The Australian Parliament has passed legislation extending funding for the 15 per cent wage increase for eligible early childhood education and care workers while introducing stronger safety conditions for participating services.
Early childhood providers can track enquiries, tour bookings and enrolment outcomes. What happens during the tour itself, however, has traditionally been much harder to see.
Queensland organisations working with children have received new guidance on how sensitive information can be lawfully shared to identify risks, coordinate safeguarding responses and prevent harm from escalating.
Car parks can be one of the most easily overlooked risk areas surrounding an early childhood education and care (ECEC) service.
A recent Western Australian State Administrative Tribunal decision has highlighted the importance of clearly defined service boundaries, individualised support and active supervision within outside school hours care settings.
Natasha Stott Despoja AO will chair the Advisory Board of the Australian Centre for Child Protection at Adelaide University, taking on the role as child safety and the prevention of abuse remain prominent issues across early childhood education and care.
A decade of place-based work in Mt Druitt is demonstrating how community leadership, connected services and sustained support for educators can strengthen early learning outcomes where they are needed most.
As cost-of-living pressures increase and the rental crisis worsens, many families are moving houses more often.
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