Child Care News
Call to change tax law to boost childcare access
Financial Review - Tom McIlroy - March 7, 2022Allowing more workers to use salary sacrificing rules to pay for childcare without incurring fringe benefits tax liabilities would help spur Australia’s COVID-19 recovery and boost workforce participation, according to consultants PwC. As business and governments consider how to get...
Families with kids in care get early subsidy boost
Financial Review - Julie Hare - March 7, 2022Working parents with two children in childcare will save up to $162 a week after the federal government brought forward subsidies that were due to take effect mid-year. From Monday this week, families with two or more children in childcare will be between $54 a week better off...
Australia first multimillion-dollar Save the Children service to help hundreds of disadvantaged Tassie kids
Mercury - Susan Bailey - March 7, 2022A multimillion-dollar Australia first service that hopes to help hundreds of disadvantaged children has been approved in dozens of Tasmanian schools. Hundreds of disadvantaged children across Hobart will benefit from an innovative early childhood and parenting service aimed at improving...
Burgess Rawson’s first auction of 2022 continues to see strong support for ECEC centres
The Sector - Jason Roberts - March 7, 2022Early childhood education and care (ECEC) real estate and business broker Burgess Rawson has completed its first auction campaign of 2022 in which four centres were offered and sold with strong bidding and results for each. Billy Holderhead, National Partner at Burgess Rawson...
Murals add colour and culture to MercyCare centres in local artist collaboration
The Sector - Freya Lucas - March 7, 2022Perth-based Indigenous artist Brian Blatchford of BKB Design was recently commissioned by early childhood education and care (ECEC) provider MercyCare to paint a series of murals across its Early Learning Centres, with two completed at Ballajura and Bassendean...
Childcare needs to be at front of Frydenberg’s mind before election
The Age - March 7, 2022In the federal budget due to be handed down on March 29, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg faces some difficult choices, but he should make sure he finds some money to boost support for childcare. In general, this budget will have to be fairly tight given the need to manage the...
Saying child care is an 'essential service', Greens release plan for free early education and care
ABC News - Nour Haydar - March 6, 2022Child care is not a luxury but for many Australian families, the high fees may make it feel like one. The Greens want child care to be viewed as an essential public service that is free and accessible for all families irrespective of where they live and how much parents earn....
Families to cash in on $1.7bn childcare boost
The Australian - Natasha Bita - March 6, 2022Working families will save up to $162 a week in childcare costs from Monday as the Morrison government boosts subsidies in a hip-pocket pitch to voters as the federal election looms. The change slashes daycare costs for 250,000 families, which on average will be $2260 a year...
Cheaper kindy for CQ families
CQ Today - Khrysti Balanay - March 6, 2022Over the next five years, the Queensland Government will increase its annual investment from $130 million to $211 million allowing families to pay less for kindergarten. Education Minister Grace Grace said the new package will make early education either free or more affordable...
Pooncarie preschool reopens after nine years, delighting kids and parents
ABC News - Jennifer Douglas - March 5, 2022Station families and communities along the Lower Darling River near Pooncarie in Far West NSW are celebrating the reopening of their preschool after nine years. The town's population dwindled due the Millennium drought and a dry Lower Darling River, which also led to...
Morrison Government provides extra support for WA families and child care sector
Mirage News - March 5, 2022The Morrison Government is introducing additional targeted support for Western Australian families and the early childhood education and care sector as they deal with the impacts of the Omicron wave. Families will receive unlimited allowable absences from 3 March until...
Community backlash over plans for Mobil and X Convenience service station neighbouring North Haven child centre
The Advertiser - Brinley Duggan - March 4, 2022The land has been vacant for decades but contentious plans to put in a servo next door to a childcare centre and near an aged care home have triggered outrage. A “dusty sandy block of land” left vacant for decades is set for development but the contentious proposal...
Bluebird childcare marks 20-year milestone
The West Australian - Taylar Amonini - March 4, 2022Two decades after embarking on a plan to provide family support, Bluebird Childcare operators are reflecting on their success. Starting from a humble house in Busselton, Bluebird marked 20-years in childcare and family support last month with chief executive and founder...
The Point Preschool educator finds her passion as demand for early childhood sector grows
The Leader - Eva Kolimar - March 4, 2022A love of working with children was a natural step for Oatley mother-of-three Eleanor Chidiac. At 45 years of age, she took the leap into a career change, and has not looked back. Mrs Chidiac is among the next batch of graduates who are helping the early childhood industry...
Never too early to learn - LBA 2021 winner of Early Childhood Centre
Illawarra Mercury - March 4, 2022"Winning the local business award for Early Childhood Centre reinforced that we not only provide high quality education and care, we also provide a service that is more than just an early childhood service," Christine said. "Our dedicated and enthusiastic team provides children...
