Child Care News
Gold Coast childcare giant G8 Education welcomes revised Government support package
Gold Coast Bulletin - Alister Thomson - June 9, 2020GOLD Coast-based child care giant G8 Education says it expects to be in 'no worse a position' under the revised Federal Government support package. The Government yesterday announced that payments under its relief package for the sector would cease from July 12 and that pre-pandemic...
Early learning peak body backs families to access a Transition Payment
Mirage News - Australian Childcare Alliance - June 8, 2020Australia’s peak body for early learning (childcare) services, the Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA), has commended the Australian Government for putting a transition process in place that supports the early learning sector and ensuring families will still have up to 100 hours of subsidised care ...
Sector supports childcare changes: Tehan
Sky News - June 8, 2020The changes to the childcare sector will ensure the majority of providers will survive the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Education Minister Dan Tehan. Mr Tehan announced that the government's free childcare scheme will end, with fees returning from the middle of July. The measure was ...
Free childcare ends July 12, with sector losing JobKeeper but receiving temporary payment
The Conversation - Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra - June 8, 2020Free childcare will end on July 12, with the government saying it has “done its job” and demand is now increasing for places as the economy is reopening. The system will return to the previous mean tested childcare subsidy scheme but with some transition funding for the sector and help for parents...
'Very risky': Government warned return of childcare fees could trigger exodus of families
The Sydney Morning Herald - Fergus Hunter - June 8, 2020Childcare advocates warn the reintroduction of fees next month risks putting services out of reach of many families despite government changes designed to protect those who have lost income during the COVID-19 crisis. Education Minister Dan Tehan announced on Monday the fee-free childcare...
Jason Renshaw appointed Chief Learning Officer at Goodstart Early Learning
The Sector - Jason Roberts - June 8, 2020Goodstart Early Learning has appointed Jason Renshaw to be the Group’s first Chief Learning Officer in a move that will help Goodstart align the development of its workforce with its strategic and organisational objectives. Mr Renshaw has previously held a range of learning focussed organisational roles...
Morrison Government will end free childcare on July 12
NEWS.com.au - Charis Chang - June 8, 2020Australia's free childcare program will end on July 12, Education Minister Dan Tehan has announced today. Mr Tehan said JobKeeper payments for the sector would end on July 20. However, a transition payment consisting of 25 per cent of fee revenue will continue to be paid to centres from July 13 to September 27...
Bad news for struggling parents: Free childcare scheme will end in three weeks as Scott Morrison refuses to extend help to families hit by pandemic crisis
Daily Mail - Louise Ayling - June 5, 2020Scott Morrison has talked down the prospect of extending free childcare for another three months. The prime minister said the $1.6 billion scheme, which ends on June 28, was never meant to be permanent. 'It was a measure designed for the times and, like all of our measures...
1 in 4 families will face higher out of pocket fees for childcare in July
Women's Agenda - Georgie Dent - June 5, 2020Almost a quarter of Australian families currently using early childhood education and care will be adversely impacted by the activity test and potentially face higher out of pocket fees for care than before COVID19, under a snap-back to the old subsidy model. The activity test cuts ...
Free childcare unlikely to be extended: PM
9News - By AAP - June 5, 2020Scott Morrison has talked down the prospect of extending free childcare for another three months. The prime minister said the $1.6 billion scheme, which ends on June 28, was never meant to be permanent. "It was a measure designed for the times and, like all of our measures, we are ...
Debts could shift under Virgin bidder Bain
The Australian Business Review - Bridget Carter - June 4, 2020It is understood that offshore lenders to Bain’s Australian childcare provider Camp Australia are considering a move to offload debt, while there is also thought to be some upcoming movement within the lending syndicate of Bain’s other childcare provider, Only About Children...
Have Insiders Been Buying Think Childcare Limited (ASX:TNK) Shares?
Simply Wall St - June 4, 2020We often see insiders buying up shares in companies that perform well over the long term. The flip side of that is that there are more than a few examples of insiders dumping stock prior to a period of weak performance. So we’ll take a look at whether insiders have been buying or selling shares...
NT Pre-School Games Support STEM Learning in our Littlest Territorians
Mirage - June 4, 2020The Territory Labor Government is investing to foster an early interest Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) with resources specifically targeted at our littlest Territorians. The NT Pre-School STEM Games, developed for the Territory Labor Government by ...
IEU shares Tehan letter ahead of predicted return to CCS
The Sector - Freya Lucas - June 5, 2020The New South Wales/ACT branch of the Independent Education Union (IEU) has shared their concerns about a decline in enrolments when services revert to full fees and a CCS model via a letter to Federal Education Minister, Dan Tehan. In communications with members, the Union...
Kids at risk as childcare standards plunge
The Advertiser - Calre Masters - June 4, 2020Childcare centres are reporting children are at risk with many centres forced to breach the legal ratios and the quality of care slipping dramatically over the COVID-19 period. With attendance now rising as Australia opens back up, childcare workers say they cannot continue to look after children...
