Child Care News
Wanunbiri preschool engages Indigenous businesses to design and build new space
The Sector - Jason Roberts - March 8, 2021A community based preschool in the inner Sydney suburb of Alexandria has engaged the services of two Indigenous businesses, Generate Interiors and BY Group, to create “a fresh new design” for the children and families who use its services. Generate Interiors were selected alongside...
Get serious on tax reform to rebuild from recession: survey
The Sydney Morning Herald - Shane Wright - March 8, 2021The Morrison government and state leaders need to embrace tax reform to help drive the economy out of the coronavirus pandemic with some of the nation’s top economists also calling for more spending on infrastructure and childcare. A Scope survey of market, academic and ...
Chief scientist: we need new ways to promote women in science from a younger age
The Australian - Jill Rowbotham - March 8, 2021Cathy Foley is giving strategic consideration to how she can help create the right climate for girls and women to embrace study and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and to see those paths as manageable and desirable. A simple message comes with the ...
Child care is set to be a key issue at the next federal election. So what might it look like?
ABC Radio Melbourne - Matilda Marozzi - March 7, 2021Child care is shaping up to be a key issue at the next federal election, with parents wanting to know if it will become more accessible and affordable. The answer is — it definitely could. The ABC has spoken to policy and childcare experts who say it is an ideal time for change ...
Disadvantaged children less likely to attend kindergarten
The Age - Madeleine Heffernan - March 7, 2021Melbourne’s least advantaged children are less likely to attend kindergarten than their socio-economically advantaged peers, raising concerns about the effect on academic performance in later years. And socio-economically disadvantaged Melburnians are more likely to have ...
Call for women-focused rescue plan after COVID recession ‘triple whammy’
The Sydney Morning Herald - Jennifer Duke and Noel Towell - March 7, 2021The Morrison government faces calls for an economic plan built on childcare, superannuation reform and female-focused stimulus measures to help women recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Economists, think tanks and industry groups are using International Women’s Day ...
Childcare trailblazer Ros Cornish steps down after 27 years as CEO of Lady Gowrie in role
Mercury - Kasey Wilkins - March 7, 2021Watching on as children grow into young people has been the biggest highlight of decades of work for one of the state’s champions of education. For 27 years, Ros Cornish has been the passionate CEO of Lady Gowrie, but announced on Friday she will be stepping down from the role ...
How throwing out the toys helped this childcare centre rank with alongside country''s best in latest childcare ratings
Gold Coast Bulletin - Shiloh Payne, The Courier-Mail - March 6, 2021A Brisbane "bush kindy" that's ditched toys and seen less arguments among children has topped Australia''s list of best early learning centres. Everton Park Child Care and Development Centre is one of just 8 Queensland centres to hold the coveted "excellent" rating under the ...
360 QLD childcare centres still ‘working towards’ quality benchmark
The Courier Mail - Jessica Marszalek and Hayden Johnson - March 6, 2021Childcare centres aren’t being checked regularly enough by regulators, with 360 Queensland centres still rated as “working towards” national quality benchmarks, a peak lobby group says. But the sector says the ratings – which tell parents how centres compare in areas like health and safety...
Westpac partners with G8 Education on a childcare industry first A$350M Sustainability linked loan
Mirage News - March 5, 2021Westpac is pleased to announce the structuring of a A$350m sustainability-linked loan facility (SLL) for G8 Education, Australia’s largest publicly listed early childhood care and education company. Westpac acted as the sole sustainability structurer on the deal, while Westpac...
Think Childcare Group (ASX Code: TNK) Resignation of Chief Financial Officer
Financial Review - March 5, 2021Think Childcare Group (ASX: TNK) (Group) announces that the Chief Financial Officer of Think Childcare Limited (the Company), Jenny Saliba, will leave the Company on 30 April 2021. Jenny was instrumental in negotiating the Group's current banking facilities for the Company and Think ...
Australian Childcare Alliance wants developers to prove there is demand for a new centre
The Courier Mail - Jessica Marszalek - March 5, 2021A proliferation of shiny, new daycare centres across Queensland is pushing up prices for parents everywhere, with the sector demanding new rules to stop developers driving up fees. The Australian Childcare Alliance, which represents long day care owners and operators, has called for ...
Childcare key to retirement gender gap: survey
InvestorDaily - Sarah Simpkins - March 5, 2021The majority of Australians believe improving access to childcare or reducing the cost of childcare would boost retirement outcomes for women, with a new survey finding 80 per cent of women expect they will need to rely on the age pension when they retire. The study by Aware Super ...
Warning over dental procedures undertaken in Sydney childcare centres
The Daily Telegraph - Clarissa Bye - March 5, 2021Children as young as three years of age in childcare centres across Sydney have been subjected to “excessive” and “inappropriate” dental treatment without parents present, NSW’s health watchdog has warned. Issuing a public health warning, the Health Care Complaints Commission ...
Thinking of a career in Early Childhood Education? Here’s why it’s an excellent choice
Her Canberra - Jil Hogan - March 5, 2021A competitive dancer from the age of three, she taught and choreographed dance as a teenager, and it was her dream to pursue a career in the field. While she was in year 12, she completed a Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care as part of her studies, and was also ...
