Child Care News
New kinder rating scheme delivers a tick for some, a kick for others
The Age - Adam Carey - Feburary 24, 2021More than 200 childcare centres have fallen foul of a new Victorian government rating system that promotes “the best” kindergartens in the state. The rating system, launched on Thursday, publicly endorses government funded childcare centres offering kindergarten programs...
Armidale and Guyra preschools and LDC services benefit from QLE grants
The Sector - Freya Lucas - February 24, 2021Six preschool and long day care (LDC) facilities in Armidale and Guyra, in regional New South Wales, will benefit from $74,162.69 in funding through the NSW Government’s Quality Learning Environments (QLE) program, local MP Adam Marshall has announced. Mr Marshall visited Galloway...
UTS academics design preschool as part of “civic heart” project for Murrin Bridge
The Sector - Freya Lucas - February 24, 2021Murrin Bridge, a remote Aboriginal community located 320 kilometres south-west of Dubbo, in Central New South Wales will have a new “civic heart” anchored by a preschool space after a proposal prepared by a group of University of Technology Sydney (UTS) architecture academics...
Hand, foot and mouth viral infection hits 15 Queensland childcare centres
7news.com.au - Tracey Ferrier - February 24, 2021At least 15 childcare centres have been hit by an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease in far north Queensland. Health authorities have warned parents, in particular, to be on alert for the viral infection, which has seen 60 people present at Cairns hospital’s emergency department...
Childcare Valet Service introduced in Brisbane CBD to ease drop off struggles
The Sector - Freya Lucas - February 24, 2021A first-of-its-kind valet service has been introduced to Brisbane’s CBD, designed to support families to navigate the challenges of dropping children off while navigating challenges of limited parking and crowded city streets. Little Scholars has introduced the service for families who use ...
TNK Highlights, AGM and investor briefing call details
Financial Review - ASX Announcement - February 24, 2021Think Childcare Group (ASX: TNK) (Group) is pleased to announce its financial and operational results for the year ended 31 December 2020. Think Childcare Group operates the only national premium child care offering, Nido Early School nidoearlyschool.com.au. For the past three years ...
G8 EDUCATION ANNOUNCES 2020 FULL YEAR RESULTS
Financial Review - ASX Announcement - February 24, 2021G8 Education Limited (the “Group” or “G8“, ASX: GEM) today announces its results for the full year ended 31 December 2020...
G8 Education lifts childcare fees as occupancy limps back
Financial Review - Liam Walsh - February 23, 2021Childcare group G8 Education has pushed through fee increases of almost 4.5 per cent and says it faces a slow grind to restore occupancy levels to pre-COVID-19 levels. The price increase from this month at G8, Australia’s largest for-profit operator with 472 centres across brands from ...
Former Cairns childcare director tearfully tells family he is 'very sorry' for toddler's death on bus
ABC News - Kristy Sexton-McGrath - February 23, 2021A childcare centre director who has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after leaving a three-year-old boy to die on a daycare centre bus has made a tearful apology to the child's family in a Far North Queensland court. It has been a year since the body of Maliq Nicholas Lloyd Namok-Malamoo...
Stockland building to be demolished for childcare centre
Townsville Bulletin - Vanessa Jarrett, Rockhampton Morning Bulletin - February 23, 2021Construction of a new childcare centre is expected to begin next month at the Stockland Rockhampton site. National franchise Green Leaves Early Learning has plans to build a centre at the former Colonial Mart site, on Victoria Pl, near Mandalay Medical Centre. The stand-alone ...
Panel defers decision on Landsdale medical centre, childcare
Perth Now - Lucy Jarvis, Wanneroo Times - February 23, 2021The development of a $4.5 million childcare, medical centre and cafe on an “awkward” site is on hold so developers can revise plans. The proposal for a triangular 1.29ha block on Pollino Gardens in Landsdale featured three-storey buildings overlooking Gnangara Road ...
Gold Coast childcare giant G8 Education unveils $187 million loss; says 2021 is “year of recovery”
Gold Coast Bulletin - Kathleen Skene and Alister Thomson - February 23, 2021Gold Coast-based childcare giant G8 Education has reported a $187 million loss for 2020 with revenue 14 per cent lower despite receiving $246.2 million in government support meant to cushion the blow of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Gary Carroll-led company faces a tough ...
‘We get our cash’: lawyers for childcare founder seek $38m from Bain
Financial Review - Max Mason - February 22, 2021The lawyer for childcare entrepreneur Brendan McAssey says a move by Bain Capital to declare that the business he started was worthless should not stop the private equity giant from paying him $38 million he says he is owed. Robert Newlinds, SC, acting for Mr McAssey, told the ...
Former Cairns childcare director pleads guilty to manslaughter of child left behind on minibus
ABC News - Kristy Sexton-McGrath - February 22, 2021A former childcare centre director accused of leaving a little boy behind on a minibus on a hot day in Far North Queensland has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Michael Glenn Lewis, 45, entered the plea at the Supreme Court in Cairns this morning and will be sentenced tomorrow ...
Families in eastern states pay around twice as much for preschool than the rest of Australia
The Conversation - Kate Noble - February 22, 2021Many families in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales have been paying around double what families in other states and territories pay for preschool. Median out of pocket costs for preschool, per hour, range from A$2.82 to $3.82 in Queensland, NSW, Victoria and the ACT ...
