Child Care News
Alleged offenders named after police smash child abuse network
Nine.com.au - Freya Noble and Sarah Swain - November 11, 2020The 14 men are facing 828 charges relating to child abuse and exploitation, which were laid as part of Operation Arkstone. Among them are childcare worker Timothy Doyle, 27, and his partner Steven Garrad, from Kendall. AFP said 16 young people from a single childcare centre...
Perfect Beginnings Upper Mt Gravatt: Centre plans expansion
The Courier Mail - Alex Treacy, Quest Newspapers - November 11, 2020The owners of a 58-space childcare centre on Brisbane’s southside plan to demolish a neighbouring home to facilitate an expansion which would see up to 136 children at the centre, with an extra 15 educators hired. Fingrow Holdings Pty Ltd, which owns three Perfect Beginnings-branded ...
Childcare Funding 20x More Effective at Creating Jobs than Tax Cuts
Mirage News - The Australia Institute - November 11, 2020Increased public funding for child care is nearly 20 times more effective at creating jobs than a tax cut of the same size according to new macroeconomic modelling released by The Australia Institute today. The new report entitled ‘A comparison of the economic impacts of income tax cuts ...
Long Jetty: Eden Academy lodges plans for a 90-place, $2.3m childcare centre next to Diggers
The Daily Telegraph - Richard Noone, Central Coast Express Advocate - November 11, 2020A vacant block next to the RSL Sub Branch museum and Diggers @ The Entrance will be transformed into an “innovative” two-storey childcare centre with 90 places and 18 full-time staff, under new plans lodged with Central Coast Council. QLD based childcare company Eden Academy...
'The voice of women is missing': Call for new body to advise on budget
The Age - Wendy Tuohy - November 11, 2020The ACTU has warned that decades of progress towards economic gender equality could be reversed unless policies to address "the twin crises facing women" are put in place. Michele O'Neil, the council's president, says last month's federal budget exacerbated inequalities...
Sixteen kids abused while at childcare
The Australian - David Murray - November 10, 2020An investigation into an online pedophile ring has allegedly uncovered the horrific sexual abuse of 16 children from the one childcare centre by a worker there. Families have been given the devastating news that the former worker, at a centre in a small town on the NSW mid-north coast...
No small thing: Cost of rearing children on the rise
The Sydney Morning Herald - Nina Hendy - November 10, 2020It’s a sobering thought when so many people are suffering from financial hardship and have lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic that it now costs more than $1100 a week for a couple to raise two children. Research conducted by the UNSW Social Research Centre shows ...
Victoria has announced free kinder for parents in 2021. How will it work?
ABC News - November 10, 2020Victorian parents will get access to free kinder for their children in 2021 as the State Government tries to encourage people back into the workforce in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Up to 400 government primary schools will also be offered funding to start before and after school ...
Liverpool Civic Place reaches milestone at Scott St
The Daily Telegraph - Liverpool Leader - November 10, 2020One of the community’s most significant landmarks, the $400 million Liverpool Civic Place, reached a milestone today when demolition works began on the Scott St site that will house a hotel, council chambers, plaza, library and childcare centre. Liverpool Mayor Wendy Waller said ...
Havilah Road Preschool 2020 art show held outside
Bendigo Advertiser - Elspeth Kernebone - November 10, 2020A Bendigo preschool has found a creative way to hold its annual fundraiser despite COVID-19 restrictions. Havilah Road Preschool moved its annual art show outdoors, to allow families to view their children's finest work. Paintings on canvas papered the preschool's fence line ...
Just 1 month in greener play areas could boost kids’ immune systems, study says
Big Think - Victoria Masterson - November 9, 2020Making outdoor play areas greener and more biodiverse could improve children's immune systems in one month, a new study suggests. Scientists in Finland covered the playgrounds of city preschools with forest undergrowth, lawn turf and planter boxes. After 28 days...
Supporting Families: Free Kinder & More Out Of Hours Care
Mirage News - VIC Premier - November 10, 2020This year, parents – but mostly mums – have had to juggle work and childcare and kids learning from home. Even now with students back at kinder and school, we know that balancing act isn’t any easier. We want to give families one less thing to worry about. It’s why the Andrews ...
Childcare stock Evolve Education climbs after earnings guidance; plans to hit acquisition trail again
Stockhead - Nick Sundich - November 9, 2020Evolve Education (ASX:EVO) told shareholders today it had emerged from the first nine months of 2020 with over NZ$14 million in earnings. ASX childcare stocks faced an uncertain future when COVID-19 first hit, with investors fearing mandated closures and parents facing financial hardship...
Logan parents hit with 6% hike in childcare costs
The Courier Mail - Judith Kerr, Quest Newspapers - November 9, 2020Some of the state’s poorest families have been hit with rising childcare costs of up to 6.9% compared to a year ago, federal data released today reveals. And, Logan parents are forking out more for childcare compared to the national average, figures from the federal Department of Education...
Ballarat kinders share in more than $1.1 million in school readiness funding
The Courier - Michelle Smith - November 9, 2020Almost 50 Ballarat kindergarten programs will share more than $1.15 million in new funding to help kinder students be better prepared to start school. According to Eureka Community Kindergarten Association chief Jo Guerts, more pre-schoolers than ever are needing extra help...