My partner Libby has just started a blog, called learning. Congrats Lib, welcome to the world of blogs.

Her first post is a press release she’s just issued. The press release covers some local activism we were just involved in with some success. There was a proposal to open a child care centre here in Fremantle in a really, really bad location.

The City of Fremantle Council said “No” this week to a proposal for a major child care centre that would have set a dangerous benchmark for children’s health.

Despite political pressure to approve the 86-place centre, Fremantle’s largest, the Council stood its ground and made a decision that reflected commonsense and caution.

“In the absence of controls to stop this kind of thing happening, it was a frustrating and risky process. But in the end, good reason, good ethics and good planning prevailed,” said quality child care campaigner and local mother Ms Libby Davy. “Now we have to ensure this result carries over into safe, healthy child care for all children,” she said.

I’m really glad council made the right decision here. We certainly need more child care in Fremantle, but not at the expense of children’s health.