News & Views Paid time for child safety isn’t optional. It’s essential Paid safety training and fair wages help early educators protect children, strengthen trust, and lift quality across early learning.
News & Views Our unreliable care system is failing families and the economic cost is mounting This is the moment to count the cost of unreliable care and then commit to building the universal, high-quality, stable care system.
News & Views We built a village for mothers, then locked fathers out Australia’s childcare crisis shows it’s time to rebuild a system that values shared care among fathers, partners and grandparents.
News & Views ‘I was 170th on their list’. What are the health impacts for families who can’t access daycare? Families in some areas can’t find childcare, causing stress, money problems, and poor health for parents and children.
News & Views Harsher penalties, more transparency: NSW to introduce childcare safety reforms Large childcare providers who breach safety requirements will face significant fines under new legislation introduced in NSW.
News & Views China to offer annual baby subsidy to boost declining birth rate The Chinese government has announced a 3,600 yuan ($AUD770) annual payment for parents for each child under the age of three.
News & Views Culture change takes time, but here are 5 things every parent can expect immediately to keep kids safe Children’s safety can’t wait; parents must demand action now, asking tough questions while systems catch up with urgent safeguarding needs.
Entrepreneurs ‘Trust is most important’: Nanny Granny offers new solution to Australia’s childcare crisis The platform allows parents more control over who is looking after their child, while also offering older women paid and meaningful work.
News & Views Raising a child on the minimum wage leaves single women with almost nothing This year’s Cost of Living Index from Anglicare Australia paints a bleak picture of what it’s like to raise a child on the minimum wage.
News & Views ‘A moment to act’: Calls for greater safety regulations after childcare worker charged with child sexual abuse Safety regulations in the childcare system are being scrutinised after a childcare worker in Victoria was charged with more than 70 offences.
News & Views If we want universal early childhood education and care, we need to invest in the workforce Universal childcare won’t work without enough well-paid educators. We must urgently invest in the workforce to meet growing demand.
News & Views ‘I can finally see a future’: On the path to universal early education With a prime minister who wants to be remembered for universal childcare, early education is not just on the agenda, it is already in motion.