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The ‘3 day guarantee’ for childcare starts next year. The challenge could be finding quality care

One of the Albanese government’s headline election policies was a “three-day guarantee” for childcare. 

2025-05-29 10:22:18

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Investor momentum builds in early learning property market as $30m changes hands

Investor interest in early childhood education and care (ECEC) assets remains strong, with more than $30 million in properties transacted nationwide in recent weeks, underscoring the sector’s stability and growth outlook.

2025-05-29 09:00:45

by Fiona Alston

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Short-term birth rate fixes won’t solve long-term ECEC challenges

As debate grows over Australia’s declining birthrate, some policymakers are turning to financial incentives in hopes of reversing the trend. But international evidence suggests a broader, systemic response is needed, especially across the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector.

2025-05-28 09:45:21

by Fiona Alston

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Children’s Services Award: Wage review decision pending for 2025–26

As the new financial year approaches, early learning services across Australia are awaiting the outcome of the Fair Work Commission’s 2025–26 Annual Wage Review.

2025-05-28 09:00:15

by Fiona Alston

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Western Australia sees 8.4 per cent surge in LDC openings in Q1 2025 says NQF snapshot

The number of new long day care services opened in Western Australia in the three months to March 2025 surged 8.4 per cent, the largest year on year rise in a decade, new data released in ACECQA’s NQF snapshot shows. 

2025-05-27 12:37:03

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Several Bambini family day care services still closed after infant death review

2025-05-26 12:17:15

by Isabella Southwell

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NSW’s new child protection reforms set national precedent, with implications for ECEC sector

2025-05-26 10:23:37

by Fiona Alston

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2025-05-21 09:00:28

by Fiona Alston