Child Care News
Shows promise - rating the revolution
The Age - Caroline Milburn - November 30, 2009Every school, tertiary institution and preschool in Australia is about to be hit by radical change. This year's federal budget and the economic stimulus...
Fear of backyard childcare as costs spiral up
Adelaidenow - Tory Shepherd - November 29, 2009ROCKETING childcare costs will force parents to turn to "backyard care", the head of Childcare South Australia says. The Federal Government is planning...
Qld childcare workers demand more staff
Sydney Morning Herald - November 29, 2009Childcare workers seeking improved staff-to-child ratios lobbied Queensland Premier Anna Bligh at a community cabinet meeting in Brisbane's southwest on Sunday...
No one cares about childcare: a modern day paradox
Brisbane Times - Heidi Davoren - November 29, 2009Any working parent can tell you this country has been suffering from a childcare crisis well before ABC Learning kicked the bucket. Now it's taken a senate...
Minnows nip at ABC carcass
Herald Sun - Liam Walsh - November 27, 2009SMALL childcare operators have lobbed bids for pieces of the ABC Learning empire, contrasting with impressions that only big players are in the race...
Women say pregnancy is 'career poison'
NEWS.com.au - Zsa-Zsa Bowie Wilson - November 25, 2009A MAJORITY of women believe that pregnancy will harm their careers and that having a family was incompatible with climbing the corporate ladder...
Childcare union backs national regulations
ABC Online - Stephanie Smail - November 25, 2009The Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (LHMU), which represents childcare workers, will meet the Queensland Government today to lobby for national childcare...
Senate delivers a `guilt trip' on childcare
The Australian - Natasha Bita - November 25, 2009CHILDREN who spend long periods in childcare may be at risk of stunted social, emotional and cognitive development, a Senate inquiry into childcare has...
Inquiry swipe at ABC and policy makers
Sydney Morning Herald - Colin Kruger - November 25, 2009A SENATE inquiry into the provision of child care has issued a damning report on the deficient supervision of ABC Learning and the role this played in the....
Our childcare centres must not flounder
Daily Telegraph - Kate Ellis - November 24, 2009The majority of childcare services do a great job of providing environments where children can grow and learn safely. But most is not good enough...
Child care doubles TV time for some children
Reuters UK - November 23, 2009If you're not taking the time they spend in child care into account, you may be way off, according to a US study. Researchers from the University of Washington...
Profit-driven child care condemned
Courier Mail - Jane Chudleigh - November 23, 2009CHILDCARE regulation should be overhauled to remove the profit-driven problems leading to the massive collapse of the ABC Learning empire...
Call to abolish child care rebate
The Canberra Times - Emma MacDonald - November 23, 2009The Childcare Rebate, providing parents with 50 per cent of their out-of-pocket expenses, could be abolished, with money going directly to child-care operators...
Plea to keep ABC centres from predatory buyer
Sydney Morning Herald - Adele Horin - November 20, 2009THE union representing childcare workers is alarmed that a private equity company bidding for up to 705 ABC childcare centres has described itself as...
Combet flags ADF changes to attract and keep women
The Australian - Samantha Maiden - November 19, 2009Mr Combet said the action plan would also review childcare options, particularly out of hours and off-base support, and short-term loan assistance for childcare fee...
