Child Care News
The ACT has the highest hourly childcare rate in Australia, according to education department figures
he Canberra Times - Sarah Basford Canales - October 14, 2020Canberra parents are paying more for childcare than the rest of Australia, new figures show...
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The Courier Mail - Matthew Killoran, Antonia O’Flaherty - October 14, 2020Childcare costs have soared by up to $2700 a year for some families in regional Queensland, while inner city Brisbane and southern suburb parents are paying the highest rates in the state, new data reveals. Even parents on the biggest subsidy are paying up to $400 of their own money...
Increased childcare subsidies no panacea to lift productivity
Financial Review - Andrew Tillett - October 14, 2020Productivity gains from increasing subsidies for childcare are overstated, as are suggestions it "pays for itself", according to an economist who advised the Productivity Commission when it conducted its last review into the sector. Director of the Australian National University's Tax and ...
Townsville childcare centres mostly pass government assessment
Townsville Bulletin - Keagan Elder, Geoff Egan - October 14, 2020Most of Townsville’s daycare centres are meeting national standards, with a high number exceeding the standards. It comes as 184 child care centres across Queensland were inspected by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority between January ...
Australian childcare costs outstrip increase in government subsidy
The Guardian - Amy Remeikis - October 13, 2020The rising cost of childcare in Australia has outstripped the increase in the government-provided subsidy, with parents on average paying more than $10 an hour for care. The latest quarterly childcare report released by the education department reveals for the three months leading...
Amanda Rishworth MP: Affordable child care is the forgotten part of leading us out of a recession.
MamaMia - The Hon. Amanda Rishworth MP - October 13, 2020Opinion: In 2004, then Treasurer Peter Costello memorably encouraged Australians to “have one for mum, one for dad, and one for the country.” Over the weekend, our current Treasurer took a leaf out of Costello’s book - “my message to all Australians is that having...
More than $10,500 in child care help under Labor’s plan
Geelong Advertiser - Chad Van Estrop - October 13, 2020Families could have 90 per cent of their childcare costs subsidised and save up to $2900 if Labor wins the next federal election. Under the $6.2 billion policy aimed at getting women back into the workforce, which would be introduced at the earliest late next year, some families could ...
Former National Children’s Commissioner joins UOW Early Start Advisory Board
Mirage News - October 13, 2020The University of Wollongong (UOW) is pleased to announce the appointment of Megan Mitchell as the Advisory Board member of Early Start’s Inclusion and Outreach Committee. Ms Mitchell will join the Board in November. Ms Mitchell was Australia’s National Children’s Commissioner ...
More evidence links parental mental health to children’s outcomes
RACGP - Matt Woodley - October 13, 2020Depression and anxiety in mums-to-be increases asthma risk in their kids, while parental mental health concerns raise the chance of premature birth. These findings are derived from two recently released studies and add to a growing bank of evidence linking parental psychological...
Taking steps to improve school childrens' eyesight
Port Macquarie News - October 13, 2020Eye checks for children at the age of four years are essential for the early identification and treatment of vision problems and to reduce the likelihood of permanent vision loss. NSW was the first state or territory in Australia to implement universal screening for pre-schoolers - the Statewide ...
Double-digit rise in NSW COVID cases as infection shuts childcare centre
7news.com.au - Elizabeth Daoud - October 13, 2020Thirteen new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in New South Wales on Tuesday. One of the cases attended the Great Beginnings Oran Park childcare centre on October 1, 2, 8 and 9 while infectious. The centre is closed while NSW Health gets in touch with close contacts...
The mother of all productivity gains
Financial Review - Craig Emerson - October 13, 2020Opinion: Childcare is not a welfare handout. It is an investment in boosting productivity at a time when the economy needs every scrap of help it can get. When the Australian economy is desperately in need of new sources of productivity growth, working mothers have offered one...
A silver bullet for women? The case for universal child care explored
Women's Agenda - Jessie Tu - October 13, 2020Could universal childcare be considered a silver bullet for women? This was the question posed by The Parenthood and Thrive by Five in collaboration with Women’s Agenda yesterday, explored through an online panel including the CEO of the Diversity Council Sam Mostyn...
How government assessors rated every Queensland childcare centre
The Courier Mail - Geoff Egan, Quest Newspapers - October 13, 2020The number of government inspections of Queensland childcare centres is less than half of what it was in 2019. According to the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority between January and September 2019, 184 Queensland child care centres were inspected...
Hundreds of Queensland child cares and kindergartens have not met the national minimum standards
The Courier Mail - Geoff Egan, Quest Newspapers - October 12, 2020More than 350 Queensland childcare centres do not meet the national quality standards. According to the ratings released through the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority, 368 Queensland child care and kindergartens do not meet the national quality standards...
