The Australian Government has committed to ten years of support for the health and safety of children and families in the Northern Territory, with the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory project. The project aims to close the indigenous disadvantage ...

Rossmore Community Preschool in NSW has just received a free playground upgrade courtesy of Westpac Institutional Bank and Mission Australia. The Rossmore Community Preschool is a school that provides play-based educational programs featuring the Early Years Learning Framework. The preschool ...

ACT Playgroups Association, a non-profit organisation that provides support and information about current playgroups in the ACT and nearby NSW communities, has announced upcoming playdate schedules for Canberra residents and their children. ACT Playgroups Association playdates are twenty to forty-minute ...

Queensland children are less likely to go to preschool than children in other states and territories of Australia as reported by the 2012 Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) study. NSW Community Childcare Co-operative recently reported that NSW children have less ...

The incoming Children’s Commissioner for the Australian Human Rights Commission talked about her goals during her first days at the Commission. Commissioner Megan Mitchell says that some children need more help than others. “One group of children I am particularly ...

Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) has expressed disbelief regarding Minister for Youth Peter Garrett’s announcement that the Early Years Quality Fund will enable an increase in wages for only 27 per cent of the long day care sector. The Early Years Quality Fund ...

The federal government is investing $300 million to boost early childhood education. The new Early Years Quality Fund will help support the implementation of the National Quality Framework. Grants from the $300m EYQF will help services offset the cost of ...

Australia lags behind in key childhood education and wellbeing statistics, according to a new study. Australia trails many OECD countries when it comes to access to early learning, according to the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth. ARACY’s Report ...