A Tasmanian council, Devonport City, will not charge a range of community and sporting groups – including early childhood education and care (ECEC) centres – rent for the first six month of the 2020-2021 financial year in response to the unprecedented economic conditions created by COVID 19.

Burgess Rawson, the early childhood education and care (ECEC) focused real estate and business broker, has confirmed it will hold its first portfolio auction for nearly three months in a move designed to capitalise on an increase in buyer interest in recent weeks.

Arena REIT Group has confirmed that it is seeking to raise $60 million by way of an institutional placement of $50 million and a security purchase plan (SPP) for retail investors of $10 million at a price of A$2.28 per unit, with the proceeds expected to fund further social infrastructure investments, including in the early education and disability care spaces.

During the 2019/20 summer of bushfires, the Mallacoota community experienced significant property damage with one of the buildings suffering extensively being the Mallacoota kindergarten.

A two-storey childcare centre, located in the Brisbane suburb of Holland Park, will go ahead despite the objections of local neighbours, local news source Brisbane Times has reported.