Opinion

Conversations must lead to government action

Rising costs and falling amounts of funding mean that nursery providers must make extremely tough decisions, says Bertram chief executive Cary Rankin

Funding, for many years, has been a critical yet seemingly unregistered conversation with the government. The speed at which they have responded to justifiable requests in a meaningful way has been positively painful, even before the current pandemic. 

Despite opening up additional lines of communication with a not too insignificant number of representatives from the sector, the general consensus remains that these discussions rarely lead to tangible action from the government.

The quick decision made to provide funding at historical levels at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 was welcomed. This made sense to everyone and clearly was the right thing to do.

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