Accessible childcare important for the economy and for female workers: report

Australian Opposition Leader Kim Beazley talks with children at a day care centre in Sydney, Thursday, March 16, 2006. The ALP leader unveiled Labor's childcare strategy which centres on building childcare centres on primary school land. (AAP Image/Jeremy Piper) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP / JEREMY PIPER/AAPIMAGE

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