Calls for govt financial support for school holiday programmes

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The school holidays are only just finishing up and for many parents that means they've spent weeks juggling the stress of childcare alongside returning to work. For a lot of families, the only or best option for their child is a holiday programme. But they can be expensive - with some charging up to $300 for five days, while others are up to $85 a day - and that's not including food and all the extra things they need like spare clothes. Some working in the industry say the cost is too much - and there needs to be government support like there is for early childcare services. Louise Ternouth reports.