Bill Shorten reveals $1.7bn plan to fund access to preschool or kindergarten

Labor would extend 15 hours per week of subsidised early childhood education to three-year-olds for the first time

Labor will unveil a new plan to give both three and four-year-olds access to 600 hours of preschool or kindergarten in a $1.75bn funding commitment if Bill Shorten wins the next federal election.

The initiative, to be revealed by Shorten on Thursday, would extend 15 hours per week of subsidised early childhood education to three-year-olds for the first time. Four-year-olds already have access to universal early childhood education but the existing program is funded year-by-year.

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