A recent Federal Department of Education and Training data release detailing the impact of the child care subsidy (CCS) on the early education and care (ECEC) sector has reraised concerns that the new legislation is impacting vulnerable and children and families negatively.

The Federal Department of Education and Training (DET) have released their first issue of the Child Care in Australia information report which draws on data gathered by the Department of Human Services post the implementation of the new Child Care Subsidy (CCS)

The Tasmanian Government has launched a pilot program to provide two years of free early learning for three year old’s from the state’s low income and disadvantaged families, in an Australian first.

An additional 2,300 places in new and existing community preschools will receive funding if the New South Wales Liberal/National party wins the state election to be held on 23 March 2019, the party has said.

Children who are living in homes where one or both parents are unemployed may be experiencing mental health difficulties from as young as six, Emerging Minds (previously known as the Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Association – AICAFMHA) has said.