Child Care News
Childcare centres should be 'more macho'
Daily Telegraph - October 17, 2009CHILDCARE centres should be painted in bold colours and hold regular barbecue, camping and woodworking programs to make dads feel welcome...
Kids held back with 'over-organised' play, says Shane Gould
The Australian - Pia Akerman - October 14, 2009OLYMPIC golden girl Shane Gould has blasted children's sports programs as "over-organised" and holding back the natural development of physical skills…
Ellis favours parents ruling kids' TV habits
ABC Online - October 14, 2009Early Childhood Education Minister Kate Ellis says the Federal Government is not backing the idea of formal restrictions on toddlers' television viewing...
780 new university places for early childhood teachers
DEEWR - October 14, 2009500 new places will be available in 2010, with an initial allocation of 280 places in 2011. This builds on the 500 places provided in 2009. Additional places for...
ABC Learning Centres value of $650m written off
Courier Mail - Liam Walsh - October 13, 2009IN the dying days of ABC Learning Centres, the global operator wrote down almost $650 million of the controversial book value given to its childcare centre licences...
IMF extends funding to ABC Learning administrators
Business Spectator - October 13, 2009The litigation funder said the examinations would principally address charges granted by ABC Learning to a syndicate of banks shortly prior...
Managing the box
The Australian - October 13, 2009But guidelines drawn up for childcare centres suggesting children should not watch any TV before the age of two should be put in perspective...
Warnings issued after childcare centre blitz
Sydney Morning Herald - Andrew Clennell - October 12, 2009EIGHTEEN NSW childcare centres have been given warnings after a government crackdown in which 37 centres were randomly inspected and many were found to be...
Guidelines call for television ban for children until age two
The Australian - Natasha Bita - October 12, 2009The Get up and Grow report - being finalised for release by federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon next week - is designed for childcare centres...
Some childcare centres failing: minister
Sydney Morning Herald - October 10, 2009Dozens of childcare centres are failing to meet safety standards and supervise children poorly, NSW Minister for Community Services Linda Burney says...
Insolvency expert retains confidence in ABC model
The Australian - Matthew Stevens - October 10, 2009ON Monday Steve Parbery will take a short stroll from his Martin Place office to Sydney's Supreme Court to tie off one more loose end in his year-long adventure with ABC Learning…
Childcare centres named, shamed
Courier Mail - Patrick Lion - October 06, 2009CHILDCARE centres putting children at risk will be publicly named and shamed under new laws aimed at helping parents choose where to send their kids...
Call to scrap childcare subsidy
Courier Mail - Carly Hennessy - October 04, 2009The Kids First Parent Association of Australia will be launched on... "If you re-distribute all funding for child care direct to parents based on a per-child basis...
Childcare rebate system abused
Courier Mail - Kay Dibben - October 04, 2009SOME parents are exploiting a loophole in the childcare rebate system, claiming back government cash despite not having paid childcare centre fees...
Complaints about maternity leave on the rise
The Sunday Telegraph - Carmel Melouney - October 04, 2009Bligh Park mother Kirsty Haines lost her job at a defence childcare centre in Richmond earlier this year while she was on maternity leave with her...
