A record 42 preschools and long day care centres across the New South Wales Northern Tablelands region will share in $698,500 one-off funding as part of the State Government’s continued drought relief program, Northern Tablelands MP and New South Wales Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall recently announced.

The Victorian Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education Sonya Kilkenny visited Miners Rest Kindergarten and Creswick and District Preschool on Friday to announce the next round of successful applicants in the Inclusive Kindergartens Facilities Program.

The Queensland Government announced yesterday that it would fund a full-time cyberbullying consultant for Parentline, to provide more support to parents and carers seeking to protect young people from online bullying.

Families affected by drought will be supported to continue accessing education, Federal Minister for Education Dan Tehan has vowed, with the Australian Government providing an additional $15 million to schools and early childhood education and care (ECEC) centres attended by children from drought-affected areas.

Approximately 800 Victorian kindergartens receiving School Readiness Funding in 2020 have been advised of their allocated amounts to support children to improve their language development and social and emotional wellbeing.