Child Care News

Where the top rated child care and kindergartens in NSW are located
The Daily Telegraph - Julie Cross, Manly Daily - October 22, 2020

Only 15 out of nearly 5,200 childcare centres in NSW have been awarded the top rating from the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority. The centres have all received a rating of excellent. To achieve that rating a centre or out of school hours service must be ...

NSW: Fifth of childcare centres don’t meet standards, which ones revealed
The Daily Telegraph - Julie Cross, Manly Daily - October 22, 2020

More than a fifth of childcare centres operating in NSW do not meet national standards, according to the latest ratings. Data from the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority show there are currently 1111 childcare and before and after school services across the state ...

Childcare centres in NSW: How government assessors rated each
The Daily Telegraph - Julie Cross, Manly Daily - October 22, 2020

Government ratings for every childcare centre in NSW can be revealed following an comprehensive analysis of data. It has found that more than one fifth of the childcare centres and before and after school hours services that have undergone inspections do not meet national standards...

Why childcare fees are surging in the northside
The Courier Mail - Brendan O'Malley, Northside Chronicle - October 22, 2020

Families in Nundah are paying almost 10 per cent more for childcare than they were last year and nearby suburbs have also seen steep rises, a new analysis shows. Federal Department of Education data crunched by the ALP showed big rises in the March quarter, just before fees...

Chip Eng Seng settles dispute with vendor of childcare centre in Australia
The Business Times - Vivien Shiao - October 22, 2020

Mainboard-listed Chip Eng Seng said on Wednesday night that it has reached a settlement over the termination of a proposed acquisition of childcare centre in Tarneit, Victoria, Australia. Its wholly-owned subsidiary Penn Junior TW and the vendor Tarneit West Childcare attended a ...

Tom Minear: Childcare shouldn’t just be a women’s issue
Herald Sun - Tom Minear - October 21, 2020

When the Morrison government made childcare free at the start of the pandemic, Malcolm Turnbull made a prediction. He said the government would regret waiving fees because of the political difficulties it would encounter winding that back. While Turnbull isn’t the most popular figure in the ...

Core Considerations for Early Childhood Classroom Design
SchoolConstructionNews - Michael Lovaglio - October 21, 2020

Driven by new paradigms in curriculum delivery and promising new research on what helps young learners excel, the early childhood classroom environment is changing. This change is rapid and far from uniform. There is no single prototype or solution that fits every classroom. Each school ...

Thirteen people charged after alleged $500,000 daycare fraud
Sydney Morning Herald - Matt Bungard - October 21, 2020

Police have arrested two ringleaders and 11 other people in relation to an alleged criminal syndicate operating a large-scale family daycare fraud in Sydney’s south-west. In July 2018, detectives from several agencies established Strike Force Mercury to investigate the coordinated...

Completion of Sale of Singapore Business
Financial Review - ASX Announcement G8 Education Limited - October 21, 2020

G8 Education Limited (the “Group” or “G8“, ASX: GEM) announced in its Investor Presentation on 24 August 2020 that it had entered into a share sale agreement to divest its Singapore business, which consists of 17 owned early learning centres and 18 franchised early learning centres...

NSW records two new local cases of coronavirus, both linked to Oran Park childcare centre
ABC News - October 21, 2020

Two new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in NSW in the last 24 hours. Both are linked to the cluster at the Great Beginnings Childcare Centre at Oran Park in Sydney's south-west, which now totals 22 cases. SW Health's Jeremy McAnulty once again called for ...

Is Now The Time To Look At Buying Mayfield Childcare Limited (ASX:MFD)?
Simply Wall St - October 21, 2020

Mayfield Childcare Limited (ASX:MFD), is not the largest company out there, but it saw significant share price movement during recent months on the ASX, rising to highs of AU$0.78 and falling to the lows of AU$0.65. Some share price movements can give investors a better opportunity ...

What a burden: the subtle pressure in Albo’s childcare vision
The Sydney Morning Herald - Sarah Colyer - October 21, 2020

Opinion: The way the debate about universal childcare is framed, you would think the cost of childcare was the only reason women weren’t engaged full-time in the workforce. “For millions of working women, it’s simply not worth working more than three days a week,” Anthony Albanese...

The budget is blokey because Morrison's 'core values' make it so
Brisbane Times - Ross Gittins - October 20, 2020

I'm sorry to have to agree, but Grattan Institute boss Danielle Wood is right to say this is a "blokey" budget. As are those who add it's a blokey budget from a blokey government. Scott Morrison is offended by the charge, but the trouble is, the blokier you are, the harder it is to see what's blokey...

Northern Bay College kindergarten student earns school $10k for naming giant crane
Geelong Advertiser - October 20, 2020

The 50-metre tall crane dominating the skyline in Moorabool Street as part of the $85 million GMHBA headquarters site has been given a unique name following a competition. The crane has been named ‘Boomka’ by Northern Bay College kindergarten student Sonni, who won ...

Plibersek 'not closed' to making childcare tax deductible
Skynews.com.au - October 20, 2020

In a departure from traditional Labor policy on childcare, Shadow Education Minister Tanya Plibersek says she’s open to the possibility of making childcare tax-deductible. “I’m not closed-minded to it. I think that there are things that we can do,” she told Sky News. “We’ve examined tax...