Jekyll image in favour of Hyde</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/27/mungo-rudd-slowly-shedding-dr-jekyll-image-in-favour-of-hyde/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/27/mungo-rudd-slowly-shedding-dr-jekyll-image-in-favour-of-hyde/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are still getting glimpses of the old Kevin '07, the avuncular figure who won the nation’s trust a mere three years ago. But it is a safe bet that in the weeks ahead we will see rather less of Mr Nice Guy.]]></description>
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		<title>Irvine: Good childcare = more working women? Duh&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/time-to-tackle-the-elephant-in-the-creche-20100413-s7dx.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/time-to-tackle-the-elephant-in-the-creche-20100413-s7dx.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paid parental leave]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We need to stop wasting our women workers, mothers who want to work but won't because of expensive and poor quality childcare. Perhaps if we had more senior government women, we'd already have this by now, writes <b>Jessica Irvine</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Why is Australia dragging the chain on tackling health inequality?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/12/why-is-australia-dragging-the-chain-on-tackling-health-inequality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/12/why-is-australia-dragging-the-chain-on-tackling-health-inequality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[childcare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australian policy makers could learn a thing or two from a landmark report aimed at tackling inequalities in health that was released in the UK yesterday, writes <b>Melissa Sweet</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>It is late on Christmas Eve, Malcolm sleeps soundly until&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-260/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-260/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hmm? What is it?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: Obama&#8217;s presidency faces a world of trouble</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/10/mungo-obamas-presidency-faces-a-world-of-trouble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/10/mungo-obamas-presidency-faces-a-world-of-trouble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our days as Washington’s pet poodle are well and truly over; another pooch entirely is to be installed in the White House, writes <b>Mungo MacCallum</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>The Groves debacle takes ABC into Australian corporate history</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/07/the-groves-debacle-takes-abc-into-australian-corporate-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/07/the-groves-debacle-takes-abc-into-australian-corporate-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABC Learning's failure may be remember as one of Australia's most notorious corporate meltdowns, writes <b>Adam Schwab</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mem Fox: standing up for the babies</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/mem-fox-standing-up-for-the-babies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/mem-fox-standing-up-for-the-babies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child care centres]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents have an absolute right to put their babies into care but shouldn’t they be allowed to make — at the very least — a well-informed decision?, asks <b>Mem Fox</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ok, but how will Rudd&#8217;s childcare centres actually work?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/18/ok-but-how-will-rudds-childcare-centres-actually-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/18/ok-but-how-will-rudds-childcare-centres-actually-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childcare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are practical concerns over how Rudd's childcare centres would actually operate, and what their benefits would be, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>$11.9 billion per annum: costing Rudd&#8217;s child care plan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/17/119-billion-per-annum-costing-rudds-child-care-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/17/119-billion-per-annum-costing-rudds-child-care-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childcare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd's plan for one-stop shop for childcare centres would undoubtedly have significant benefits but it's still "uncosted" and no one appears to have made a stab at working out how much... until now. <b>Bernard Keane</b> crunches the numbers. ]]></description>
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