Fourteen new public preschools are opening across NSW during Term 4, giving more than 1,000 additional children access to fee-free early learning.
With 18 centres operating and more than 1,200 children enrolled, Early Learning Victoria shared lessons in workforce development, community engagement and establishing a new government provider.
Queensland’s 2025–26 regulatory review records a rise in complaints, 792 enforcement actions and recurring breaches involving supervision, protection from harm and inappropriate discipline.
Western Australian guidance highlights the role of clear, accessible policies in building child-safe organisations and the everyday actions needed to put them into practice.
Updated departmental guidance outlines how payments are calculated and what providers need to demonstrate when seeking additional funding.
Rural advocates and councils say eligibility settings under the Building Early Education Fund do not reflect the organisations, buildings and service models available in small communities.
Australia’s Early Years Learning Framework has a fine title - Belonging, Being and Becoming. But one of those dimensions keeps getting overlooked.
Eligible early learning services in NSW can apply for up to $7,500 to support four-year-old health checks and developmental support. Applications close on 8 November 2026.
Family day care educators are highly qualified early childhood professionals who say they are being overlooked and undervalued within Australia’s early childhood sector, new research from Deakin University has found.
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