Child Care News
NSW Government to continue to provide RATs to ECEC for the foreseeable future
The Sector - Freya Lucas - February 23, 2022Following the successful implementation of rapid antigen testing (RAT) for the first four weeks of the school term, the NSW Government has announced that it will continue to support face-to-face learning in schools and early childhood settings by offering eight RAT kits per student...
G8 Education daily fees to remain at $126 a day, as it announces $45.7m net profit
The Australian - Anthony Marx - February 22, 2022One of Australia’s biggest childcare and early education providers has returned to profitability but warned that near-term Covid headwinds remain a threat. G8 Education announced on Tuesday that it had generated a net profit of $45.7m in the last calendar year...
Queensland childcare workers granted priority on COVID-19 PCR testing
ABC News - Emma Pollard - February 22, 2022Queensland childcare staff and families will be prioritised for COVID-19 testing at state clinics in a government response to the sector's plea for help with dire staff shortages. Childcare sites across the state have faced major disruptions during the Omicron wave...
Family daycare provider incorporating Japanese and Australian culture into care
SBS Japanese - Yumi Oba - February 22, 2022Kaori Sloan opened her family daycare, Niko Niko Family Daycare in 2019. Situated in the leafy suburb of Wahroonga, in Sydney's Upper North Shore, Kaori incorporates both the Japanese and Australian culture and language into the curriculum...
Post-COVID childcare demand surges in south-west Victoria
ABC News - Matt Neal, Emily Bissland, and Jeremy Lee - February 22, 2022When Alex Umbers and her family moved to Warrnambool so she could work as a doctor at the city's public hospital, she expected little to have changed from when they lived there six years prior. But a childcare shortage in the south-west Victorian city made her start to question...
How to save on childcare costs
Canstar - Jacqueline Belesky - February 22, 2022With many childcare centres expected to raise prices soon, how can families save money? Canstar reports. Many childcare providers who typically increase their fees in July are anticipated to bring forward price hikes to March or April, offsetting a boost to the Child Care...
ECEC provider Elements Childcare and Early Learning teams up with The Gordon
The Sector - Freya Lucas - February 22, 2022Early childhood education and care (ECEC) provider Elements Childcare and Early Learning has joined forces with The Gordon, Victoria’s largest regional stand-alone TAFE, to optimise students’ learning and working experience. Elements is one of many ECEC...
Charter Hall REIT reports modest HY22 operating results, maintains growth by acquisition strategy
The Sector - Jason Roberts - February 21, 2022Charter Hall Social Infrastructure Fund REIT (CQE) has reported its Half Year 2022 results in which it reports modest improvements in operating performance on a year on year basis whilst increasingly focussing on acquisitions as a means to generate growth...
“Sad and embarrassing” – what new City of Joondalup plans mean for ECEC developers
The Sector - Freya Lucas - February 21, 2022Strategic Property Group Managing Director Trent Fleskens has described a recent City of Joondalup decision to restrict the development of early childhood education and care (ECEC) centres in residential areas as “sad and embarrassing” and one which “threatens to kill the...
Aspiring early childhood teachers to get grants of up to $20,000 to study
The Sydney Morning Herald - Amelia McGuire - February 20, 2022More than 100 aspiring preschool teachers will receive up to $20,000 each to support their study of a bachelor-level early childhood teaching qualification this year. The scholarship program, now in its second of three years, was launched by the NSW government to boost the number...
Taxpayer-subsidised childcare push for Australia’s essential workers
The Australian - Ewin Hannan - February 20, 2022Employers have called for taxpayer-subsidised in-home child care to be made available to workers in essential services and business supply chains under a pre-election pitch to the major parties to lift workforce participation as the economy emerges from the pandemic...
Feedback sought on City of Greater Bendigo draft early years infrastructure strategy
Bendigo Advertiser - Chris Pedler and Allanah Sciberras - February 18, 2022THREE kindergartens in the Bendigo region could close by 2027 under the City of Greater Bendigo's proposed Early Years Infrastructure Strategy. The draft strategy is open for community feedback until March 23 as council considers future early years infrastructure projects...
Tim Reed responds to concerns about proposed Palmwoods childcare centre
The Courier Mail - Kristen Camp - February 18, 2022The developer behind a new “organic” childcare centre on the Sunshine Coast has responded to concerns from residents who fear it could cause more congestion on the Palmwoods road. The farm-inspired 82-place centre has been put on public notification, with residents...
Victoria extends COVIDSafe measures in early childhood until the end of Term 1
The Sector - Freya Lucas - February 18, 2022The Victorian Government will extend its COVIDSafe measures in schools and early childhood settings until the end of Term One. Initially intended to run for the first four weeks of Term 1, the measures – including rapid antigen surveillance testing – will now continue...
Best childcare centres in Coffs Harbour revealed in latest data
The Daily Telegraph - Matt Gazy - February 17, 2022The latest data has revealed the top 13 childcare centre in the Coffs region as some shoot up the rankings and others drop back a notch. See how your centre ranked in our full list. Maximising a child’s early learning potential is an important factor...
