Topic:Early Childhood Education and Care Services
The NSW Labor government has pledged to open 100 new long-day childcare centres if re-elected in March.
It is on top of an existing promise from the Minns government to build and open 100 new preschools by January.
The government expects 8,000 families will benefit from 5,000 new placements at long-day childcare centres.
The NSW government will open and operate 100 new long-day childcare centres to address demand if it wins the state election in March.
The centres are in addition to an existing government pledge to build 100 new preschools and have them operational from January next year.
In the private sector, long-day centres offer early childhood services for children from birth to four years old and operate between 7am and 6pm.
The announcement on Saturday from the Minns government will deliver the first publicly owned long-day childcare centres in NSW, providing 5,000 places for about 8,000 families.
Premier Chris Minns said the centres would be built on existing public primary school sites and in areas deemed so-called childcare deserts.
He said the government would "not be indiscriminate" about new locations and that he expected many to open in Western Sydney and regional NSW.
"The reality is, for us in New South Wales, if we want a productive economy, we want to make…
