Child Care Minister Kate Ellis has paid tribute to her colleague Peter Garrett for playing a key role in establishing the Early Years Quality Fund Special Account Bill 2013. Mr Garrett recently resigned from his post as Minister for School Education, Early ...
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ACA raises eyebrows over exclusion of long day care from childcare fund board
The Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) is not happy with the latest update on the initiative for the child care sector. Australian Childcare Alliance president Gwynn Bridge said that the funds for the Early Years Quality Fund, which will be used ...
More »Government announces board appointments for Early Years Quality Fund
Minister for Early Childhood and Youth Peter Garrett has announced that an advisory board has recently been appointed to facilitate the delivery of the government’s Early Years Quality Fund (EYQF). According to Garrett, the establishment of the new advisory board will ...
More »ACA ‘shocked’ by latest EYQF development
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 ...
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