Education Minister Jason Clare has outlined the next steps towards universal early childhood education and care, including a 2027 decision on a proposed national commission and stronger child safety conditions attached to workforce funding.
Incident and near miss records can help early childhood services identify patterns in supervision, staffing and practice. Reviewing those records can also reveal where further attention or changes to practice could reduce risk.
The VET regulator says training providers must disclose material changes promptly and keep fit and proper person assessments current. Its September reminder is relevant to RTOs delivering early childhood qualifications.
Two provisions affecting early childhood teacher (ECT) staffing will change at the end of 2026, with different outcomes for services relying on each arrangement.
Families in South Australia’s Limestone Coast are set to gain additional early childhood education and care capacity through a new $12.7 million integrated early years hub planned for Naracoorte.
The Fair Work Commission expects to expand its dismissal case portal from mid-October 2026. For early childhood providers, individual account access and arrangements for teams using shared HR inboxes are key preparation points.
Queensland early childhood teachers working in regulated centre-based services would be required to hold professional registration from 1 July 2028 under legislation introduced to the State Parliament.
Brisbane mother Jennifer Boyce praises G8 Education’s national rollout of evidence-based protective behaviours program after seeing positive changes in her three-year-old son
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