Child Care News
A near fully funded childcare system will help Australia rebuild its economy, says KPMG
Women's Agenda - Madeline Hislop - September 7, 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 ...
Childcare subsidy boost would lift jobs
The Standard - Colin Brinsden, AAP - September 7, 2020A new analysis suggests boosting the childcare subsidy would encourage people back to work and help lift the economy on the path to recovery from its first recession in almost three decades. A study by consultants KPMG found many families lose two-thirds or more of the income ...
The back-to-school road map for Victoria
The Age - Tammy Mills - September 6, 2020A slow and staggered return to school is the way to go, say Victoria's education unions, as thousands of students still face uncertainty as to whether they will return to school this year. Under the government's road map to reopening the state, childcare is back on for all parents from ...
What Victoria’s changing restrictions mean for childcare, kinders
Herald Sun - Susie O'Brien - September 6, 2020Metropolitan pre-schoolers will get “back on track” with the reopening of metropolitan childcare centres from September 28 and kinders from October 5. Childcare parents will not need workers’ permits to access centres. The move was described by Education Minister James Merlino ...
When it comes to parenting, we cannot return to the status quo
The Sydney Morning Herald - Editorial - September 6, 2020or years, most men have wanted to spend more time at home with their children, but social and economic factors have prevented them from doing so. This year they got their wish. As COVID-19 began to spread in March, the nation went into lockdown and fathers found themselves...
Child Protection Week Putting Children First
Mirage News - September 6, 2020Queenslanders are being encouraged to make child safety their business during Child Protection Week from 6 to 12 September. Minister for Child Safety, Youth and Women Di Farmer said this year marked the 30th anniversary of Child Protection Week with the theme Putting Children First...
Trauma Sensitive Yoga for Children supports kids
Bundaberg Now - Emma Reid - September 6, 2020Trauma Sensitive Yoga for Children sessions have started in the Bundaberg Region, with help from Council, as part of Child Protection Week. Child Protection Week is a national event that held from Sunday, 6 September, and aims to promote the value of children while focusing...
WA children behind in early learning, overrepresented in poverty and out-of-home care
National Indigenous Times - Grace Crivellaro - September 4, 2020Western Australian communities are facing significant early learning disadvantages, higher child poverty rates and a disproportionate number of children in child protection, according to a new report by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC). The latest report...
Childcare centre approved to replace two Greenwood homes
Perth Now - Tyler Brown, Joondalup Times - September 4, 2020Two houses in Greenwood will be demolished to make way for a childcare centre. The centre valued at $2.07 million was this week conditionally approved for 122 and 124 Coolibah Drive, close to West Greenwood Primary School and Coolibah Plaza Shopping Centre. It will be...
Growing Suburbs funding for Longwarry Early Learning Centre expansion
Mirage News - September 4, 2020Longwarry’s youngest residents are set to enjoy twice the fun when the existing Longwarry Kindergarten is doubled to a state-of-the-art Early Learning Centre. Baw Baw Shire Council has received $500,000 in funding from the Victorian Government’s Growing Suburbs Fund ...
Communities@Work freezes child services fees for the rest of 2020
The Canberra Times - Kathryn Lewis - September 4, 2020Child services fees will be frozen across Communities@Work centres for the rest of the year. Fees across the organisation's early education centres and out of school hours care services will be unchanged in the next four months. There will also be no fee increase to ...
Kinder to prep transition concern amid kids’ social skills decline
Herald Sun - Ashley Argoon - September 3, 2020Parents anxious their child isn’t ready for school next year will not get greater access to additional kinder places. The state government has confirmed there won’t be leeway for children to repeat kinder despite the pandemic limiting access to face-to-face services. Families ...
Global UNICEF report reveals shortcomings in delivering on children’s well-being in Australia – Pandemic creates urgency to improve for the future
Unicef Australia - September 3, 2020Despite being a high income country with some good national conditions for child wellbeing, including a globally well-ranked economy, Australia is falling short in delivering consistently good health, education and social outcomes for children, according to UNICEF’s new...
A new proposed development has some North Richmond residents worried
Hawkesbury Gazette - Finn Coleman - September 3, 2020Residents of North Richmond have voiced their concerns over a Development Application (DA) that has been submitted to Hawkesbury City Council for a new child care facility. The DA includes the construction of a 78-place, centre-based, two storey child care facility, outdoor play areas ...
Retirees create art exchange with childcare centre
Perth Now - Lucy Jarvis, Wanneroo Times - September 3, 2020A weekly art exchange is helping retirees and children connect despite COVID-19 restrictions on face-to-face interactions. RAAFA Estate Merriwa and Goodstart Early Learning Merriwa have set up ‘The Little Hands Art Exchange’ to swap artwork created by Kindy children and retirees...
