Child Care News
Childcare offenders exposed in new online service
PerthNow - January 20, 2010PARENTS will be able to check whether childcare providers have been prosecuted or have breached childcare regulations, with the launch of a new online...
ABC faces March wind-up, but creditors will have to wait
Sydney Morning Herald - Colin Kruger - January 18, 2010THE longest administration in Australia's corporate history will almost certainly come to an end in March with ABC Learning's creditors expected to vote to wind up...
Holiday care is not a black and white issue for working mums
The Age - Carmel Egan - January 17, 2010HOLIDAY care has fallen through the cracks of Australia's childcare debate but is looming as a flashpoint in workplace relations, as parents and unions push for greater flexibility...
Youth workers may pay $60 for security checks
Sydney Morning Herald - Stephanie Peatling - January 17, 2010People working with children could have to pay for their own criminal checks under changes to child protection laws being considered by the NSW Government...
Brumby sends super nanny squad to help failing families
Herald Sun - Peter Rolfe - January 17, 2010"SUPER nanny" parent inspectors will be sent into the homes of failing Victorian families to teach them how to look after their children properly...
Childcare centres closed
The Age - Miki Perkins and Paul Austin - January 12, 2010THE Education Department will close almost 200 kindergartens, childcare centres and school holiday programs in regions of Victoria that have been declared a code red...
Childcare group in liquidation
New Zealand Herald - January 12, 2010A nationwide early childcare service has been put into liquidation. Easy Mind is a home-based service providing care for infants up to 5. It has 15 centres...
Opposition dismisses 'cheapskate' leave model
Sydney Morning Herald - Dan Harrison - January 11, 2010THE woman charged with crafting the Coalition's paid parental leave policy has dismissed Labor's proposed scheme as a ''cheapskate'' model which does not...
Education boost for indigenous families
Sydney Morning Herald - Jessica Mahar - January 11, 2010Parents will be encouraged to spend 30 hours a week at their child's centre and work towards a formal qualification, while also spending one-on-one time...
New ABC Learning off to a flying start
Sydney Morning Herald - Colin Kruger - January 11, 2010ABC LEARNING'S receivers have offered the first glimpse of the group's financial health since its collapse in November 2008, showing that the remaining...
Parents told: go back to class before your child starts Prep
Courier Mail - Kathleen Donaghey - January 03, 2010ALL mums and dads should undergo a special course before their children start Prep to stem an epidemic of violent behaviour in our schools...
ABC Learning logo stoush too much to bear
Courier Mail - Liam Walsh - January 01, 2010THE sale of ABC Learning Centres has sparked a dispute about the giant childcare operator's purple teddy bear logo. A man who says he designed the logo is...
Plan for daycare at shopping centres
The Australian - Natasha Bita - December 28, 2009GOODSTART, the charity taking over Australia's biggest childcare chain, ABC Learning, hopes to expand into shopping centres to offer educational daycare...
Centre to tame violent Preps
Courier Mail - Kathleen Donaghey - December 27, 2009CHILDREN as young as four who are too violent to teach will be sent to Queensland's first behaviour school for Prep students...
ABC Learning sale contract signed
Sydney Morning Herald - December 22, 2009The receiver of collapsed child care group ABC Learning says a sales contract has been signed with the preferred purchaser, the not-for-profit company GoodStart...