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Politics

Childcare chain collapses amid wave of closures

ABC News Australia - Politics · 21 October 2026 at 4:59 pm

Shared Beginnings entered administration this week after its centres operated "at a loss", casting another shadow on a sector undergoing a wave of closures.

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