Child Care News
New swimming pool regulations to make family day care safer
Mirage News - Govt of WA Media Statement - November 24, 2020The State Government will strengthen regulations for family day care operators to improve child safety at residences with swimming pools, spas or water features. The changes announced by Community Services Minister Simone McGurk today address recommendations handed ...
RAA carry out preschool road safety lessons to tackle road trauma
Victor Harbour Times - November 24, 2020A dedicated program will be delivered to the state's kindergarten children in an effort to reduce the increasing numbers of children aged five and under being hurt in road crashes, RAA revealed. The SA motor industry body's initiative was prompted after data revealed in the past...
Court awards Sydney mothers $2m after landmark abuse case authorities refused to prosecute
ABC News - Jamelle Wells - November 24, 2020Two mothers have been awarded $2 million in damages in a landmark civil case they brought against a family-owned childcare centre, after authorities declined to pursue criminal charges for child sex abuse. Sydney women Angela* and Karen* took matters into their own hands to...
Orange health alert: Childcare centres warned of gastro outbreak
Central Western Daily - November 24, 2020Orange parents have been urged to keep their child at home if they're feeling unwell following a spike in viral gastroenteritis cases in recent days. Western NSW Local Health District director of public health Priscilla Stanley said gastroenteritis was highly infectious and could spread ...
Inside new Auchenflower childcare with giant slippery slide
The Courier Mail - Brendan O’Malley, Westside News - November 24, 2020The pews have made way for a trampoline, a water feature and 15m indoor slippery slide in this new Auchenflower church-turned-childcare centre. Little Locals, which opened a fortnight ago, is set to become one of Brisbane’s most fun centres. It also has a focus on the environment...
Full plans for Kallangur retail and community hub revealed
The Courier Mail - Kara Sonter, Quest Newspapers - November 24, 2020Developers Property Solutions are responsible for the Moreton Bay Regional Council-approved retail and residential development at the corner of Anzac Rd.... Murrumba Village. Stage three will include a Lead Childcare centre, with 206 places, before and after school care which is ...
Bidding war erupts for childcare minnow
Financial Review - Peter Quattrocelli - November 23, 2020Global childcare group Busy Bees has entered the race for local ASX-listed group Think Childcare, submitting a conditional $1.75 a share offer that exceeds Alceon’s initial bid by almost a third. Think Childcare shares soared 25 per cent to a high of $1.68 on the news and closed at ...
Seven NSW & Queensland childcare centres listed for commercial auction
Property Observer - Staff Reporter - November 23, 2020A brand-new facility in Brisbane with a 20-year initial lease term as well as a centre in the Campbelltown region of Sydney will lead the childcare offerings: Paper Planes (Childcare) – 2 Avondale Drive, Thornton (Greater Newcastle) NSW • Play & Learn (Childcare) – 57 Kinross Road, Thornlands...
G8 'mangled' childcare supply glut, class action alleges
Financial Review - Liam Walsh - November 23, 2020Childcare giant G8 Education botched earnings forecasts by failing to account for an industry-wide glut of centres squeezing revenues, class action lawyers allege. Gold Coast-based G8 is also accused of not properly incorporating the cost of having to have more staff in some states due to ...
Mining titans push shares to nine-month high; ASIC to probe ASX outage. G8 shares under pressure from class action
Sydney Morning Herald - Lucy Battersby - November 23, 2020Shares in child-care operator G8 Education are down 2.8 per cent to $1.20 this morning after Slater and Gordon filed a shareholder class action in the Supreme Court of Victoria. The case revolves around G8’s continuous disclosure obligations in 2017 and early 2018. Shares traded as high ...
State Government reveals plans to privatise Family day care, respite care
The Advertiser - Elizabeth Henson - November 23, 2020Parents fear the cost of childcare will skyrocket after the State Government announced it is planning to privatise the operation of its Family Day Care and Respite Care services in South Australia. The Government, which has been providing family day care for the more than 40 years, has ...
New teacher training program set to help schools fill hard-to-staff roles
EducationHQ - News Team - November 23, 2020A new Victorian Government initiative will help schools employ local teachers to work in hard-to-staff roles in outer-metropolitan, rural and regional locations, in areas such as STEM, languages, applied learning and specialist education. The new $15.49 million initiative will give 500 aspiring...
Ecological exercise for local students as they check out waterflow control
Tenterfield Star - November 23, 2020Students from Tenterfield High School and Tenterfield Preschool have embraced a unique learning experience, watching the operation of the Tenterfield Dam valve. The students then explored Tenterfield Creek between the base of the dam and the old swimming pool to ensure ...
Welcome mat rolls out for bees
Western Port News - MP News Group - November 23, 2020South Mornington Pre-School will use $4219 from the state government to build a pollination garden for blue-banded bees. Education leader Natasha Beimers said the pre-school was one of 113 schools and youth organisations to receive a Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity grant...
Ontario Teachers' Busy Bees turns up at Think Childcare
Financial Review - Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd - November 23, 2020Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan owned childcare group Busy Bees is taking on Australia's Alceon for ASX-listed Think Childcare. Busy Bees lobbed a $1.75 a share all cash offer over the weekend, which was pitched 30 per cent higher than Alceon's $1.35 a share marker. Busy Bees ...
