Child Care News
Greens step in over childcare cuts
The Australian - Patricia Karvelas - June 09, 2010MORE than 70000 families will have their childcare payments slashed in 2013-14 -- many more than the Rudd government indicated on budget night...
Childcare's good for your kids
Herald Sun - Katherine Firkin - June 08, 2010Children who start attending under the age of two form better relationships at primary school, according to a UK study of more then 3000 children, started in 1996...
In-Need Child Care Centres to Receive Vital Upgrades
DEEWR Press Release - June 6, 2010Grants of $20,000 will be provided to long day care services in disadvantaged areas from this month to help these providers improve the quality of their centres...
Childcare costs a work in progress
Daily Telegraph - Bruce McDougall - June 05, 2010THE price of childcare has become so great 40 per cent of parents believe it is not worth them working. About half would seriously consider giving up their job...
Pay childcare workers $10 per hour more: union
ABC Online - Eleni Roussos - June 04, 2010An exodus of childcare workers will continue in the Northern Territory unless wages are improved, the Miscellaneous Workers Union says. The union's...
Liberals promise weekly rebate for childcare
The Australian - Patricia Karvelas - June 04, 2010THE Coalition will try to capitalise on the anger of parents at the Rudd government's backdowns on childcare promises by unveiling a series of policies...
$1 million lifeline for childcare
The Age - June 4, 2010THE Victorian government has thrown a $1 million lifeline to childcare programs that care for almost 10000 children each week, after a federal funding cut...
Childcare costs to rise
Sydney Morning Herald - June 3, 2010Childcare costs are likely to rise for 26000 families from July after federal budget cuts were approved by parliament's lower house on Thursday...
Child Care and Child Stress: Some Clues about Quality Care
Psychology Today (USA) - Jean Mercer - June 2, 2010Parents have plenty of different reasons for selecting particular child care settings for their infants, toddlers, and preschoolers...
Greens find childcare shortages
The Age - Dan Harrison - June 3, 2010THE Greens have cast further doubt on the Rudd government's justification for scrapping its election promise to build 260 childcare centres...
ABC Learning Centres overstated assets by $1.2bn
The Australian - Andrew Fraser - June 02, 2010A REPORT presented to creditors of failed childcare operator ABC Learning Centres has found that the company overstated the value of its assets by $1.2 billion...
Coalition backs cut childcare rebate
The Age - Misha Schubert - June 2, 2010CHILDCARE payments will be cut for tens of thousands of families from July 1 after the Coalition yesterday walked away from a vow not to raise the cost of care...
Preschool junk food alert
The Age - Kate Hagan - June 2, 2010PRESCHOOLS may need to consider sending letters home to parents who include junk food in their children's lunch boxes, academics say...
Creditors to vote on ABC Learning windup
Sydney Morning Herald - June 1, 2010Creditors of ABC Learning will on Wednesday vote on winding up the failed childcare giant. Administrators Greg Moloney and Peter Walker of Ferrier Hodgson...
Profit sector to dominate childcare
The Australian - Andrew Fraser - June 01, 2010CHILDCARE is likely to remain dominated by the "for-profit" sector despite yesterday's transition of hundreds of centres once run by the failed ABC Learning...
