Child Care News
First three years key to school success: study
Sydney Morning Herald - Adele Horin - July 6, 2009The Child Care Choices study is unique in Australia for having followed an initial group of children - more than 670 - from child care to school for six years...
Childcare centres bursting but some still struggle
Courier Mail - Rodney Chester - July 06, 2009There are many centres which are struggling financially because they cannot attract enough children and, on the other side, there are parents up in arms because...
Parents not starting kids at school until six
Herald Sun - Cheryl Critchley - July 06, 2009SOME children do not start school until they're almost six-and-a-half as parents agonise over when to send them. Experts are also divided about...
Child care shambles a disgrace
Courier Mail - Susan Hocking - July 06, 2009ALMOST 30 years ago, newly pregnant with my first baby and as the major breadwinner of our family, I made my first foray into the world of child care...
Parental say on child care
Sydney Morning Herald - Kerry-Anne Walsh - July 5, 2009PUBLIC consultations will be held across Australia so parents can have their say on early childhood education and child care. Early Childhood Education...
Pay childcare workers more: union
ABC Online - July 5, 2009The union representing childcare workers says improving skill levels would encourage more people to take up the profession, but they also need to be paid...
Women stretched to snapping point
Sydney Morning Herald - Adele Horin - July 4, 2009Despite their high academic achievements over the decade, women are now less likely than in 1997 to work full-time while their children are young. And when they do...
Child care call aims to get babies to school
The Age - Stephanie Peatling - July 4, 2009ALL child-care staff would be trained either to TAFE or university level and more staff employed at each centre under recommendations put to the Federal Government...
Child care costs set to increase
Sydney Morning Herald - July 3, 2009The cost of child care is expected to increase if recommendations being considered by the federal government are adopted. The government is considering...
Over $9 million for five early learning and care centres in Queensland
Media Release - The Hon Kate Ellis MP - July 3, 2009The early learning and care centres will be established in Amberley, Cairns, Gladstone, Townsville and Weipa. The Australian Government has provided over...
Child care to get young school-ready
The Age - Stephanie Peatling - July 3, 2009ALL child-care centres will be required to begin baby learning and child development programs as soon as possible as part of a Federal Government push to make sure...
COAG signs off on childhood strategy
The Age - July 2, 2009A new rating system giving parents information on the quality of their child's early education and child care services will be considered by the federal...
Union backs plan to raise bar in childcare sector
ABC Online - July 2, 2009The union representing childcare workers, the Liquor Hospitality Miscellaneous Union (LHMU), has applauded the Council of Australian Governments for making...
Future looking brighter for troubled kids
Sydney Morning Herald - Adele Horin - July 2, 2009The most common forms of help include home visiting, child care, playgroups, counselling and parent education. The interim evaluation, by the social policy...
Kindy switch to cost Brisbane City Council $3000 a child
Courier Mail - Bruce McMahon - July 01, 2009BRISBANE ratepayers will pay up to $3000 each for kindergarten kids to move from City Hall after the collapse of negotiations for a $14m childcare centre in...