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Approval in Principle process introduced for multi-storey ECEC builds in ACT and VIC

A new approval in principle (AIP) process has been introduced for proposed centre-based services in multi-storey buildings in the ACT and Victoria only. This process applies only to proposed services in new or altered buildings that have three (3) or more storeys (including the ground level and each level of a split level). 

Affinity Education Group celebrates the opening of more than 250 centres in 2025

Kingston District Council welcomes its share of $11.5m of infrastructure funding

South Australia’s Kingston District Council has received $3.5 million to deliver a new early childhood education and care (ECEC) service in Kingston including a nature-based outdoor play space, indoor education environment and consultation offices for child allied health services. 

Investment in ECEC surges as yields tighten and market strengthens

The early education property sector has been gaining momentum in recent months, with yields dropping 42 basis points, firming from 5.69 per cent in the first half of 2024 to an average of 5.27 per cent in the second half, the latest analysis from early childhood education and care (ECEC) focussed real estate broker Burgess Rawson has found.

Policy in the spotlight at Owners & Landlords Forum as ECEC positions for 2025

As the countdown begins to the inaugural ECEC Owners & Landlords Forum, to be held in Brisbane on 7 March 2025, Jason Roberts, founder of The Sector, and its partners will join a selection of hand picked subject matter experts from across the early childhood education and care (ECEC) community to unpack what is really happening in the sector right now.