An economic argument for extending preschool to two years
Lobby groups are gearing up to ask for more early education funding.
The Morrison government could save $15.2 billion off the budget bottom line if it was prepared to outlay more on early childhood including an extra year of pre-school, according to a group of organisations and companies which includes Woodside Energy and Andrew Forrest's Minderoo Foundation.
The government committed $450 million in the May budget to extend one year's universal access to Early Childhood Education until the end of 2020. Phil Carrick
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