The childcare desert sucking the life out of Australia’s regional towns

One in three Australians live in an area where there is just one childcare spot for every three or more children, study finds

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For psychologist and mother-of-two Tegan Podubinski, a lack of childcare access will leave her community 20 weeks poorer in mental health services this year.

We have a very limited mental health workforce," Podubinski told AAP.

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