Child Care News
Increase in childcare costs on hold
Sydney Morning Herald - June 24, 2010Cuts in the federal childcare rebate, which would have hit 26000 families from July, have been put on hold. The cost of child care will jump by $300 a year...
Government Must Act Quickly On Child Care Rebate
Australia.to - Sharman Stone - June 24, 2010“The Coalition has been urging the government to pay the child care rebate fortnightly to help families who now often face fees of up to $100 per day...
Govt urged to improve gender equality
Sydney Morning Herald - Susanna Dunkerley - June 23, 2010Ms Broderick said child care was too expensive for many parents and a universally accessible and affordable system was needed. "An ordinary family sending...
Daycare centre may have exposed children to lead, asbestos
Sydney Morning Herald - Saffron Howden - June 23, 2010THE proposed demolition of a former Bondi Junction service station used as a family daycare centre for the past 21 years has raised fears...
Bus hits Goodna childcare centre
Courier Mail - June 22, 2010The bus careered into the Kaleidoscope Child Care Centre smashing through a solid concrete fence and into the babies' room which normally has eight babies...
Slashing childcare rebate a cruel act - Fielding
Australia.TO - June 21, 2010Family First Leader Senator Steve Fielding says the Rudd Government's move to cut the childcare rebate is a kick in the guts to Australian families...
Queensland kindergartens face extinction
Brisbane Times - Ellen Lutton - June 20, 2010THE traditional model of a Queensland kindergarten is under serious threat of being completely annihilated by long-daycare centres...
Funding axed for remote indigenous childcare
The Australian - Tony Barrass - June 18, 2010So they're astounded that the Rudd government has told everyone but them that their annual $30000 federal funding for their childcare centre will be scrapped...
Rudd Labor Government must increase funding for child care
Australia.TO - Dr Sharman Stone - June 17, 2010The Rudd Labor Government must heed a plea from the Municipal Association of Victoria that they need dramatically increased funding for early childhood...
$600 million kindergarten shortfall
The Age - Jewel Topsfield - June 17, 2010VICTORIAN children could miss out on kindergarten unless at least 600 new preschools are built within three years, with an audit revealing a...
Coalition vows to improve on 'theatrical' Rudd's family leave
The Australian - Patricia Karvelas - June 16, 2010THE Coalition has committed to replacing the government's paid parental leave scheme with its own more generous plan in its first year of government...
Govt told to amend parental scheme
Sydney Morning Herald - Susanna Dunkerley - June 15, 2010They say the reduced payment will force more new parents into work, which, in turn, will increase the cost of the federal childcare rebate...
Childcare ''saviour'' honoured
Sydney Morning Herald - Kate Lahey - June 14, 2010A FORMER Macquarie Banker who helped rescue more than 550 childcare centres from the ABC Learning collapse is among members of the business community to be...
Daycare fees to increase
Sydney Morning Herald - Rachel Browne - June 13, 2010THE families of more than 500,000 children in long-daycare centres could face fee increases of up to $120 a week under federal government changes…
Gillard trapped into childcare rebate review
The Australian - Patricia Karvelas - June 11, 2010JULIA Gillard has refused to cave in to demands to make the childcare rebate payable fortnightly to parents, but has vowed to investigate the option...
