The southern suburbs of Sydney could be home to a 24 hour childcare centre, should a proposal put to local council be successful, the Sydney Morning Herald have reported. The centre would be the second in the New South Wales capital to provide education and care to children whose parents work shifts.

Charter Hall Education Trust, formally known as Folkestone Education Trust, has confirmed the successful placing of $120 million of new units to fund the acquisition of 13 new purpose-built early childhood education and care centres.

The New South Wales Government needs to intervene to fix “chronic” oversupply issues relating to the state’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) services, the Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) NSW branch has said.

The Adelaide Advertiser has reported that the 36-place, Exceeding-rated Camden Community Early Learning Centre will close this week, with staff being advised on Tuesday that by Friday, they will no longer have employment, and leaving parents from the centre scrambling for childcare options.

Construction has begun on a $1.5 million early intervention centre at Glen Huon Primary School, with the centre set to provide essential health and wellbeing services to the children and families of Eaton, a suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia.