Federal government to also fund council-run childcare

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Breaking: The federal government has extended its childcare funding to council-run services on the same day the NSW government announced it would spend $82 million to prop up the ailing sector | AngusGthompson

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The federal government has extended its childcare funding to council-run services on the same day the NSW government announced it would spend $82 million to prop up the ailing sector.

Local Government NSW Linda Scott, who unsuccessfully urged Prime Minister Scott Morrison to include local government employees in the $1500-a-fortnight JobKeeper payments passed by federal Parliament last night, said the state government funding would save jobs and support communities. "If a provider/service is run by local government, or otherwise not eligible for JobKeeper Payment, it may be eligible for supplementary payment," the sheet states.

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