Child Care News
Morisset: Construction underway for $6.9M childcare and retail premises at business park
The Daily Telegraph - Amy Ziniak, The Newcastle News - January 13, 2021As suburbs within Lake Macquarie continue to grow, so too does the need for more retail and commercial developments across the area. A hive of activity at the popular Morisset Business Park, construction is well underway for a $6.9 million childcare centre and commercial ...
COVID case at Explorers Early Learning Centre in Armadale could be false positive, Brett Sutton says
7news.com.au - Alex Chapman and Lucy Mae Beers - January 12, 2021Victoria’s Chief Health Officer says he thinks a child who tested positive to coronavirus after attending a Melbourne early learning centre may not actually have the virus. Brett Sutton confirmed on Monday a child had tested positive for COVID-19 in Israel after attending the...
South Australian Regulatory Authority issues advice on OSHC for preschool children
The Sector - Freya Lucas - January 11, 2021The Education Standards Board (ESB), which serves as the South Australian Regulatory Authority for the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector, has outlined advice and considerations for those services who include preschool aged children in outside school hours care programs...
Glen Innes Preschool will receive new outdoor play equipment
Glen Innes Examiner - Hannah Frost - January 11, 2021Bring the best into 2021 the Glen Innes Preschool has kicked off the new year filled with excitement when Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall dropped by the facility to announce a $15,000 State Government grant to upgrade its outdoor learning environment...
Childcare savings eaten up as fees rise faster than subsidies
The Sydney Morning Herald - Katina Curtis - January 10, 2021Parents who reaped big savings when the Coalition's new childcare system began have found that rising fees are gobbling up the benefits. Education Department documents show daycare fees are projected to rise 4.1 per cent a year for the next four years, far outstripping inflation...
Melbourne childcare centre on high alert after child tests positive to COVID-19
3AW - January 11, 2021Families in Melbourne’s south-east are on high alert after a child who attended a daycare centre returned a positive COVID-19 test. The child, who last attended Explorers Early Learning in Armadale on January 7, tested positive overseas on Saturday morning. While at the childcare...
Gastro outbreaks soar in child care prompting SA Health warning
The Advertiser - Brad Crouch - January 11, 2021An alarming surge in gastroenteritis cases in child care settings across South Australia blamed on norovirus has triggered a SA Health alert for families to keep sick children at home and to practise good hand hygiene. There were at least 17 outbreaks of gastro in child care settings...
Goodstart Early Learning Bathurst is as 'Excellent' as they come
Western Advocate - January 11, 2021Goodstart Early Learning Bathurst is now considered one of the best childcare centres in Australia. The centre has received the highest possible industry rating under the National Quality Framework, an 'Excellent' rating from the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority...
Young and old to benefit from new childcare centre at Merbein aged care home
ABC News - Kellie Hollingworth - January 10, 2021Fred Garsed has eight great-grandchildren, but soon the 92-year-old will have 72 adopted great-grandchildren. A childcare centre has just been built at his aged care home in Merbein, near Mildura in north-west Victoria, as part of a new program designed to improve the wellbeing...
Lobbying in a pandemic: How Canberra's influence game changed in 2020
Brisbane Times - Jennifer Duke - January 10, 2021Georgie Dent didn't expect her four-year-old daughter, Ruby, to be the one doing the talking when she opened up Zoom for an online meeting with Labor frontbencher Amanda Rishworth. "It's unthinkable before COVID to imagine I would be presenting with my children on show...
Concern over the quality of childcare due to staff shortage
The Australian - Angelica Snowden - January 9, 2021More than 1000 staffing waivers have been issued to early childhood and childcare centres across Australia that are suffering from a shortage of qualified staff, sparking concerns for the quality of care being administered at some services. The pandemic exacerbated the workforce crisis ...
Why the G8 Education (ASX:GEM) share price is down 35% in a year
The Motley Fool - Eddy Sunarto - January 8, 2021Non-cyclical shares, like those in the education sector, are usually spared the worst of an economic downturn. But the 2020 downturn was not like any other. It forced the closure of shops, educational facilities and many other services we previously took for granted. G8 Education Ltd ...
Australia and NZ remain attractive for foreign RE investors in 2021
Money Management - Oksana Patron - January 8, 2021The continued attractiveness of Australia and New Zealand’s real estate markets for cross-border investors, helped by higher allocations to real assets and a portfolio re-weighting towards Asia Pacific, has been named as one of the five key themes which will dominate real estate investors’ ...
Education Department releases guidance for ECEC on latest COVID-19 restrictions
The Sector - Freya Lucas - January 7, 2021The Federal Department of Education has released information for early childhood education and care (ECEC) services designed to support them in navigating the latest COVID-19 restrictions, particularly concerning New South Wales and Victoria...
‘Serious incident’: Boy escapes from child care centre
The Courier Mail - Natalie Wynne - January 6, 2021A child who climbed a childcare centre fence on the Sunshine Coast and made his way through a nearby park as been found safely "down the road". Petit Early Learning Journey Centre director Sharon Nelson has described the Caloundra incident in a letter to parents as "serious"...
