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<title>Tumut council won't guarantee childcare jobs</title>
<description>Tumut Mayor Trina Thompson says the council will not give any false hopes about helping out in the area of childcare.</description>
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<title>Oppn blames 'baby to stranger' bungle on stressed system</title>
<description>A baby left with a stranger shows a stressed public health system, says SA's Opposition.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07  Jan 2009 14:16:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Nurse gave newborn to stranger</title>
<description>Authorities investigate a nurse giving a newborn to a stranger in SA.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07  Jan 2009 07:46:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Tumut childcare centre staff call for council help</title>
<description>A staff member at a Tumut Childcare centre in New South Wales marked for closure is appealing to Tumut Shire Council to step in so the service stays open.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06  Jan 2009 12:04:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Woodend childcare centre to remain open</title>
<description>A childcare centre in Woodend in Victoria which was expected to close this month will remain open.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06  Jan 2009 09:25:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Japanese ABC Learning affiliate to close down</title>
<description>A Japanese education provider with ties to the failed childcare operator ABC Learning says it will shut its doors later this week.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05  Jan 2009 16:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Two WA ABC Learning centres officially shut down</title>
<description>Two ABC Learning centres in the Western Australia's South-west and Great Southern have officially been consolidated into neighbouring centres.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02  Jan 2009 12:31:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>All children catered for after ABC closures: Govt</title>
<description>The Federal Government says alternative places have been found for all the children affected by the closure of ABC learning childcare centres.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31  Dec 2008 15:48:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Twelve ABC Learning Centre close doors in WA</title>
<description>Twelve ABC Learning Centres in Western Australia will closed their doors today.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31  Dec 2008 13:11:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>ABC collapse 'hitting childcare workers hard'</title>
<description>There are concerns some staff at ABC Learning childcare centres have been struggling as a result of the company's collapse.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31  Dec 2008 07:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>ABC Learning saga an industry cry for help: LHMU</title>
<description>The LHMU says the crisis that plagued embattled ABC Learning shows the industry can no longer be ignored by policymakers.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30  Dec 2008 13:04:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Childcare centre closures delayed</title>
<description>The proposed closure of a number of childcare centres run by Neighbourhood Early Learning Centres has been pushed back.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23  Dec 2008 20:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Colac parents push for childcare centre bailout</title>
<description>Parents are calling on the Federal Government to offer funding to a Colac childcare centre which will close next month.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23  Dec 2008 14:08:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Eurobodalla council hopes to keep childcare centre open</title>
<description>There are further moves to keep troubled childcare centres open in south-east New South Wales.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23  Dec 2008 10:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Govt under fire over Colac childcare centre closure</title>
<description>The Federal Opposition says the Government should have foreseen the closure of a childcare centre in Colac.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22  Dec 2008 15:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Govt urged to save Cobram learning centre</title>
<description>A northern Victorian MP is calling on the State Government to stop the closure of the Cobram West Neighbourhood Early Learning Centre.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22  Dec 2008 14:29:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Council helps families deal with childcare closures</title>
<description>The Macedon Ranges Council is trying to help families affected by the planned closure of two childcare centres at Woodend and Gisborne next month.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22  Dec 2008 14:04:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Tumut mum angry over childcare centre closure</title>
<description>A Tumut woman has spoken of her anger at being told her son's childcare centre will close on Wednesday week.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22  Dec 2008 09:43:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Childcare centre closures shows Govt's 'gross negligence'</title>
<description>The Opposition says the imminent closure of 11 childcare centres with links to ABC Learning shows the Government's been negligent.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20  Dec 2008 00:21:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Parents will struggle to find alternative childcare: union</title>
<description>A union says parents affected by the closure of 11 Neighbourhood Learning childcare centres will struggle to find alternative childcare.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19  Dec 2008 21:41:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Doors to close on Colac childcare centre</title>
<description>The child care workers union says 20 staff in Colac will lose their jobs when a south-west Victorian childcare centre closes at the end of the year.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19  Dec 2008 15:03:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Crisis hits another childcare group</title>
<description>Another childcare company is in trouble, with the Neighbourhood Early Learning Centre closing 14 of its sites.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19  Dec 2008 13:38:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Closure looms for Narrabri ABC Learning centre</title>
<description>Staff at the Narrabri ABC Learning centre have been told the centre will close on December 31.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19  Dec 2008 08:45:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Receivers appointed to oversee ABC Learning</title>
<description>The New South Wales Supreme Court has appointed receivers to oversee the future of nearly 250 failed ABC Learning childcare centres.</description>
<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/18/2450593.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18  Dec 2008 19:01:00 +1100</pubDate>
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