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Fred Hooper
Verified
Presenter, Pacific Prepared, ABC Radio Australia
Tasmania
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theater, cinema
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By Leon Compton Verified, David Reilly, Fred Hooper Verified, Brooke Van Nooten| Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Verified In last night's federal budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers promised three days of subsidised child care will be made available to all families earning less than $533,000, replacing the existing "activity test" for those days of care. Childcare centre owner/operator, Chris Symons, tells Leon Compton on Tasmania Mornings that finding three days of early learning is "nearly impossible" in Tasmania. "There is no path to making that possible. I think the biggest question is around workforce.
Fijian village known for pottery is feeling the effects if climate change on the thing that has defined them for generations
By Fred Hooper Verified, Josaia Nanuqa| ABC Pacific Verified Impacts of climate change are being felt at community level across the Pacific, often on traditions that have been done for generations, just like one small Fijian village, known for its pottery. Increased rainfall and a longer cyclone season, means the window for collecting clay is shrinking and the quality is also changing with the weather conditions.
By Leon Compton Verified, David Reilly, Fred Hooper Verified, Brooke Van Nooten| Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Verified In last night's federal budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers promised three days of subsidised child care will be made available to all families earning less than $533,000, replacing the existing "activity test" for those days of care. Childcare centre owner/operator, Chris Symons, tells Leon Compton on Tasmania Mornings that finding three days of early learning is "nearly impossible" in Tasmania. "There is no path to making that possible. I think the biggest question is around workforce.
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ABC Radio Australia