11 December, 2008
The Government has continued to ignore childcare operators interested in some of the ABC centres which are either unviable or set to close creating undue distress amongst affected parents, children and staff, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Childcare Sophie Mirabella MP said today....
10 December, 2008
Taxpayers are being forced to foot an extra $34 million bill as a result of the Rudd Government’s mishandling of the ABC Learning crisis, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Childcare Sophie Mirabella said today.
“Due to their own mismanagement and failure to act and engage other indu...
09 December, 2008
Nearly half of all eligible families had not received the Government’s promised quarterly payment of the 50% child care rebate that was due in October, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Childcare Sophie Mirabella MP said today.
“The revelation that only 365,000 of the 600,000 eligib...
08 December, 2008
The Government’s continued “hands off” approach to the ABC learning situation has left many parents confused and many questions unanswered, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Childcare Sophie Mirabella MP said today.
“The announcement by the Receivers last week that they are working ...
05 December, 2008
“The statement today by the Receivers of ABC Learning has been welcomed by the Opposition but still leaves many questions unanswered,” Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Childcare Sophie Mirabella MP said today.
Does this mean that some of the 386 centres which are “subject to ...
02 December, 2008
The Rudd Government has been slammed as “irresponsible” for not revealing important national data on childcare vacancy rates, as the industry struggles to deal with the current ABC Learning crisis.
Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Childcare Sophie Mirabella MP said the release of n...
01 December, 2008
The childcare industry is “flying blind” on child care demand and vacancy levels and Minister Gillard should urgently reveal the figures to help inform the way the industry deals with the ABC Learning crisis, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Childcare Sophie Mirabella MP said today
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27 November, 2008
The Hon Bob Baldwin MP
Shadow Minister for Defence Science, Personnel and Assisting Shadow Minister for Defence
Mrs Sophie Mirabella MP
Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth
The Shadow Minister for Defence Science, Personnel and Shadow Minister for Child...
25 November, 2008
White Ribbon Day was an opportunity for all sectors of the Australian community to commit to eliminating the incidence of violence against women, Shadow Minister for Women Sophie Mirabella said today.
“It’s a shocking fact that between 40 and 57% of Australian women will experience sexual or physic...
24 November, 2008
On the anniversary of the election of the Rudd Government, Australian women have a healthy scepticism about Labor’s economic management, with today’s Newspoll finding 64% of women would be concerned about a budget deficit, Shadow Minister for Women Sophie Mirabella said today.
“Australian women kno...