
Inner West Council to provide free education to children of asylum seekers

Image: The councillors at Inner West Council (pictured) uanimously supported a move to provide free early education to children whose parents are awaiting asylum seeker determination. Photo: Inner West Council.
By PATRICK MCKENZIE
On Tuesday night, Inner West councillors unanimously supported a move to provide free early education to children whose parents are awaiting asylum seeker determination.
The motion, moved by Labor councillor Mat Howard, recognises that while their cases are being assessed, asylum seekers are unable to access early childhood government subsidies that many families depend on for access to education.
“Any Australian family would tell you that without those subsidies, early childhood education is simply unaffordable,” Cr Howard said.
