Child Care News
Blend of owners sought for ABC
Sydney Morning Herald - Stephanie Peatling - November 18, 2008LOCAL governments will not be given carte blanche to take over the child-care centres of the failed ABC Learning, with the Federal Government insisting a mix of private and community groups run the centres...
Australian Navy orders two-month shutdown
The Australian - November 18, 2008All local commanders have been ordered to allow personnel affected by the ABC Learning childcare crisis more flexible working arrangements...
Government childcare places could cause oversupply
Courier Mail - Melanie Christiansen - November 17, 2008CHILDCARE Queensland has warned that government plans for hundreds of new childcare places will threaten the viability of existing operators...
Councils eye-off ABC Learning Centres
Government News - Angela Dorizas - November 17, 2008The Australian Services Union (ASU) has called on the Federal Government to give priority to councils interested in taking over childcare...
Funtastic reveals $8.5m exposure to ABC
Sydney Morning Herald - November 17, 2008Toy supplier Funtastic Ltd says trading exposure so far to the financially troubled ABC Learning Centre Ltd is about $8.5 million...
Non-bank growth? It's child's play
Business Spectator - Robert Gottliebsen - November 17, 2008A number of Bendigo Bank community branches are looking at acquiring ABC Learning child-minding centres in their area. Bendigo Bank chief executive Rob Hunt did not spell out specific...
Children miss out on skills
Melbourne Herald Sun - Karen Collier - November 17, 2008KIDS are being starved of learning opportunities in childcare centres and at home, leaving them at risk of poor performance when they reach school...
Collapse of ABC to fuel legal overhaul
The Australian - Patricia Karvelas - November 17, 2008THE collapse of childcare giant ABC Learning has fast-tracked Rudd Government plans to overhaul corporate law to block creeping acquisitions, by which large...
Toddlers forced out by ABC Learning crisis
Daily Telegraph - Sue Dunlevy - November 17, 2008FAMILIES with children aged under two are likely to be the hardest hit by the collapse of childcare provider ABC Learning. The shortage of childcare places for the under-twos...
Kids at risk in child care
Melbourne Herald Sun - Fiona Hudson - November 16, 2008VICTORIAN childcare centres have received formal cautions for incidents including falling skylight covers, broken glass doors and roaming children...
Staff call on parents to stand by ABC
Sydney Morning Herald - Leesha McKenny - November 16, 2008ABC Learning staff have appealed for parents to stick with their centres as they await news on their futures into next year. Child-care worker Kim Sandford...
ABC Learning debacle pits money against care
The Age - James Kirby - November 16, 2008THE spectacular collapse of child-care company ABC Learning Centres raises a lot more urgent questions than the obvious one about whether privatisation is...
Buyers size up ABC Learning as parents weigh options
Sydney Morning Herald - Stephanie Peatling - November 15, 2008FOUR operators have expressed interest in taking over some child-care centres run by ABC Learning. The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, said yesterday that private and not-for-profit...
Time to rethink ABCs of child care, say experts
THe Age - Tom Arup and Dan Harrison - November 15, 2008LEADING child-care experts believe the collapse of ABC Learning gives the Federal Government the perfect opportunity to restructure child-care policy...
Class-action lawsuit readied on child-care company demise
The Age - Tom Arup - November 15, 2008IMF Australia is preparing a potential class-action lawsuit against ABC Learning's receivers, auditors and former directors...
