Almost 200 Australian childcare providers being investigated over Covid-19 funding rules

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The education department is investigating more than 190 childcare providers in Australia over complaints that they may have breached funding rules during the temporary Covid-19 relief package.

Guardian Australia can reveal these investigations were triggered after the department received more than 1,900 tip-offs between early April and early June.

The figures illustrate the level of concern within the community over how the government’s “free childcare” package was being implemented, amid reports some families were struggling to access care because services struggled with a drop-off in available funding.

Read more:  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/11/almost-200-australian-childcare-providers-being-investigated-over-covid-19-funding-rules

Stock image of children at the Robertson Street Kindy Childcare Centre in Helensburgh, south of Sydney, Australia

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