Child Care News
Four government initiatives that would pave the way to recovery for women-owned businesses
Smart Company - Amanda Rose - January 15, 2021Childcare reform has been a topic of concern voiced by female entrepreneurs for some time now. The affordability, or lack thereof, is considered crippling and the current childcare subsidy is deemed as a disincentive for women who want to work more. When financial hardship is still...
Central Coast childcare centre investigated after toddler left in storage room
The Daily Telegraph - Adella Beaini - January 14, 2021A furious Central Coast mum has described the moment she went to pick up her two-year-old son from a childcare centre only to find him “sobbing and terrified” in a locked storage room, wearing a soiled nappy. Samantha Bridge was going to pick up her son Abel from Dinky Di...
Lisa Chesters concerned with child care costs for families, promotes new Labor plan
Bendigo Advertiser - January 14, 2021Concerned about rising child care fees, Federal Member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters is promoting a plan to help working families save money on early child care. Ms Chesters said families face a struggle with child care as federal government fees rise. In February last year...
Early childhood educators are leaving in droves. Here are 3 ways to keep them, and attract more
The Conversation - Jen Jackson, Victoria University - January 15, 2021Childcare centres across Australia are suffering staff shortages, which have been exacerbated by the COVID crisis. Many childcare workers across Australia left when parents started pulling their children out of childcare due to the pandemic, especially casuals not eligible for JobKeeper...
Australia’s Inflation Set to Be Buffeted by Spike in Childcare
Bloomberg - Michael Heath - January 14, 2021Australia’s consumer price index will be lifted by a jump in childcare costs, with cross-currents in other items ranging from falling rents to increasing costs for dining out. The rise in childcare will add approximately 0.3 percentage points to headline CPI in the final three months of 2020...
Lisa Chesters concerned with child care costs for families, promotes new Labor plan
Bendigo Advertiser - January 14, 2021Concerned about rising child care fees, Federal Member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters is promoting a plan to help working families save money on early child care. Ms Chesters said families face a struggle with child care as federal government fees rise. In February last year, the Productivity...
Two-year-old boy trapped in storeroom at NSW childcare centre
9news.com.au - Lauren Tomasi - January 14, 2021A Central Coast mother has been left distraught and furious after her two-year-old son was found trapped in a childcare storeroom. Samantha Bridge was picking up her son Abel from the Dinky Di Childcare Centre at Lake Haven on Friday, when employees at the centre were unable...
Green Leaves $2 million childcare centre development planned for Mawson Lakes
The Advertiser - Ben Cameron, The Messenger - January 14, 2021A proposed $2 million, two-storey Green Leaves early learning centre in Mawson Lakes is expected to employ up to 60 people during construction. If approved, it would be the company’s seventh centre in South Australia after locations were opened in Valley View and Newton ...
Plans for huge new childcare means 65-year-old business moves on
The Courier Mail - Kara Sonter, North-West News - January 14, 2021A well-known Brisbane business with more than half a century’s history is one of a string of businesses to be moved from a once key retail strip. Gaythorne Mower Centre has relocated from its home of 65 years to make way for a giant new childcare centre. A development application...
Hattersley St, Banksia, unit proposal submitted to Bayside Council
The Daily Telegraph - Eliza Barr, St George Standard - January 13, 2021An $18 million plan for a seven-storey unit block with a childcare centre and retail space in Sydney’s south proposes to renew an outdated building and invigorate a nearby town centre. Bayside Council has received a multimillion-dollar proposal for 50 residential apartments, a childcare centre...
Nine NFP preschools on Sydney’s North Shore will benefit from over $70,000 in grants
The Sector - Freya Lucas - January 13, 2021Nine not-for-profit preschool services on the North Shore of Sydney will share in over $70,000 of Quality Learning Environment (QLE) grants courtesy of the New South Wales Government, Member for Ku-ring-gai, Alister Henskens announced recently. “Early childhood education...
Child care grants to support improved early learning
Mirage News - January 13, 2021Competitive grants are now available to support approved child care services in vulnerable and disadvantaged communities, regional and remote locations, and services that support vulnerable children. Grants are available for approved services that may need a boost...
Relief for parents is on the way
The West Australian - Alexander Scott - January 13, 2021The strained childcare services in Tom Price are a step closer to being eased after the Shire of Ashburton awarded a $4 million contract for the construction of the long-awaited facility. The $4,198,514.80 contract for the design and construction was given to building company...
Child care grants to support improved early learning
Mirage News - January 13, 2021Competitive grants are now available to support approved child care services in vulnerable and disadvantaged communities, regional and remote locations, and services that support vulnerable children. Grants are available for approved services that may need a boost or to help meet the cost ...
The new childcare centres coming to Brisbane
The Courier Mail - Kara Sonter, Northside Chronicle - January 13, 2021We’re a growing city, and with that means a surge in childcare centres around Brisbane. Here we reveal some of the brand new childcare centres coming to Brisbane to cater for our littlest locals. Ashgrove: A development application has been lodged for a 136-place childcare centre...
