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The early childhood education sector has banded together to reject the Government's plan to extend the 20 hours fees-free scheme to two-year-olds.
A coalition of early childhood services says the Government needs to rethink its policy, they say there's a risk some centres could go out of business.
We asked to speak with the Education Minister, Jan Tinetti, and associate minister Jo Luxton. Both declined, saying they're on a Budget roadshow and are unable to do interviews.
They issued a statement backing their policy. Early Childhood Council chief executive Simon Laube previously hailed the announcement as a massive win for early learning, and said it greatly exceeded expectations.
So what's changed?
Laube spoke to Guyon Espiner.
