Child Care News
Woman who wants a war over the care of two-year-olds
Sydney Morning Herald - Heath Gilmore - May 27, 2007THE debate over whether children under the age of two are adversely affected by attending child-care centres has at least one prominent Sydney council at...
Parents slam costly kinders
Melbourne Herald Sun - Carla Danaher - May 26, 2007Melbourne councils are finalising childcare fees for next financial year, and some are proposing increases of up to 10 per cent...
Retirees want to work
Melbourne Herald Sun - Carla Danaher - May 25, 2007Baby boomers also had a higher expectation of taking on responsibilities than previous generations, Ms Squirchuk said...
Talk abounds over ABC
Courier Mail - Liam Walsh - May 24, 2007CHILDCARE giant ABC Learning Centres might be hinting at another transaction or trying to flag better times in the US following this week's 'Claytons'...
Rare revolt on budget as So confirms job cuts ahead
The Age - Clay Lucas - May 24, 2007...and Saturdays to raise extra money, dumping plans for a $7 million child-care centre at Docklands and increasing child-care fees by 10 per cent...
So why are we waiting, minister?
NEWS.com.au - Paul Starick, Anna Vlach, Jordanna Schriever - May 23, 2007PARENTS and childcare providers have united to reject the Federal Government's insistence that Adelaide has plenty of childcare places....
Labor presses for review of child care funding in SA
ABC Online - May 22, 2007The Federal Opposition has called on the Government to reassess its funding for child care places in Adelaide following claims that some centres have...
Government denying its duty of care
Advertiser Adelaide - May 23, 2007Many parents desperate to find reliable and affordable childcare places so that they can work are facing long waiting lists or, in some cases, the difficult...
City's $4m black hole
Melbourne Herald Sun - Mary Bolling - May 23, 2007Rises of up to 10.5 per cent in childcare fees will help fund 66 new places at the Kensington and Fawkner Park childcare centres...
ABC says US market strong
Melbourne Herald Sun - Liam Walsh - May 23, 2007The childcare giant, which caters for children aged from infants to schoolgoers, said the strong trading helped lift forecasts of earnings (before interest,...
Calls to target bullies at preschool age
ABC Regional Online - Petria Wallace - May 22, 2007In a keynote address to an international conference beginning in Darwin today, Professor Paula Barrett will argue that all pre school children should be...
Child care place farse
NEWS.com.au - Matt Williams and Paul Starick - May 22, 2007Families Minister Mal Brough last month insisted 'there is no crisis' in the childcare industry, but Labor workforce participation spokeswoman Penny Wong...
Generation Xtra tired
Courier Mail - May 22, 2007Some have their rural parents come to stay to mind the children one or two days a week, share part-time work and childcare duties with their partner,...
Making hard work of participation
Sydney Morning Herald - Richard Aedy - May 22, 2007Demographers are clear about what gets women into work: paid maternity leave, guaranteed access to high-quality child care, flexible working arrangements...
High-quality child care for poor children found to offset the risk of later depression
Child Health News - May 20, 2007Young adults from low-income families who were in full-time early educational child care from infancy to age 5 report fewer symptoms of depression than...
