Child Care News
Fitzroy childcare kids collect own milk as dairy farmers schools campaign steps up
Herald Sun - Mandy Squires - August 18, 2019The kids at East West Child Care aren’t waiting for the Government to roll out a free milk program; they’ve taken matters into their own little hands. It’s part of the regular weekly routine of the children at the Fitzroy centre to walk with a supervisor to the nearby St David Dairy...
Childcare industry advocates want restrictions on new centres entering the market
The Advertiser (SA) - Tim Williams, Sunday Mail (SA) - August 17, 2019The state’s not-for-profit and private childcare sectors are both calling for restrictions on the opening of new centres, arguing proponents should have to show evidence of demand. Industry advocates say either state planning laws or the federal childcare subsidy system should be used ...
Library changes to childcare role
The West Australian - Alexander Scott, North West Telegraph - August 17, 2019A library in Port Hedland is set to be converted into a daycare centre in an attempt to ease the chronic shortage of childcare places in the Pilbara mining town. A Town of Port Hedland report in February this year showed there were 373 children on wait lists and there were only 44 places in total ...
Land and Environment Court to hold on-site meeting at Kingsgrove on Monday regarding child care centre development
The Leader - August 17, 2019The Land and Environment Court will hold an on-site meeting at Kingsgrove next Monday regarding an application for a 47-place childcare centre on the corner of Kingsgrove Road and Vivienne Street. The intersection was the site of a fatality when a five-year old boy was knocked down...
Early learning levels up as inner-city Brisbane’s era of high-rise education beckons
Courier Mail - Phil Bartsch - August 16, 2019Elevator doors are replacing school gates in inner-city Brisbane. With a new era of high-rise education beckoning, a purpose-built vertical early learning centre is set to open in South Brisbane. The five-level building at 70 Cordelia St is locally-based childcare group Edge Early Learning’s flagship centre...
Cost proves to be a barrier to child care
Bendigo Advertiser - Natalie Croxon - August 16, 2019About six months after Melanie Lane's eldest child was born, she wanted to return to work. But the cost of child care meant that she did not stay back at work for long because, all things considered, it was not beneficial. "By the time I paid for child care, I was only about $20 a day better off,"...
Stawell's Marrang Kindergarten will be one of the first Kindergartens in Victoria with subsidised three-year-old programs
Stawell Times - Cassandra Langley - August 16, 2019Stawell's Marrang Kindergarten students, teachers and educators welcomed the announcement of the first enrolments for Victoria's funded three-year-old kinder programs on Friday. The kinder program is part of a $5 billion investment from the Victorian government over the next decade...
Former G8 boss takes over management of Evolve
Scoop BusinessDesk - Paul McBeth - Friday, 16 August 2019Chris Scott, who founded the Australian early childhood education firm G8 Education, acquired a 19 percent stake in Evolve last year and joined the Kiwi firm's board in November alongside former G8 offsider Chris Sacre. They've been leading a $25 million expansion into Australia and today the board appointed Scott as managing director and Sacre as Australian country manager...
Brisbane childcare centres failing to meet national safety standards
The Courier Mail - Quest Newspapers - August 16, 2019There are 46 childcare centres on Brisbane’s southside that are failing to meet national standards for quality care seven years after the ratings were introduced. And parents are choosing childcare centres based on ratings that may not be accurate, with assessors failing to revisit ...
Child care centre terminates places after mothers query $20 a day fee rise
Riot ACT - Ian Bushnell - August 15, 2019Two families who say they were booted out of a Canberra child care centre after questioning a $20 a day fee rise are still waiting for their bonds to be returned, and calling for more regulation of the sector. Teacher Kylie Moller says her family is owed about $896, which also includes a bond...
No progress on gender pay gap
Mirage News - August 15, 2019The gender pay gap remains stationary at 14 per cent according to data released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency today. The Morrison Government opposed measures put forward by the ALP at the last election to improve the appallingly low pay for workers in childcare ...
Camden Kids website revamped
The Daily Telegraph - Macarthur Chronicle - August 15, 2019Families can find all the information and services they need with a new dynamic design of the Camden Kids website. The look, function and navigation of the site have been developed to optimise the user experience and accessibility for Camden’s kids, parents and teachers...
State Government unveils long-awaited anti-bullying strategy
The Mercury - Tim Williams, The Advertiser - August 15, 2019Sport clubs and community groups will have to show their capacity to stop children being bullied in order to receive grants, under a new State Government strategy. The plan aims to reduce bullying by treating it as a whole-of-community problem, not just one for schools...
Excursions as a medium for learning and advocacy
The Sector - Freya Lucas - August 15, 2016Following a recent presentation at the Macquarie University Infants and Toddlers Conference, The Sector spoke with Kate Laidley and Chloe Flannery, who work with Guardian Childcare and Education in the Barangaroo ELC. Barangaroo, a unique development in inner city Sydney...
Mallee Kids Child Care ready to open at Karoonda
Murray Valley Standard - August 14, 2019Karoonda's council-run child care service will begin operating next month after the completion of the town's early childhood centre and community hub. Federal MP Tony Pasin visited on Tuesday to cut a ribbon outside the centre, which was built in quick time using funding...
