Child Care News
Childcare, aged and disability care course cuts worry industry, TAFE SA chief David Coltman tells MPs
The Advertiser - Chris Russell - February 15, 2021Childcare, aged and disability care industry groups have raised concerns about the quality of training of workers for their sectors in future because TAFE SA has cut delivery of these courses in metropolitan Adelaide. TAFE SA chief executive David Coltman told the parliamentary Budget and ...
Policies – not biology – to blame for the chasm between the lives of mums and dads in Australia
Women's Agenda - Georgie Dent - February 15, 2021Up until a point, the lives of men and women living and working in Australia aren’t too different. The point at which their experiences are very likely to diverge most significantly and starkly is the arrival of a baby. And while blaming biology for this chasm is tempting, it’s lazy. And wrong...
Nutritionists call for healthy lunch program to be rolled out in schools across Australia
ABC News - Kathleen Ferguson - February 15, 2021If you were able to sneak veggies and wholefoods into your child's lunchbox, would they eat it over the standard packed Aussie lunch? One nutritionist thinks so, and she also thinks it might be cheaper. A Flinders University survey found 40 per cent of the food school children eat is junk food ...
Childcare costs lock parents out of work
7news.com.au - Tiffanie Turnbull - February 14, 2021The sky-high cost of childcare has locked a family member out of the workforce, almost half of Australian adults with kids say. Polling of 1000 Australians adults for AAP showed 47 per cent of respondents for whom childcare was relevant said the cost prevented a relative from returning to work ...
First Pfizer shipment to arrive in Australia by NEXT WEEK, Health Minister says
7news.com.au - Colin Brinsden, AAP - February 14, 2021The first 80,000 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine will arrive in Australia before the end of this week, while the AstraZeneca version is expected to be given the tick of approval by health authorities here in the next few days... “The government recognises that people from multicultural communities ...
Paying dads to take six months’ leave ‘could help close the gender pay gap’
The Sydney Morning Herald - Wendy Tuohy - February 14, 2021Each parent must be given six months’ paid parental leave if women are to gain equal access to work, equal pay and superannuation, according to Independent MP Zali Steggall. Ms Steggall will call on the federal government on Monday to extend paid parental leave from 18 weeks to 52 weeks ...
Mum expresses grief after court decision to drop charge over son’s death on Cairns childcare bus
The Australian - Blake Antrobus - February 13, 2021The mother of a young boy found dead on a child care bus in Cairns has expressed her grief at a court’s decision to drop a charge of manslaughter against one of the centre’s workers. The body of Malik Nicholas Floyd Namok-Malamoo, 3, was found on a Goodstart Early Learning centre ...
Parents urged to be alert for hand, foot and mouth disease symptoms
Geelong Advertiser - Tamara McDonald - February 13, 2021Parents are being urged to watch out for hand, foot and mouth disease following recent cases in the Geelong region. A Victorian health department spokesman said it was a mild illness that causes blisters on the hands and feet, in the mouth and often in the nappy area. “It tends to spread ...
Tackling the risky business of child-rearing
Brisbane Times - Daisy Turnbull - February 13, 2021A few years ago I was attending the baptism of a friend’s child and the priest asked what kind of person the parents wanted their child to be. I often think about this question and the answers it prompts. We want children to be kind. We want them to have perspective and empathy and ...
Childcare sector revival complete: Arena
Financial Review - Larry Schlesinger - February 12, 2021The managing director of listed childcare centre landlord Arena REIT says the sector has returned to pre-COVID profitability as it reported a 15 per cent increase in interim earnings and confirmed its full-year distribution guidance. “Optimism among our operators is quite high,” Arena REIT boss ...
Worldwide Child Day Care Services Industry to 2030 - Featuring G8 Education, Learning Care Group and Primrose Schools Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com
Yahoo Finance - February 12, 2021The "Child Day Care Services Global Market Report 2021: COVID-19 Impact and Recovery to 2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report provides the strategists, marketers and senior management with the critical information they need to assess the ...
COVID forced Australian fathers to do more at home, but at the same cost mothers have long endured
The Conversation - Leah Ruppanner, Caitlyn Collins, Liana Christin Landivar, William Scarborough, Xiao Tan - February 12, 2021The COVID-19 pandemic was heralded as an opportunity to restart gender expectations at home. Our research shows Australian fathers have stepped into more participatory roles, but the question remains: will it last? At the height of the first lockdown, the global economy closed and with ...
Is Mayfield Childcare (ASX:MFD) A Risky Investment?
Simply Wall St - February 11, 2021Some say volatility, rather than debt, is the best way to think about risk as an investor, but Warren Buffett famously said that 'Volatility is far from synonymous with risk.' It's only natural to consider a company's balance sheet when you examine how risky it is, since debt is often involved when ...
Mother angry manslaughter charge dropped after toddler dies on Goodstart Early Learning centre minibus at Cairns
ABC News - Baz Ruddick - February 12, 2021The family of a three-year-old who died after being left on a childcare centre bus when temperatures reached 34 degrees Celsius, has expressed grief and anger over the dropping of a manslaughter charge against a staff member. The body of Malik Nicholas Floyd Namok-Malamoo was found on a ...
Tasmanian childcare centre worker charged with producing child exploitation material
ABC News - Alexandra Humphries - February 11, 2021A man who worked at a childcare centre in the Greater Hobart area has been charged with producing child exploitation material. The centre involved sent families a letter explaining that the organisation had been assisting police with the investigation since October 2020 "regarding serious allegations...
