Cosima Marriner

Cosima Marriner

Cosima Marriner is a Sun-Herald senior writer

Fine words but childcare still overcrowded

Cosima Marriner, Craig Butt One-third of Sydney childcare centres have no vacancies, forcing some parents to wait nearly two years for a place, with neither Labor nor the Coalition outlining a solution to the childcare crisis...

Brace for preschool pinch

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Cosima Marriner Children who attend childcare centres that are staffed by more and better qualified educators start school with superior language, literacy and numeracy skills, and are more co-operative and...

Speaker deal spooks Labor MPs


Stephanie Peatling, Cosima Marriner LABOR MPs are concerned the appointment of Peter Slipper to the Speaker's role could backfire if allegations of misuse of travel allowances continue to be made.

Abbott's wild rivers campaign creates tidal wave of criticism

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Cosima Marriner and Tom Arup THE Queensland Labor Government has slammed Tony Abbott's push to overturn its law protecting Cape York as a hypocritical stunt designed to win votes at the next federal election.

Labor plays up home-ground advantage

Cosima Marriner LABOR PARTY strategists are counting on picking up at least five seats in the Prime Minister's home state of Queensland at the federal election to cement the Rudd Government's dominance going into a...

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