Child Care News

ASX, CPI to rise, Treasurer makes parental leave promise
Yahoo Finance - Samantha Menzies - April 26, 2021

Women and work: Big business wants Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to make it easier for women to get back into work by fixing both the nation's broken child care and paid parental leave systems in next month's budget. Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott ...

Ground shifting on government support for childcare
The Australian Business Review - John Durie - April 26, 2021

The budget pre-sale suggests the federal government will earn some political points by announcing child care reforms in the budget following last year’s call by Opposition leader Anthony Albanese for the same. The headline in the weekend press said “childcare billions to woo women”...

Statement from correna haythorpe, Federal president, Australian education Union
Mirage News - April 26, 2021

Today, on behalf of AEU members, I have written to every member of the House of Representatives and Senate to seek support for long-term investment for preschool. Education is a human right and a public good, and the most good comes when children have access to a high quality...

Inside Canberra’s brand new early education centre where they do things differently
Her Canberra - Jil Hogan - April 26, 2021

Imagine turning up to work every day knowing that they’re going to supply you with all your meals, based on a seasonal, rotating menu that caters for all cultural and dietary requirements. Unfortunately, I’m not sure of any specific workplaces in Canberra where they offer...

LinkedIn to recognise 'parenting' as a job
Yahoo Finance - Eliza Bavin - April 26, 2021

LinkedIn will now recognise parenting as a job as a way to address career gaps that have formed due to people having children. LinkedIn director of engineering Bef Ayenew said the platform recognised that there needed to be a way to address career gaps on the site. Ayenew said women...

Childcare centre planned for former Kyneton hospital grounds
Bendigo Advertiser - April 26, 2021

The long awaited redevelopment of the old Kyneton hospital site could take a significant step forward this week...

Govt exploring how to “appropriately calibrate” CCS system ahead of upcoming Budget
The Sector - Jason Roberts - April 26, 2021

Recently appointed Federal Minister for Women’s Economic Security Senator Jane Hume has confirmed Government priorities around boosting female workforce participation and stated that the child care subsidy system is an area of current focus for her department ...

New Zealand body ECC is worried about centre closures in 2021 as parity pressures bite
The Sector - Freya Lucas - April 26, 2021

Prominent early childhood education and care voices in New Zealand have expressed concern about “a perfect storm” of economic factors which are forcing approved providers to take “desperate measures”, with some predicting that 2021 “could be the year an early learning ...

Business Council of Australia’s proposed fixes to ‘broken’ child care and paid parental leave systems
7news.com.au - Colin Brinsden - April 26, 2021

Big business wants Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to make it easier for women to get back into work by fixing both the nation’s broken child care and paid parental leave systems in next month’s budget. Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott argues that with ...

Government looks at childcare measures that could boost GDP by $11 billion
The Sydney Morning Herald - Katina Curtis - April 26, 2021

Lifting the maximum childcare subsidy to 95 per cent and scrapping an annual cap on support are being examined by the federal government to get more women into the workforce and boost GDP by up to $11 billion a year. The change is widely advocated by big business, economists ...

Parental leave $5bn boost to economy
The Australian - Joe Kelly and Geoff Chambers - April 26, 2021

Business has put a plan to Scott Morrison to boost paid parental leave and expand access to childcare as part of a push to grow the economy by an extra $5bn a year and encourage fathers to take more time off to care for newborns. As Josh Frydenberg aims to deliver on the government’s ...

Early childhood boost must make it free
Mirage News - April 26, 2021

Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said reports that the Coalition government is considering a boost to childcare funding are welcome, but early learning must be made universal and free. Senator Faruqi said: “Any funding boost for early learning ...

NSW Department of Education introduces Grow to Learn, Learn to Grow campaign
The Sector - Freya Lucas - April 26, 2021

The New South Wales Government Department of Education has launched the Grow to Learn, Learn to Grow campaign, promoting the importance of quality in early childhood education and school aged care services with the intention of helping families to understand the...

Coronavirus crisis: Landsdale childcare centre among new COVID-19 exposure sites in Perth
The West Australian - Peter Law - April 25, 2021

A childcare centre in Perth’s northern suburbs has been added to the list of COVID exposure sites, while a restaurant at Lakeside Joondalup has been declared high risk. Landsdale Early Learning and Enrichment Childcare, on Landsdale Road, appears on three occasions on the ...

Morrison government to splash billions to fix ‘women problem’ in budget
Sydney Morning Herald - James Massola - April 25, 2021

The Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age understand the budget will contain new policies to bolster superannuation savings, tackle domestic violence and make childcare more affordable. A leaked email sent by the federal Treasury to the Health Department on Tuesday ...