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An economic argument for extending preschool to two years

Lobby groups are gearing up to ask for more early education funding.

Robert Bolton

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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Robert Bolton is the Education editor. He covers primary and secondary education, universities and training. Connect with Robert on Twitter. Email Robert at rbolton@afr.com

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