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Toddlers share their world on candid camera
The Australian - Patricia Karvelas - February 04, 2012
Researchers have told The Weekend Australian that the rise in the number of infants in childcare -- 277930 aged under 24 months in the March quarter last year, 9.5 per cent more than the previous year -- meant research was
necessary to evaluate how ...
Childcare union demands $1.3bn in staff pay rises
The Australian - Ewin Hannan - February 03, 2012
The Gillard government faces wage demands from a female-dominated low-paid workforce, with the union representing childcare workers seeking $1.3 billion in funding to finance pay rises for 60,000 workers…
Au pairs the answer to childcare woes
The West Australian - Kate Bastians and Angela Pownall - February 2, 2012
Working parents are hiring au pairs and nannies in record numbers to cope with their busy lifestyles. Agencies which link in-home carers with families say the demand is also being driven by long childcare waiting lists, fly-in fly-out dads in need of 24/7 help...
Childcare halting careers
Weekly Times Now - Genevieve Barlow - February 1, 2012
Childcare is prohibitively expensive, but can young mothers afford to be out of the workforce for long? How many young mums on farms and in towns don't go back to work because the income they can earn doesn't cover the cost of childcare? Or perhaps childcare in its many forms...
Governments spend $71.5bn on education
Ninemsn - January 31, 2012
One dollar in every $20 spent on goods and services in Australia in 2009/10 was government funding for education. Federal, state and territory governments spent $71.5 billion on early childhood, school, vocational and higher education in that year, a new report says...
It pays to live in a nanny state
Herald Sun - Elissa Doherty - January 31, 2012
Working parents are increasingly hiring nannies as stand-in stay-at-home mums. As more women juggle babies with the boardroom, Mary Poppins is the secret to a smooth household for many families. Nanny agencies and websites say inquiry for in-home care is rising...
Patients avoid GP due to cost
The Age - Mark Metherell, Bianca Hall and Dan Harrison - January 31, 2012
The report also reveals shortcomings in early childhood development. Disadvantage limits children's opportunities from infancy, the commission found. Children from low-income families, with disabilities and from non-English-speaking backgrounds are less likely to be enrolled in early childcare...
Two years and counting: the kindy kids off to a flying start
Sydney Morning Herald - Kim Arlington - January 30, 2012
When school starts this week, some kindergarten children will have been preparing for it for two years. School readiness programs for children as young as three are growing in popularity, as parents aim to give children a headstart. Preschoolers are also being enrolled...
Childcare centres to reconsider fake grass
Sydney Morning Herald - Natalie O'Brien - January 29, 2012
CHILDCARE centres are reconsidering the use of artificial grass in playgrounds after concerns raised that children may be at risk from long-term exposure to toxic chemicals. A spokeswoman for one of the largest childcare providers, KU, said they will...
More single mothers now working, says study
Sydney Morning Herald - Dan Harrison - January 25, 2012
The researchers also said that the childcare tax rebate, which came into effect five years ago in 2006, appeared to have encouraged higher-educated and higher-earning women to take on more hours by making childcare more affordable...
Childcare centres in holiday cash grab
Herald Sun - Wes Hosking - January 24, 2012
Furious parents have branded childcare centres "unAustralian" for charging fees even though they are shut on our national day. With families already feeling the pinch because of government reforms, a Public Defender survey has found centres commonly charge for Australia Day...
Cuts to supply of in-home nannies probed by Childcare Minister
The Australian - Patricia Karvelas - January 23, 2012
Childcare Minister Kate Ellis has ordered her department to investigate 31 cases where high-needs families with government-funded in-home nannies were suddenly cut off their support with little notice. A spokeswoman for Ms Ellis has confirmed that on January 12...
Brimming with good sense
Sydney Morning Herald - Carolyn Boyd - January 23, 2012
Being sun smart starts with a hat that can adequately protect you from the damaging effects of UV rays. Baseball caps should be banned from schools because they place children at an unacceptable risk of developing skin cancers later in life, a leading cancer organisation says...
Council reviews may hit childcare
Newcastle Herald - Ben Smee - January 23, 2012
Newcastle City Council will investigate selling its childcare and family day care centres, as part of a review of non-statutory services. The audit was completed late last year and the council has endorsed recommendations including a review of some fees...
Top tips to being a career mum
Herald Sun - Jennifer Ennion - January 23, 2012
You did it. You made the choice to follow the path with the signpost reading: babies. Now, as your maternity leave nears its end or the call of adult conversation beckons, you are gearing up to make life even busier. You're returning to work. Scared? No need to be...
Threat of toxic playgrounds
Sydney Morning Herald - Natalie O'Brien - January 22, 2012
The health of thousands of children may be at risk from long-term exposure to toxic chemicals from artificial turf that has become a popular replacement for grass on sporting ovals and school playgrounds around the country. Australian scientists have raised the alarm...
Childcare change at a price
The Mercury - Hannah Martin - January 22, 2012
Family day care operators say they will be forced to work longer hours or raise their prices under new regulations that reduce the number of children they can care for. More than 5500 Tasmanian children are now attending family day care. New regulations...
Secret report 'prompted Baillieu childcare cut'
The Age - Clay Lucas - January 21, 2012
The Baillieu government has used a report it kept secret for almost a year to justify its decision to remove funding for an occasional childcare program. The Take a Break program provided occasional childcare for parents of preschool children around the state...
Bad parents leaving kids unsupervised at play centres
Herald Sun - Alex White - January 18, 2012
Police have been called in to deal with parents dumping children unsupervised at indoor play centres while they go shopping, or to avoid soaring day care costs. A Herald Sun investigation found children were being left unsupervised at play areas across Victoria every week...
Staff hard to come by as childcare centres struggle with reforms
The Sydney Morning Herald - Jessica Wright - January 16, 2012
A regional NSW childcare centre risks losing its accreditation after a fruitless two-year search to fill a single vacancy for a university qualified teacher and carer. The owner of the Willows Preschool and Early Learning Centre in Orange, Cathy Carroll, runs an operation which...
Childcare cuts will send home those who should be in the workforce
The Sydney Morning Herald - Kathryn Kenny - January 16, 2012
When most childcare centres cost $100 a day or more, the tax rebate (capped at $7500 per child) cuts out after day three. When you have two children to care for, and when working more than three days takes you into a higher tax bracket, you are almost at the point of paying to go to work...
Childcare safety risk
The Mercury - Hannah Martin - January 15, 2012
Tasmanian childcare operators have been busted with unregistered carers and for failing to have enough staff supervising children on excursions, a Sunday Tasmanian investigation reveals. Eleven cases of serious safety breaches were investigated by the Department...
Wealthy winners in childcare grants
Sydney Morning Herald - Misha Schubert - January 15, 2012
HIGH-INCOME families are receiving more than $259 million a year in childcare subsidies, prompting calls for a rethink on the level of government support. But women's workforce advocates warn against making cuts, saying the subsidy saves money...
Gillard government reforms to childcare are worth paying more money for
The Sunday Telegraph - Samantha Maiden - January 15, 2012
Worth paying for: New rules increasing the number of childcare workers for each toddler are good for the carers and babies. ONE toddler is eating her lunch. One is mashing banana into the carpet. One baby is sleeping, another is howling...
Parents pay anything from $62 to $130 a day
Herald Sun - Elissa Doherty - January 11, 2012
The gulf between the cheapest and most expensive childcare centres has blown out to nearly $70 a day after federal reforms. Melbourne's cheapest centres, which have managed to avoid large fee rises after mandatory changes to staffing levels, are offering care...
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