Not for profit (NFP) early childhood education and care (ECEC) services in South Australia are reminded that grants of up to $100,000 are now available through the State Government Grants SA program.

The Padstow campus of TAFE New South Wales has recently opened an early learning centre (ELC) which is for the exclusive use of those TAFE students attending the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) at TAFE.

Australian Childcare Solutions has undertaken a redesign of a recently submitted proposal for the construction of a childcare centre in Orange, New South Wales. The company has lost two previous cases in the New South Wales Land and Environment Court, in relation to a 124-place centre in the town.

The Planning and Environment Court of Queensland have rejected an appeal made by a property developer seeking to build a 114 place early childhood education and care (ECEC) centre in Brisbane suburb, The Gap.

A nationwide study is being launched this month, asking working parents and carers across Australia to give their feedback on how workplaces could be made more family friendly, and gender equal, when it comes to sharing the caring load.