Child Care News
Childcare centre dumped from Waverley bowlo redevelopment
The Daily Telegraph - Heath Parkes-Hupton - March 19, 2019Easts chairman Nick Politis has confirmed Waverley Bowling Club’s proposed $83 million redevelopment will no longer include a childcare centre. In a letter penned to club members, Mr Politis said intensive community consultation had identified the centre - and its impact...
4 tips on returning to work after having a baby
Your Money - Jack Derwin - March 19, 2019While everyone’s situation is different, the biggest factor will be what your childcare options are. “Roughly half of the parents having children being cared for are having them cared for outside formal childcare arrangements. It’s usually grandparents who take that role,” Dale explained...
Family day care swimming pool consultation open for comment
Mirage News - March 18, 2019Public comment sought to inform potential changes to family day care regulations. The consultation period opens today for eight week. The State Government is seeking public comment on potential changes to regulations governing family day care residences that have swimming pools...
Deliver more for children and families – Everyone Benefits exerts election pressure
The Sector - Freya Lucas - March 18, 2019Educators and leaders working in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector have been urged to get behind “an historic alliance” of early childhood experts and parents, calling on all political parties to ensure all Australian children can access at least two days...
Politicians feeling parental pressure for preschool education
The Australian - Rick Morton - March 18, 2019Pressure on the major parties to provide funding certainty for preschool education programs and reform the childcare activity test that punishes vulnerable children the most is mounting ahead of the federal election with a new alliance of 27 organisations calling for change...
'Massive implications': when working families fall off the Hinch Cliff
Sydney Morning Herald - Jordan Baker and Sarah Keoghan - March 17, 2019Families are dropping out of daycare, women are cutting back on work and children are beginning school before they are ready as a result of high income-earning families losing access to childcare subsidies. The early childhood industry fears children are missing out...
From play to pressure; a Finnish perspective on Australian schools
Sydney Morning Herald - Jordan Baker - March 17, 2019In Finland, as in many European countries, early childhood education is free. Some centres are open 24 hours a day to accommodate children whose parents work shifts. Here, the family is facing a steep childcare bill for Noah. "This is something that makes us really feel bad...
New Highton childcare and health centre to offer after school care
Geelong Advertiser - Chad Van Estrop - March 16, 2019AFTER school care will be offered next month at a recently opened $5.5 million childcare and health centre in Highton. The centre built on the site of the Bellaire Primary School has room for 110 kindergarten-aged children and will see the Highton Preschool relocate to it...
Catholic Early EdCare – a new brand to capture the spirit of early learning
The Catholic Leader - Joe Higgins - March 16, 2019CATHOLIC Early EdCare is Catholic through and through. The new name, Catholic Early EdCare, has replaced Centacare Child Care Services and brought a fresh, faithful face to one of Brisbane archdiocese’s booming services. Catholic Early EdCare director Alana Crouch...
Australian first: Tasmania launches pilot program for three-year-old early learning
The Sector - Lyndsie Clark - March 15, 2019The Tasmanian Government has launched a pilot program to provide two years of free early learning for three year old’s from the state’s low income and disadvantaged families, in an Australian first. Tasmanian Education Minister Jeremy Rockliff launched the pilot...
Significant funding boost to aid global health issues
The University of Newcastle - March 14, 2019$941,274 awarded to Dr Serene Yoong and team for a first-of-its-kind trial to support childcare services with implementing continuous free-play schedules. These implementation programs ensure children are engaged in outdoor play to improve child activity...
NSW Liberal/National Party announce additional 2,300 community places for preschoolers
The Sector - Freya Lucas - March 14, 2019An additional 2,300 places in new and existing community preschools will receive funding if the New South Wales Liberal/National party wins the state election to be held on 23 March 2019, the party has said. Current NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced...
Greens call for a “radical rethink” with early learning to be built in schools
The Sector - Freya Lucas - March 14, 2019The Australian Greens Party has called for a “radical rethink” of New South Wales preschool and early learning services, ahead of the state election, in a policy announcement that would bring three and four-year-old preschool into the state’s public education system...
A strong mining sector means a strong NSW, giving $2 billion a year in royalty taxes
The Daily Telegraph - Stephen Galilee - March 14, 2019Premier Gladys Berejiklian launched her campaign with a range of big promises on schools, hospitals and childcare, including $1.3 billion for a new hospital at Bankstown and an extra $917 million to build eight new schools and upgrade another 31. Across town, Labor Leader...
Consider gender factor when choosing a super fund
Sydney Morning Herald - Georgina Dent - March 14, 2019The ability for women to work for money after the arrival of a child is hampered by the absence, in the majority of cases, of generous and equitable parental leave policies, as well as the unavailability and unaffordability of childcare. In countries where parents...
