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The year in review: 2025's most impactful ECEC news stories and shifts

As 2025 draws to a close, it’s clear the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector has reached new defining moments.

ASQA tip-off line delivers results as sector integrity remains in focus

The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has received more than 6,400 reports through its confidential tip-off line since launching the initiative in October 2023, highlighting continued concerns about provider conduct, training quality, and regulatory risk across the vocational education and training (VET) sector.

Children’s Services Award changes finalised to address gender-based undervaluation

Today is a historic day for our nation’s dedicated, professional early childhood educators

Today’s five per cent pay rise fully delivers the Albanese Government’s 15 per cent pay rise for educators, a pay rise that new data shows is stabilising early learning.

Teaching again: What renewed interest in teaching means for early childhood education

A sharp rise in initial teacher education enrolments at the University of Sydney is capturing national attention. The University has reported a more than 30 per cent increase in applications for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programs in 2025 compared with the previous year, an unexpected uplift that positions teaching as a career of renewed relevance and purpose.