Arena REIT has more than doubled their early childhood education and care (ECEC) development pipeline with the settlement of nine new sites in the period and the contracting of two more sites (that have not yet settled) taking the pipeline to 16 sites in total, a level not seen for a number of years at their half year results.

Another Victorian childcare centre is to be built, in the suburb of Brookfield, despite “a number of objections” from residents and councillors, using a previous VCAT ruling on a similar childcare centre in the area to push through objections.

Dyson, in conjunction with the ACT Education Directorate, will donate 400 air purifiers to schools and early childhood settings in the nation’s capital after the Territory’s recent struggles to cope with smoke from the national bushfire crisis.

Children attending Torquay Kindergarten in 2020 and beyond will benefit from a new space where they can explore, learn and grow in an upgraded playground with a natural setting, thanks to work undertaken by Torquay Kindergarten’s Parent Advisory Group (PAG) and the Surf Coast Shire Council.

From the end of March 2020, AUSkey will be replaced, and MyGovID will become the new and only way for early childhood education and care (ECEC) services to gain access to government business services, including the New South Wales-based Early Childhood Contract Management System (ECCMS) and the Federal Department of Education and Training Inclusion Support Programme.