Different ownership models have different implications and responsibilities. They also have a common purpose that should motivate the sector to work together.
I spent a decade teaching in classrooms. Now I work at a football club. Along the way, I've realised the oval and the kindergarten have more in common than I expected.
Families want answers, support and to be listened to and followed up with. Providers need to be prepared to deliver that response.
Tasmanian not-for-profit provider Thrive is calling for targeted changes to the fee cap attached to the Worker Retention Payment, saying rural services need greater flexibility to remain sustainable while protecting educator wages and family access.
Current providers need to accept their extension and obtain departmental approval of an updated workplace instrument. A separate safety condition begins in July 202