Child Care News
Early Years Planning Survey
Mirage News - Wellington Shire Council, VIC - November 17, 2020We are committed to supporting families and children, helping you to access inclusive services, opportunities and spaces in Wellington. To deliver on this commitment Council is consulting with families to understand the current and future need for early years services and facilities...
Mum of seven allegedly led syndicate which made $800k from welfare fraud
The Age - Erin Pearson - November 17, 2020A mother of seven has been charged with being at the centre of a web of scammers who made $800,000 from fake welfare claims and took money meant for people living with disabilities. Australian Federal Police investigators allege Whittlesea mother Istarlin Hassan, 49, and...
Dole-cheat mum Alham Faytroni earned $368K as daycare educator while rorting Centrelink
Herald Sun - Paul Shapiro, Hume Leader - November 17, 2020A Craigieburn mum has been caught fleecing Centrelink while earning $368,000 in less than four years as a self-employed daycare “educator”. Alham Faytroni, 49, pleaded guilty in the County Court on Friday to dishonestly caused a risk of loss to the Commonwealth. Faytroni rorted $86,680...
Discovery Early Learning Centre commits to reconciliation with Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
The Advocate - Meg Powell - November 17, 2020Historical truth, respect and love for Aboriginal culture is now part of the daily lives of some of the Coast's youngest minds. The Discovery Early Learning Centre, a major North-West childcare provider headquartered in Ulverstone, has made a formal commitment towards reconciliation...
Macarthur Matters with Dr Mike Freelander: Education is everything
Camden-Narellan Advertiser - November 17, 2020To quote from Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing, "education is the silver bullet. Education is everything." The Government has missed a massive opportunity in their recent Budget, by failing to adequately invest in childcare and early childhood education. Affordable, high quality child care...
Labor leader Anthony Albanese tours Tomago with Paterson MP Meryl Swanson
Port Stephens Examiner - November 17, 2020On Tuesday Paterson MP Meryl Swanson hosted Labor leader Anthony Albanese for a tour of the giant Tomago Aluminium plant and the Kurri Kurri district pre-school and kindergarten. The preschool - which Ms Swanson attended as a child - visit provided the party with...
Tehan under pressure to make childcare tax deductible
The Australian - Finn McHugh - November 17, 2020The Education Minister is under pressure to make childcare tax deductible as coronavirus reshapes the workforce. At least six Liberal MPs are lobbying Dan Tehan to offer tax relief to families ineligible for existing childcare subsidies, in a bid to boost female participation in the workforce...
$133.5 million for Child, Youth and Perinatal Mental Health
Mirage News - Department of Health - November 17, 2020The Morrison Government has today announced an investment of $133.5 million to support child, youth and perinatal mental health programs. Approximately 560,000 Australian children and adolescents are estimated to have a mental illness and one in four young Australians ...
Think Childcare (ASX:TNK) share price lifts 4% on buyout offer
The Motley Fool - Eddy Sunarto - November 16, 2020Think Childcare Ltd (ASX: TNK) advised the ASX today that it has received a non-binding and indicative buyout proposal from private equity group, Alceon Group Pty Ltd. The offer is for 100% of Think Childcare’s shares, and the indicative offer price currently stands at $1.351 ...
Australians should be 'relaxed and confident': Plibersek
Financial Review - Phillip Coorey - November 16, 2020John Howard was right to aspire to a relaxed and comfortable Australia, but the nation should go further and emerge from the recession "relaxed and confident", says Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek. In a speech to the Sydney Institute on Monday, the shadow education minister ...
Berejiklian government unveils $10 million grants program to support women in the workplace
Women's Agenda - Tarla Lambert - November 16, 2020Women in NSW will be able to apply for grants up to $5000 through a new Return to Work program which is part of the 2020-21 state Budget. The money can also be used for childcare, including before and after school care and transport, aimed at helping mothers transition...
Single mum accused of being 'the principal of a fake family day care centre that defrauded taxpayers of $500,000' is BANNED from working in childcare
Daily Mail Australia - Daniel Piotrwoski - November 16, 2020A single mum accused of running a fake family day-care centre to defraud taxpayers has been banned from working in child care under strong new bail conditions. Suzy Zreika, 46, from Sydney's west, is accused of being one of two 'principals' of a 13-person strong crime syndicate ...
Study finds impacts of no jab no pay/no play polices overstated
Mirage News - The University of Western Australia - November 16, 2020While federal and state governments claim their strict mandatory vaccination policies are responsible for lifting childhood vaccination rates, a new study suggests these claims are overstated. The study, led by The University of Western Australia and the National Centre for Immunisation ...
Coronavirus: Families not yet free from the restriction of fear
The Australian - Stephen Lunn - November 16, 2020When five-year-old daughter Poppy started regularly curling up in a ball and sobbing the words “my heart is breaking” during Melbourne’s stage-four lockdown, Chloe Tysoe hit her toughest psychological patch of the pandemic. COVID-19 cost Ms Tysoe her full-time job in May, but seeing her...
COVID-19 vaccines could go to children first to protect the elderly
The Conversation - Julian Savulescu and Margie Danchin, Murdoch Children's Research Institute - November 16, 2020The World Health Organisation is discussing how best to allocate and prioritise COVID-19 vaccines when they arrive. It is focusing on the immediate crisis. To reduce deaths quickly when there are extremely limited vaccine doses available, vaccinating older, more vulnerable people...
