Child Care News
Australian children more likely to miss kinder, international study shows
The Sydney Morning Herald - Madeleine Heffernan - September 29, 2020Australian students are almost twice as likely to start school without kindergarten or preschool than the OECD average, raising concerns about the effect on academic performance in later years. The world’s largest study of 15-year-old students found 11.5 per cent of Australian students...
Victoria coronavirus roadmap rules clarified, including learner drivers, pools and childcare
7news.com.au - Lucy Mae Beers - September 29, 2020During his press conference on Tuesday, Daniel Andrews clarified some questions around pools, painters, learner drivers, weddings and travel for childcare. Childcare travel: Parents and carers are allowed to travel across the metropolitan Melbourne border for childcare purposes...
Kindergartens get Government tick for mental health and wellbeing
Mirage News - September 29, 2020Corangamite Shire kids are in good hands with Council’s Early Years Services being recognised for best practice in Mental Health and Wellbeing. Council Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mason said the milestone was a result of hard work by staff who would keep working with families...
Caboolture childcare centre allegedly left child in bus for 1.5 hours
The Courier Mail - Kara Songer, Caboolture Shire Herald - September 29, 2020A Caboolture childcare accused of a list of offences allegedly left an unattended child inside a vehicle for more than an hour in the middle of Queensland’s Spring. According to court documents obtained by Quest News, staff at Guppy’s Early Learning Centre Caboolture allegedly left...
Investors Interested In Think Childcare Group's (ASX:TNK) Earnings
Yahoo Finance - Simply Wall St - September 29, 2020Think Childcare Group's (ASX:TNK) price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 24.9x might make it look like a sell right now compared to the market in Australia, where around half of the companies have P/E ratios below 20x and even P/E's below 11x are quite common. Although...
Desert storm: how a tiny outback child care centre weathered COVID-19
Mirage News - September 29, 2020Through a combination of gritty outback determination and help from the Australian Government’s Early Childhood Education and Care Relief and Transition Packages, Little Nuggets Early Learning Centre has weathered the COVID-19 storm. Halls Creek, a remote town on the edge...
Pre-budget push for more childcare funding
The Canberra Times - Rebecca Gredley - September 29, 2020Early education advocates are urging the Morrison government to prioritise childcare funding in its forthcoming budget. Thrive by Five argues that doing so will set families and the economy up to emerge from the pandemic in better shape. Group chief executive and former ...
Back to school: The research parents can thank for the primary school reopening plan
3AW - Ross and Russell - September 28, 2020Melbourne parents are celebrating after yesterday’s announcement that childcare centres will fully reopen today. From October 12, primary school students, special school students and VCE and VCAL students will return to onsite learning. The decision to reopen primary schools...
What coronavirus modelling released by the Victorian Government says about schools and Melbourne's roadmap
ABC News - Yara Murray-Atfield - September 28, 2020The Victorian Government has announced slightly more restrictions will ease from September 28 as part of a revised roadmap out of Melbourne's coronavirus lockdown. They include changes to restrictions on schools, exercise, childcare and gatherings. And it's now looking likely...
Behind Victoria’s decision to open primary schools to all students: report shows COVID transmission is rare
The Conversation - Fiona Russell, Edward Kim Mulholland, Kathleen Ryan, Kathryn Snow, Margie Danchin and Sharon Goldfield - September 28, 2020At the weekend, Victorian Premier Dan Andrews announced all the state’s primary school kids would return to school for Term 4. This is an update from the previously planned staggered return to primary school, which would begin only with students in the early years - prep ...
The five most powerful people in education
The Australian Financial Review Magazine - Robert Bolton - September 28, 2020In one sense the pandemic has been good for higher education: it has brought forward the reform that would have taken years to happen. Universities have had to face the weakness in their business model – what happens to research funding when international student fees dry up?
Savills sell North Ryde childcare centre to local Asian investor
Property Observer - Staff Reporter - September 28, 2020A local Asian investor has purchased a 1,106 sqm strata space let to an operating childcare at 1 Network Place, North Ryde NSW from international developer Risland. It was purchased for $4,650,000. The property is currently occupied by Kids Planet Childcare under ...
Plans submitted for inner city Brisbane `breathing’ mixed-use subtropical tower, apart of evolving precinct
The Courier Mail - Chris Herde - September 28, 2020A NSW-based developer has lodged plans for an inner city 24-storey “landmark” tower with subtropical design elements that will have a hotel, offices, a childcare centre and ground floor retail. The proposed development at 41-47 Brookes Street, Bowen Hills, features an...
Not much relief for parents, but new child-care measures will rescue providers (again)
The Conversation - Kate Noble, Victoria University - September 28, 2020Child care will reopen to all Melbourne families this week, as the Australian government’s latest child care support package comes into effect. Education Minister Dan Tehan has pledged: an additional A$305.6 million for families and child-care providers to deliver hip pocket relief and ...
What ought to be in Budget 2020 for Australian women?
Yahoo Finance - Bianca Hartge-Hazelman - September 28, 2020There are calls for the Federal Budget to address a worsening gender crisis that’s hurting women in the areas of financial equity and domestic violence. In all the years that I have covered the Budget, typically unveiled in May, there has been little to address systemic financial inequalities...
