Early education and care in Australia: Equity in a mixed market-based system?

An Equal Start?: Providing Quality Early Education and Care for Disadvantaged Children

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 171-192

  Brennan, Deborah ^a   Fenech, Marianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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