Child Care News
CCS balancing is coming – is your service ready to support families?
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 8, 2019The Child Care Subsidy (CCS) balancing period will occur at the end of July. Whilst the balancing process - in which actual adjusted taxable income and the amount of benefit received are reconciled - is not new, for some families this will be the first time their actual adjusted taxable income has...
The significance of NAIDOC week; a reflection on meaningful and respectful engagement
The Sector - Freya Lucas & Ruth Harper - July 8, 2019At this time of year, some portions of the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector will begin to ask a question, seeking to respond to the requirement to demonstrate that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives are valued in the program...
Is the 'Canberra Tax' the reason those in the national capital pay more for petrol, child care and car rego?
ABC News - Kate Midena - July 8, 2019While the childcare industry is subject to a range of government subsidies, the out-of-pocket costs to send a child to day care in Canberra are higher than the national average. Ongoing reporting by the Productivity Commission consistently places Canberra as the most expensive city for...
No Jab, No Play plays part in record high vaccination rates
The Daily Telegraph - Jane Hansen - July 7, 2019The number of Australian children who are fully immunised has hit another record high with 94.78 per cent of five-year-olds fully vaccinated, the highest in Australia’s vaccination history. Since the introduction of No Jab No Play/Pay initiatives championed by The Sunday and Daily Telegraph...
Before and after school care available to children at all public primary schools by 2021
Daily Liberal - July 6, 2019The government will spend $120 million to make before and after school care available to children at all public primary schools by 2021. Applications have opened at beforeandafterschoolcare.smartygrants.com.au/round1 for funding for facilities and equipment for new or expanding services...
Boy walks from Canning Vale day care
Perth Now - Catherine Healey - July 5, 2019A child care business owner who was “too embarrassed” to tell a parent she had lost the woman’s two-year-old child has been fined $2000. Soo Jeom Cho had three children, all under the age of four, in her care at Happy Kids Family Day Care in Canning Vale when the incident occurred...
Diploma and Cert III qualifications form part of massive Horsham training boost
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 5, 2019Those in the Wimmera and the Grampions regions of Victoria wishing to study early childhood education and care (ECEC) are set to benefit from a new suite of projects funded by the Victorian Government, providing better training opportunities to gain skills for “in demand” jobs across the region...
Portable long service leave becomes a reality for community based Victorian educators
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 5, 2019Effective 1 July 2019, Victorians working in community services, including early childhood services, can start accruing long service benefits as part of the Long Service Benefits Portability Regulations (2019). Effectively, the change in regulation means that those who are employed in any Victorian...
Investors scramble for childcare assets with the sale of a Kids Early Learning Centre recording a year low yield of 5.5 per cent
The Courier Mail - Chris Herde - July 5, 2019A NSW-based private investor snapped up two new childcare centres prior to auction with one property recording the sector’s tightest yield for the year. The investor paid $4 million a centre at 7 Cowper Ave, Eagleby, south of Brisbane, and $3.3 million for another at 52 South Vickers Rd...
Childcare and 'flexibility' keep parents on partner track
Australian Financial Review - Bo Seo - July 4, 2019When corporate lawyer Lynda Tully was seeking out childcare for her newborn son, she noticed that centre owners would only speak to her, and not to her husband. Then once she got through, the response from the other end was cool and even hostile. "The reaction to possibly putting a child...
Council facing legal threat over childcare centre closure
Mosman Daily - Andrea McCullagh - July 4, 2019Mosman Council is under threat of legal action over the impending closure of a childcare centre, a meeting heard. Parents and children packed the council chamber on Tuesday night where Mosman Occassional Childcare Centre (MOCC) was up for debate. Noisy little ones made their presence felt...
Think Childcare acquires four new childcare services
Finance News Network - Rachael Jones - July 4, 2019Think Childcare (ASX:TNK) has now completed the acquisition of four newly constructed, purpose-built Nido childcare Services. They have also opened a greenfield Nido childcare Service in Moonee Valley in Victoria. This centre is expected to break even nine months after opening...
Jodie Harrison confirmed as NSW Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education
The Sector - Jason Roberts - July 4, 2019Jodie Harrison, member for Charleston, has been appointed as the New South Wales Minister for Early Childhood Education in recently elected New South Wales Labor leader Jodi McKay’s new Shadow Cabinet. This will be the second stint in the role for Ms Harrison, who served as...
Tehan announces school readiness measures for First Nations children in WA
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 4, 2019Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Western Australia will be supported to improve their health and helped to make a positive transition to school, the Federal Minister for Education Dan Tehan announced today. $2.8 million in funding is to be provided by the Australian Government...
Gold Coast development: AFL themed childcare centre planned for Metricon Stadium at Carrara
Gold Coast Bulletin - Andrew Potts - July 4, 2019A giant AFL-themed childcare centre is planned for a site right next to Carrara’s Metricon Stadium. The Gold Coast Suns have submitted a development application for the centre, which will take the shape of a 13.5m tall Aussie rules ball. The centre, first revealed last year by the Gold Coast Bulletin, will cover...
