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September 23rd, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
VICTORIA may lose 4000 childcare spots in 2012 under new Government rules to boost staff-to-child ratios at childcare centres. Picture: Supplied
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VICTORIA could lose 4000 childcare spots next year under new Government rules to boost staff-to-child ratios at child care centres.
And those parents who can find a place for their child could be slugged as much as $13 a day more for the service.
The Childcare Centres Association of Victoria (CCAV), which represents more than 600 privately-run centres, says pain is coming for operators and parents.
It forecasts a kinder teacher drought in 2014, when rules cut the ratios applying to older age groups.
CCAV chief executive Frank Cusmano said there already was a chronic shortage of kinder teachers and 800 more would be needed.
More changes, due by 2016, are tipped by centre operators to cost parents an extra $13-$22 a day on top of the first $13 rise.
From January 1, state and federal regulations require one staff member for each four children under three years old. It’s one to five now.
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The Federal Government says Access Economics modelling of an $80,000-a-year family with a child in full-time care found its reforms would increase fees 57 cents a week, rising to $8.67 a week by 2014.
However, Glen Eira Council is raising its fees for under-threes by $25 a day, partly offset for parents receiving the Federal Childcare Rebate.
GoodStart childcare, a non-profit coalition of community groups that runs 659 ABC Learning Centres, expects a rise of as much as $7 a day and an average increase of $3 to $5.
The Federal Government says operators are working on wrong assumptions about staff numbers and wages and many Victorian centres already meet coming regulations.
Mr Cusmano, though, said claims the coming cost rise was 57 cents a week were “just ludicrous”.
The CCAV expects a daily slug of up to $13 and an increase in the squeeze on places.
Mr Cusmano said centres would face two unhappy choices – hire more staff or reduce available childcare places.
A survey of CCAV members found 71 per cent planned to shed places rather than raise fees to cover extra staff.
“It is a lose-lose situation, probably,” Mr Cusmano said.
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