Documents in relation to a child care centre in Mukinbudin

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This FOI release contains a single piece of correspondence, an email dated 16 July 2026 from a local stakeholder (with personal details redacted) to the Department of Education. The sender follows up on an earlier meeting in which the department agreed to investigate whether $5 million allocated to Mukinbudin for Early Childhood Education and Care could be used to provide staff housing. The sender reports receiving no further correspondence from the department and says the local child care service, REED, cannot fill roles without housing. The existing housing supplied by the Shire covers only the manager and has a substantial waitlist. The email notes Senator Payman raised the issue at Senate Estimates, where housing questions were reportedly not answered. The sender asks for an update on how the $5 million will be spent and whether housing is included. Substantive departmental responses are not contained in the release.