Early Learning Review For the early childhood sector

The Abbott Government is cracking down on dodgy child care claims with a new dedicated payment compliance taskforce.  Assistant Minister for Education Sussan Ley said the Abbott Government was taking decisive action after years of Labor inaction saw a significant ...

The Productivity Commission has put UNSW research at the centre of its proposed childcare shake-up, adopting key principles from a Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) submission in its review. Professor Deborah Brennan from the SPRC said the Commission adopted three central positions from ...

The Productivity Commission has released its draft inquiry report on Childcare and Early Childhood Learning. “Our recommendations seek to make childcare more affordable, flexible and accessible. Furthermore they will provide a framework for a more financially sustainable childcare system for taxpayers ...

Risks to quality too great, says early childhood union  United Voice, the early childhood union, has cautioned the Federal Government against extending childcare funding to cover nannies warning that unregulated and unqualified care is too expensive and is not in ...

The rate of Child Care Benefit families receive has increased, Assistant Minister for Education Sussan Ley announced. The standard hourly rate of Child Care Benefit families receive will index by the CPI, as flagged in the Abbott Government’s 2014-15 Budget. ...

Ten Victorian schools will soon be home to brand new children’s early years centres as part of a $20 million investment by the Victorian Coalition Government. Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development Wendy Lovell congratulated the 38 Victorian communities ...

QUT‘s early childhood student teachers are already making a difference to the education of children, volunteering up to 45 hours a week at Kelvin Grove State College Junior School.   Originally the brainchild of Katey Daley, an ex-QUT graduate diploma ...

A second year Early Childhood Teaching student at UOW and a third year Civil Engineering student have undergone a rigorous selection process to earn prestigious New Colombo Plan (NCP) scholarships just announced by the Federal Government. Larissa Jenkins will become ...