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Adrian Black

Childcare desert sucking the life out of regional towns

Tegan Podubinski and her husband Ty balance jobs with childcare for their children Ida and Henry (HANDOUT/YASMIN ROSE PHOTOGRAPHY)

For psychologist and mother-of-two, Tegan Podubinski, a lack of childcare access will leave her community 20 weeks poorer in mental health services this year.

"We have have a very limited mental health workforce," Dr Podubinski told AAP.

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