Coronavirus: Childcare package to cost $1.6 billion over 12 weeks

Sally Whyte
Updated May 19 2020 - 8:03pm, first published 8:00pm
Childcare centres have been able to keep their doors open but the package hasn't been a perfect solution. Picture: Karleen Minney
Childcare centres have been able to keep their doors open but the package hasn't been a perfect solution. Picture: Karleen Minney

Free childcare has so far cost the government just under $1 billion, but the minister responsible has signalled it won't last past the end of June.

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Sally Whyte

Sally Whyte

Federal Politics Reporter

I report on a range of issues in federal politics and the public service, with a real passion for how decisions made in Canberra affect the lives of Australians.

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