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The childcare policy challenge in Australia
Pocock, Barbara, 2007
In E. Hill, B. Pocock, & A. Elliott (Eds.), Kids count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia (pp. 15-37). Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Sydney University Press.

A discussion of the sources of child care policy challenges in Australia

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Childcare provision: Whose responsibility? Who pays?
Goodfellow, Joy, 2007
In E. Hill, B. Pocock, & A. Elliott (Eds.), Kids count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia (pp. 245-271). Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Sydney University Press.

A discussion of who should provide and who should pay for the delivery of child care services in Australia

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Contested, corporatised and confused?: Australian attitudes to child care
Meagher, Gabrielle, 2007
In E. Hill, B. Pocock, & A. Elliott (Eds.), Kids count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia (pp. 137-153). Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Sydney University Press.

An examination of the Australian public's attitudes towards working mothers and child care, which organizations are best able to provide child care, and various rationales for child care subsidies

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The determinants of quality care: Review and research report
Sims, Margaret, 2007
In E. Hill, B. Pocock, & A. Elliott (Eds.), Kids count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia (pp. 220-242). Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Sydney University Press.

A study of the relationships among children's stress levels, caregiver stress levels, and structural and process measures of child care quality, based on data collected in child care centers in Perth, Australia

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Employees' views on quality
Rush, Emma, 2007
In E. Hill, B. Pocock, & A. Elliott (Eds.), Kids count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia (pp. 154-178). Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Sydney University Press.

An analysis by center for-profit status (non-profit community-based providers, small, independent for-profit providers, and for-profit corporate providers) of the quality of care provided in Australian child care centers, based on a national survey of the beliefs of staff working at full-day child care centers

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Funding children's services
Cox, Eva, 2007
In E. Hill, B. Pocock, & A. Elliott (Eds.), Kids count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia (pp. 272-288). Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Sydney University Press.

A discussion of the influence of political ideology on child care funding policy in Australia

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Getting the basics right: Goals that would deliver a good national children's services system
Wannan, Lynne, 2007
In E. Hill, B. Pocock, & A. Elliott (Eds.), Kids count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia (pp. 112-133). Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Sydney University Press.

A discussion of the goals a national early childhood education and care policy in Australia from the perspective of a community-based child care advocacy organization

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The goals of a good national system: Placing priority on the wellbeing of children
Cass, Bettina, 2007
In E. Hill, B. Pocock, & A. Elliott (Eds.), Kids count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia (pp. 97-111). Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Sydney University Press.

A discussion of the goals a national early childhood education and care policy in Australia from a child-centered point of view

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Home and away: The policy context in Australia
Brennan, Deborah, 2007
In E. Hill, B. Pocock, & A. Elliott (Eds.), Kids count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia (pp. 57-74). Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Sydney University Press.

An overview of the domestic and international contexts that shape early childhood education and care policies in Australia

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Improving early childhood quality through standards, accreditation and registration
Elliott, Alison, 2007
In E. Hill, B. Pocock, & A. Elliott (Eds.), Kids count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia (pp. 199-219). Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Sydney University Press.

An examination of the potential for increased professionalism in the early childhood education and care sector, through standards, regulation, and accreditation, to improve the quality of services in Australia

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Introduction
Hill, Elizabeth, 2007
In E. Hill, B. Pocock, & A. Elliott (Eds.), Kids count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia (pp. 1-12). Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Sydney University Press.

An introduction to a collection of papers presented at a workshop that aimed to develop a series of policy principles for guiding a national system of early childhood education and care in Australia

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Kids count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia
Hill, Elizabeth, 2007
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Sydney University Press.

A collection of papers presented at a workshop that aimed to develop a series of policy principles for guiding a national system of early childhood education and care in Australia

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Lessons from the Swedish experience
Nyberg, Anita, 2007
In E. Hill, B. Pocock, & A. Elliott (Eds.), Kids count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia (pp. 38-56). Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Sydney University Press.

A history of recent developments in early childhood education and care policy in Sweden

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Public investment, fragmentation and quality early education and care: Existing challenges and future options
Press, Frances, 2007
In E. Hill, B. Pocock, & A. Elliott (Eds.), Kids count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia (pp. 181-198). Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Sydney University Press.

An overview of a critique of Australia's early education and care service delivery system

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