Child Care News
The fear and loathing numbers game in Melbourne
Financial Review - Patrick Durkin - August 1, 2020"What are the numbers today?" the childcare educator Jonathon asks me, as I approach to drop off my four-year-old. "Six-hundred-and-twenty-seven," I tell him through a muffled mask. We have three kinds of masks at home. I've settled on the 3M variety as my favourite and most comfortable...
Thousands of SA families pay back $5.9m in child care debts
The Advertiser - Claire Bickers, Sunday Mail (SA) - August 1, 2020South Australian families have been forced to pay back $5.6 million in childcare subsidy debts. And new debt notices are set to be sent to families from October unless the Federal Government extends its six-month moratorium on issuing them during the COVID-19 crisis.
Fears for childcare sector as attendance dwindles, infections soar
Fears for childcare sector as attendance dwindles, infections soarThe Daily Telegraph - Anthony Piovesan - August 1, 2020 Childcare attendance is dwindling “far below” a sustainable threshold as outbreaks in Melbourne early learning centres grow. Australian Education Union representative Cara Nightingale told NCA NewsWire childcare centres needed 75%...
How do we focus on getting more women into & promoted in STEM when we’re struggling to afford childcare?
Women's Agenda - Dr Jennifer Hollands - August 1, 2020What does a Federal politician and stem cell researcher have in common? It turns out, a shared frustration of how coronavirus is pushing women into a giant step backwards. I’ve been luckier than most. I still have paid work and need to go into the lab to do this work. Which means like so many...
Tantanoola primary school closes, Nangwarry preschool fights to secure enrolments
ABC News - Becc Chave, Selina Green and Isadora Bogle - August 1, 2020When a country town's last school is shut it can affect the entire growth potential and population of a place. For Tantanoola in South Australia's south-east, the recent announcement from the Minister for Education that their primary school will be closed has come as a huge blow.
Working Together helping transition to Kindergarten
Mirage News - Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Education and Training (Tas) - July 31, 2020A recent evaluation by the Tasmanian Council of Social Service (TasCOSS) has found families who participated in the nation-leading Working Together – supporting early learning pilot felt their children had gained skills which significantly contributed to a successful transition to Kindergarten.
There are 3 new Closing the Gap education targets: here’s what they miss
The Conversation - Amy Graham, Georgina Nutton, Vincent Yaofeng He - July 31, 2020The federal government this week unveiled the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. Under the strategy, all Australian governments committed to 16 targets, three of which are directly related to early childhood and school education. They are: to increase the proportion of Aboriginal and...
Eddie Obeid sells 'Passy' mansion as buyer eyes childcare conversion
Sydney Morning Herald - Kate McClymont - July 31, 2020Corrupt former Labor minister Eddie Obeid has used a break in his current criminal trial to quietly offload his Hunters Hill mansion “Passy” for a rumoured $11 million. The heritage-listed sandstone mansion appears set to become an early childcare centre. A caveat registered on the title ...
Some consumer price rises matter more to the RBA
Australian Financial Review - Matthew Cranston - July 30, 2020Big price changes in childcare and cleaning products during the June quarter might have been important to households experiencing deflation for the first time in 22 years but they didn't matter to the Reserve Bank. That's because the central bank's preferred measure of inflation ...
Nino Early Learning Adventures in Bundoora linked to 20 Victorian COVID-19 cases
7news.com.au - Emily Olle - July 30, 2020A childcare centre in Melbourne’s north has been linked to 20 coronavirus cases as the state grapples with a record-breaking surge. Nino Early Learning Adventures was forced to close its Bundoora facility after a worker tested positive earlier this month. On Thursday, the Department...
Sydney news: At least three Sydney schools, preschool, close today amid coronavirus fears
ABC News - July 30, 2020Several Sydney government and Catholic schools and a preschool will be closed today because of confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases. Fort Street High School in Sydney's inner-west, and EverLearn preschool in the south-west, will close for the day because of a possible case of COVID-19.
Dundas Valley, Simpson St: Units, childcare centre planned
The Daily Telegraph - Joanne Vella, Parramatta Advertiser - July 30, 2020Dundas Valley residents objecting to a six-storey unit complex on Simpson St. Citilink has lodged a development application with Parramatta Council for 1-7 Simpson St, where 62 apartments and a ground floor 90-place childcare centre over a two-level basement carpark...
The role of mentoring in leading a new team through COVID-19 – one manager’s story
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 30, 2020Moving into a new leadership role can be a challenging time in the life of a manager. Moving to a new role while also starting a new life interstate even more so. Imagine moving to a new leadership role, in a new state, and starting just a week and a half before Australia implemented ...
Are Insiders Buying Think Childcare Group (ASX:TNK) Stock?
Yahoo Finance - Simply Wall St - July 30, 2020The Independent Non-Executive Chairman Mark Kerr made the biggest insider purchase in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for AU$500k worth of shares at a price of AU$1.33 each. That means that an insider was happy to buy shares at above the current price of AU$0.74.
Childcare help for virus-struck Victoria
Yahoo News - July 30, 2020Victorian providers of out-of-school hours child care will get a helping hand from the federal government to ensure they can support parents during the state's coronavirus crisis. But only eligible services in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, both of which have been declared COVID-19...
