Child Care News
St Ives Occasional Care: Famous non-profit childcare centre faces uncertain future due to COVID-19
The Daily Telegraph - Madelaine Wong - September 10, 2020A once-popular childcare centre previously run by an ex-prime minister’s wife could be under threat of closure after it was hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. St Ives Occasional Care was directed by Tony Abbott’s wife, Margie Abbott, and was where their children attended...
Victorian working permits to be resubmitted ahead of expiration
Skynews.com.au - September 10, 2020Childcare permits, however, will not have to be renewed as a date was not issued concurrent with the exemption. The Premier also flagged permits for childcare would potentially be unnecessary in a few weeks if Melbourne was to successfully move to the next step...
Cassowary Coast Family Day Care seeking educators with over a hundred children on waitlist
The Advertiser - Jack Lawrie - September 9, 2020AN influx of applications for more than a hundred children has resulted in the urgent need for child educators and carers at a Far North day care centre. The Cassowary Coast Family Day Care has home-based educators from Innisfail to Tully, caring for 115 childrens...
Melbourne mayor urges Andrews to abandon elimination
Financial Review - Patrick Durkin - September 8, 2020The first step on September 14 is moving back the start of curfew from 8pm to 9pm and allowing two hours of exercise a day. From September 28, prep and Victorian Certificate of Education students may be able to return to school and childcare centres reopen...
Victoria's COVID-19 roadmap favours men as women bear brunt of job restrictions, analysis shows
ABC News - Madeleine Morris - September 9, 2020Men get back to work sooner and in greater numbers under the Victorian Government's proposed roadmap for reopening, according to new analysis seen exclusively by the ABC. Casual school teacher Renee Pascolo has only worked for nine weeks this year... as school closures ...
Parents v non-parents at work: COVID has brought tensions to the surface
Brisbane Times - Opinion: Caitlin Fitzsimmons, Sun-Herald - September 9, 2020Imagine this: A deadly virus sweeps the world, forcing many countries into lockdown. In the place where you live, schools, childcare centres, universities and some nursing homes close, and most workplaces send their staff to work from home. Your employer responds to the crisis ...
Perth childcare centre fined $15,000 after toddlers' feet burnt during fire drill
WA Today - Heather McNeill - September 8, 2020A Perth childcare centre has been fined $15,000 after an emergency fire drill resulted in three toddlers receiving second-degree burns to their feet. Nido Early School, based in the QV1 building on St Georges Terrace, conducted an emergency evacuation drill on December 2, 2019 ...
A 95% childcare subsidy would boost GDP by up to $7.4 billion annually, KPMG says
SmartCompany.com.au - Madeline Hislop - September 8, 2020Increasing the federal government’s childcare subsidy to a nearly fully funded 95% would boost GDP by up to $7.4 billion per year, at a cost of $5.4 billion a year, a new report from KPMG has found. Such an increase to the childcare subsidy would incentivise parents to increase their ...
Free child care in Australia: Mum calls for government to help families
Kidspot.com.au - Sophie Walsh - September 8, 2020Of all the silver linings to come out of the horrible COVID-19 situation, a reprieve, even if brief, from the cost of childcare was most welcomed by many Australian families, including mine. Finder’s analysis of government data reveals that the average Australian family could ...
Melbourne's roadmap out of lockdown: Your questions answered
9news.com.au - Chanel Zagon - September 8, 2020When will childcare and schools return to onsite learning? September 28: Childcare and early educators re-open and staged return for onsite learning for prep to grade 2, VCE/VCAL and specialist schools in term four. October 26: Childcare and early educators remain open and potential ...
PEP to buy Modern Star's Australian, NZ business for $600m
Financial Review - Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd - September 7, 2020Australian buyout firm Pacific Equity Partners is set to acquire the local operations of schools and childcare centre supplies company Modern Star for about $600 million. It is understood PEP and Modern Star's owner, fellow private equity firm Navis Capital, were finalising ...
Early intervention program keeping families together
Goulburn Post - September 7, 2020An evidence-based early intervention program is keeping Goulburn families together, and reducing the number of children entering out-of-home care. Member for Goulburn, Wendy Tuckerman said Functional Family Therapy - Child Welfare (FFT-CW) involves experts working closely ...
Lifting the childcare subsidy to 95 per cent could add $10 billion a year to Australia's GDP
9news.com.au - Stuart Marsh - September 7, 2020The Australian economy could be delivered a windfall of $10 billion if the Federal Government increased the childcare subsidy to 95 per cent of the current hourly cap. New analysis from accounting firm KPMG has shown that while government expenditure is high in the near-term...
Victoria's roadmap for eased coronavirus restrictions includes details on childcare and schools. What's in store for term 4?
ABC News - September 7, 2020The plan for reopening early childhood education and schools makes up a major part of the Victorian Government's roadmap for reopening the state. Like everything else, the education sector will be taking a staged approach to reopening, with each stage dependent on hitting ...
New research supports an increase in financial assistance for families accessing childcare
Mirage News - Australian Childcare Alliance - September 7, 2020KPMG-CEW report applauded by the Australian Childcare Alliance. Australian families would be financially better off, and $5.4 billion tipped into the economy, if the recommendations by KPMG and Chief Executive Women (CEW) were to be adopted by the Government. Australia's ...
