Child Care News
Childcare centres want staff subsidy
The Australian - Natasha Bita - May 13, 2010CHILDCARE centres are threatening to raise fees by up to $22 a day unless the federal government subsidises the cost of hiring extra staff...
Childcare cuts could be defeated in Senate
The Age - Misha Schubert - May 13, 2010LABOR'S bid to cut childcare payments for tens of thousands of families risks defeat in the Senate, with the opposition and minor parties vowing to fight...
Paid parental leave on track to start January
News.com.au - May 12, 2010AUSTRALIA is on track to have national paid parental leave in place by January after the government introduced legislation for an 18-week scheme to parliament...
Wealthy parents will be targeted by freeze on the rebate of fees
Sydney Morning Herald - Kirsty Needham - May 12, 2010HIGH-INCOME working mothers will be hit by a four-year freeze on the maximum amount they can claim under the childcare rebate, which will be subject to a...
Childcare rebate payment capped
The Australian - Patricia Karvelas - May 11, 2010THE childcare rebate payment covering 50 per cent of out of pocket fees will be capped and people trying to get onto the disability support pension will be...
Government spending big on boosting childcare
Herald Sun - May 11, 2010The Government is spending $273.7 million to boost the quality of childcare, requiring providers to employ more and better qualified staff...
Mums weary but have no regrets
Herald Sun - Catherine Lambert - May 09, 2010Confirming the growing day care trend, 64 per cent of families used grandparents as their main form of childcare while one third used other family members...
Feast or famine in day care hunt
Daily Telegraph - Sue Dunlevy and Rosemarie Lentini - May 06, 2010Childcare groups have been asking governments to establish a planning regime for childcare for over a decade to ensure new centres are built where they are needed...
"No" to test on childcare rebate
The Australian - Patricia Karvelas - May 03, 2010WAYNE Swan has ruled out one of Ken Henry's key childcare reform proposals -- to combine all childcare benefits into one and means test them so that...
That sinking feeling
Sydney Morning Herald - Colin Kruger - May 1, 2010The marathon autopsy of ABC Learning is over, as might be many high-profile reputations associated with the collapse…
Govt standing firm on childcare backflip
Sydney Morning Herald - Susanna Dunkerley - April 28, 2010Federal minister Tanya Plibersek says building new childcare centres in areas with shortages isn't necessarily sustainable. The minister for the status of women...
Rudd shame on childcare
Herald Sun - Susie O'Brien - April 27, 2010YOU might not care about child care. But we should all care that our Government can't even be bothered to lie convincingly to us any more...
Defence Force child minders could lose payouts
Sydney Morning Herald - Paul Bibby - April 27, 2010HUNDREDS of former ABC Learning staff working in Australian Defence Force childcare centres may not get redundancy entitlements because the company's...
Mums need better incentives to work
Sydney Morning Herald - Stephanie Peatling - April 25, 2010At this point they have to consider whether the cost of childcare, plus the amount of government payments they stand to lose, is worth the few extra dollars, not to mention...
Dumping child care places 'premature'
Sydney Morning Herald - April 24, 2010Dumping hundreds of childcare centres could undermine the federal government's planned paid parental leave scheme, Australia's largest business organisation...
