Child Care News
Sole parents 'need bonus'
The Australian - Stephen Lunn - November 19, 2009In a paper published today to inform the Henry tax review, ACOSS also calls for a revamp of the childcare payment system, which it labels as "complex and inequitable"...
Parents fear mobile towers' exposure is a health risk
Daily Telegraph - Vikki Campion - November 17, 2009TELECOMMUNICATIONS giants are covertly installing mobile phone towers around kindergartens, schools and childcare centres. Exploiting a loophole...
Andrew Fraser, Cameron Dick put fatherhood before politics
Courier Mail - Rodney Chester - November 17, 2009It found that 62 per cent of fathers felt they should spend more time caring for their children and only about one in five felt childcare was the primary...
Early signs of success
The Age - Caroline Milburn - November 16, 2009Australia should try to learn from Britain's mistakes in rolling out its plan to give all four-year-olds access to kindergarten, a visiting educator has warned...
Unmasking an old childcare divide
The Australian - George Megalogenis - November 16, 2009ALMOST half of all stay-at-home mothers are using formal or informal childcare by the time their youngest child is two, based on new figures that debunk the...
Bonuses for ABC Learning bosses
The Australian - Natasha Bita - November 16, 2009TOP executives at failed childcare chain ABC Learning will take home a $250000 end-of-year bonus, just weeks before the firesale of the of the company...
Parents get access to childcare log books
ABC Online - November 14, 2009The State Government says Queensland childcare centres will be required to have a compliance log book from July next year. Centres will also have to make...
Children come first
Courier Mail - November 14, 2009LOOKING after young children is serious business, in all its meanings, which is why the State Government's tightening of monitoring procedures for childcare...
Childcare operators notified of unhygienic conditions
Courier Mail - Tanya Chilcott - November 13, 2009SHOCKING conditions have been uncovered in Queensland childcare centres, including animal faeces in play areas, floors in danger of collapse, dangerous...
Modest hikes needed for top child care
Ninemsn - Angela Harper - November 12, 2009Parents will be hit with only "modest" childcare fee hikes after the federal government's overhaul of the industry, says acting prime minister Julia Gillard...
Childcare reforms will increase parents' costs
The Australian - Natasha Bita - November 7, 2009PARENTS could pay $50 a week more for childcare under federal government quality reforms negotiated with the states and territories yesterday...
Creditors, investors circle ABC's corpse
The Age - Colin Kruger - November 7, 2009ONE year after the failure of ABC Learning Centres, the turbulence is finally subsiding for Australia's childcare industry. But for investors...
Trader junks offer for ABC Learning centres
The Australian - Natasha Bita - November 06, 2009A MULTINATIONAL childcare company owned by an American billionaire once jailed for white-collar crimes has pulled out of the race to buy the ABC Learning group...
Fears big banks won't sell ABC Learning to quality operator
NEWS.com.au - David Barbeler - November 06, 2009ON THE first anniversary of ABC Learning going into receivership, there are calls for the government to step in to ensure the remaining centres are sold to...
Mothers the losers with childcare costs
The Daily Telegraph - Sue Dunlevy - November 05, 2009ARE we about to price the working mum out of the workforce? That’s what some childcare operators warn is about to happen. It’s caused by governments...
