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Alyssa Clare Milton, Senior Research Fellow, University of Sydney

Nearly 500,000 Australian kids go to after school care – it needs to be more than a babysitting service

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Outside school hours care – also known as “school-aged care”, “OOSH” or “afters” – is booming.

As of 2020, it was the fastest-growing childcare sector in Australia. As of 2022, it catered to 486,310 primary school children.

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