Child Care News
Vaccinating childcare workers in time “very challenging”
Financial Review - Sally Patten and Liam Walsh - August 23, 2021According to the Australian Childcare Alliance, there are 1061 long daycare services in the 12 LGAs. Mr Cherry warned that 10 days was a “very short window” to have all 450 staff vaccinated, although he predicted many employees would already have received at least one jab ...
Coalition unveils ‘significant’ rescue package for childcare sector reeling from Covid lockdowns
The Guardian - Sarah Martin - August 23, 2021A “significant” rescue package for the childcare sector worth an estimated $50m a week will be rolled out to almost 5,000 providers reeling from the financial hit of Covid-19 lockdowns. The package, announced by the Morrison government on Monday, comes as providers ...
Victoria’s new Covid restrictions on childcare spark confusion among parents and providers
The Guardian - Josh Taylor - August 23, 2021The Victorian government’s new restrictions on childcare has caused confusion among parents and childcare providers with many unsure whether their children could still go on Monday. On Saturday, with Covid-19 case numbers hitting levels not seen since Victoria’s second wave ...
Queensland's tough COVID-19 border restrictions will remain as NSW lockdown extended
ABC News - Jessica Rendall and Kimberley Bernard - August 21, 2021Kevin Twomey and his wife Fiona are both medical professionals who live on the Queensland side of the border but send their kids to a childcare centre on the New South Wales side. Before the border was installed, it was an easy 200m drive from Fiona's surgery in Coolangatta ...
Victoria's COVID lockdown child care closure leaves families and centres with few options
ABC News - Margaret Paul - August 23, 2021Nuala Same is not sure who is going to look after her three young children this week. The mother-of-three is one of thousands of Victorian parents caught in a last-minute scramble to work out whether her children are eligible for child care, after the Victorian government announced ...
New restrictions for Melbourne surrounding childcare and at-risk workforces
news.com.au - August 21, 2021Victoria’s worsening outbreak of the Delta strain of coronavirus has forced the introduction of new restrictions in Greater Melbourne. Childcare has been moved to permit-based system for essential workers ... while masks for primary school children have been recommended.
Spending on childcare is needed now to ensure kids have the best of care
The Sydney Morning Herald - Jay Weatherill - August 21, 2021Opinion: There is a raft of evidence to show that when our youngest Australians have the opportunity to attend high quality and universally accessible early learning, taught by a trained, supported and recognised workforce, they benefit enormously now and for the rest of their life.
Major government bailouts needed to keep childcare industry afloat, according to industry leaders
Herald Sun - Susie O'Brien and Suzan Delibasic - August 21, 2021Urgent government bailouts are needed to keep the childcare sector viable in Victoria as attendances are set to drop to five per cent under new restrictions, industry figures say. The childcare industry, already experiencing centre closures in the city, is calling for an injection of federal ...
Vax mandate for NSW childcare workers
7news.com.au - Hannah Ryan - August 20, 2021Childcare staff in parts of Sydney will have to be vaccinated to go to work, under a new rule to address rising fears of transmission in daycare centres. Thirty childcare centres are currently considered exposure sites across Sydney, mostly in the west and southwest ...
Childcare centres urge NSW government to clarify rules during Delta wave
Guardian - Sarah Martin - August 20, 2021Childcare providers want urgent guidance on Covid transmission in the sector and clear rules for who can attend, saying they are concerned centres may be inadvertently contributing to the spread of the virus in New South Wales. The call came as hundreds of Covid cases ...
ACT records 16 COVID-19 cases, one linked to Canberra early learning centre
7News.com.au - Georgie More and Summer Woolley - August 19, 2021Australia’s capital has recorded another 16 coronavirus cases, taking the Canberra outbreak to 83. Among the new cases - 11 of which are linked to existing infections and five remain under investigation - one has been recorded at Goodstart Early Learning Turner ...
Emergency package sought for child care
The West Australian - Colin Brinsden - August 19, 2021The Morrison government is being urged to provide an emergency financial assistance package for the early learning and childcare sectors as the coronavirus crisis worsens. Childcare advocate Thrive by Five says the sector provides essential support for ...
Think Childcare releases 2021 interim results ahead of expected transition to Busy Bees
The Sector - Jason Roberts - August 19, 2021Think Childcare has released its last set of interim results ahead of the anticipated acquisition of the business by Busy Bees Early Learning Australia Pty Ltd (Busy Bees) which is expected to settle in October 2021. Think reported total revenues of $86.0 million ...
‘Immediate risk’: nearly 150 childcare centres closed across Australia over Covid threat
The Guardian - Sarah Martin - August 19, 2021Almost 150 childcare centres across the country have been closed under emergency measures because of an “immediate risk” to children posed by the Delta outbreak gripping the country. The closures come as Labor calls for more federal government assistance ...
Childcare providers losing millions of dollars per week in Sydney lockdown
Brisbane Times - Lisa Visentin - August 19, 2021Some of the biggest childcare providers in Sydney are estimating they will collectively face $32 million in fee losses by the end of October if the lockdown continues without further financial support from the federal government. Losses have already surpassed ...
