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12 - JUNE 2024
New centre aims to
ease childcare woes
A NEW childcare centre is
being proposed for Sorell in a
bid to meeting rising demands
in the South-East.
Developer Tipalea Partners wants Sorell Council to
approve a state-of-the-art long
daycare centre at the junction of the Tasman and Arthur
Highways.
The 110-place centre would
be Tipalea’s second childcare
project in Tasmania, following
DA approval for a 116-place
daycare centre near its Glebe
Hill Village shopping centre in
Howrah.
Recent research has found
there are only 309 daycare
places available in the Sorell
and Dodges Ferry region –despite a population of 968
children under 昀ve years of age.
Demand for childcare in
Sorell is also tipped to rise in
line with the increasing local
population as several new residential estates near completion,
including Pawleena Park and
Sorell Estate.
The local community is
expected to grow over 10 per
cent by 2028, representing an
increase of over 2200 people.
“Sorell Childcare will provide critically needed daycare
Artist’s impression
of the new childcare
centre planned for
Sorell.
places for Sorell’s growing
community, plus bring added
convenience for busy families
-– providing best-in-class facilities for quality care and early
learning, all within a highly
connected location,” Jack
Hunter, Development Manager at Tipalea Partners said.
“Long daycare vacancies are
limited in Sorell, with many
children on extensive waiting lists for the area’s existing
childcare centres. Working parents can 昀nd themselves waiting for over a year before their
child receives a place.”
Sorell Childcare will offer
places for children aged zero
to 昀ve years. The proposed
plans also include a full-service kitchen and almost 1000
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square metres of dedicated outdoor play space.
The plan would also include
public art.
“Our design team have been
working hard on public art
ideas for Sorell Childcare and
have come up with a concept
called “I Hear You”, which has
drawn inspiration from other
public facilities around the
world.
“It is a sculptural form
designed to enable communication between two kids; it’s
bright, colourful and interactive
and engages various senses,
while the design will likely reference local plant life,” said Mr
Hunter.
Pending DA approval, construction on Sorell Childcare is
expected to commence later this
year, with the centre expected
to welcome its 昀rst placements
in late 2025.
Given the restricted number of daycare placements
within the catchment, parents
and carers are encouraged to
access early enrolment details
by joining Sorell Childcare’s Community List at
www.sorellchildcare.com.au/
communitylist
Tipalea Partners is a Sydney-based private equity
property development and
investment group.
Senator
blasts
Budget
TASMANIAN Liberal Senator Wendy Askew has accused
the Federal Government of failing farmers and families in the
South-East of the state.
Last month’s Federal Budget failed to include funding for
the Greater South-East Irrigation Scheme which is designed
to support farmers in one of
Tasmania’s richest food bowl
areas.
“This scheme has been
absent from the Albanese Labor
Government’s three Budgets,
despite the process beginning
in 2019,’’ Senator Askew said.
She said the irrigation
scheme could be transformative for the region but the
Budget showed Labor didn’t
understand the importance of
these projects for communities
like Richmond, Cambridge,
Campania, Tea Tree Orielton,
Pawleena, Penna, Forcett and
Sorell.
“This budget has ripped hundreds of thousands of dollars
from regional communities’
infrastructure programs, and
Tasmania’s share of the GST
carve-up has reduced, meaning essential services may be
impacted, all of which help to
drive productivity and increase
liveability, particularly in the
regions,’’ Senator Askew said.
