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Poppy Johnston

PM weighs in on fresh push for free or cheap childcare

The prime minister says universal child care provision would be a valued national asset. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Families could end up paying just $10 a day for three days a week of high-quality early childhood education as momentum builds to reform the troubled system.

Early learning and parenting groups have rallied around a Centre for Policy Development plan to fix the ailing system, including a proposal for three days a week of free or low-cost learning for all children.

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