Goodstart, KU and Gowrie NSW say increased family fee relief will not offset the loss of operational support for preschool programs delivered in long day care.
Educators, service leaders and training professionals across Australia are invited to contribute their experience to the TAFE SA Centre of Excellence in Early Childhood Education and Care, with expressions of interest open until January 2027.
The preferred-operator decision moves Katanning’s integrated hub closer to operation, with lease approval and arrangements for the transition still to be finalised.
Healthy Kindy Kids is extending its reach following a Townsville pilot, with participating kindergartens offering free vision, hearing, speech and language screening.
Support from Monash Health helped the service review food provision, share nutrition information with families and identify further health and wellbeing priorities.
A four-week early learning pilot will test the co-designed resource, with a pathway to free national distribution through La Trobe University.
The latest national employment data gives ECEC providers reason to examine family affordability, changing attendance patterns and assistance that could help children remain enrolled.
A new report from the Early Learning and Care Council of Australia (ELACCA) has confirmed that the rate of centre closures across its member base of for profit and not for profit providers has surged in 2026, with further increases anticipated in 2027
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