FED: Childcare cash headed for families as election nears

AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2007
FED: Childcare cash headed for families as election nears

Thousands of parents will receive a childcare cash bonus of up to for-thousand-200
dollars from the federal government as they prepare to go to the polling booths.

The payment will also roughly coincide with the release of the controversially delayed
2005-06 childcare rebate .. to be paid via a families 2006-07 tax return.

Childcare campaigner REBECCA BARTEL has told the Australian newspaper it appears the
payments were held off to be used as election sweeteners for families.

The childcare bonus already was announced in the budget and is based on the hours a
child spends in daycare with the maximum at 50 hours.

Most children spend about 22 hours a week in daycare .. equating to a bonus payment
of about 800 dollars for a child per year.

AAP RTV dr/wz

KEYWORD: CHILDCARE (SYDNEY)

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