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NSW Government releases Guide to Child Safe Standards
The Office of the Children’s Guardian in New South Wales has created and released a new guide, designed to support organisations, including those in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings, to implement the Child Safe Standards recommended by the child abuse royal commission and endorsed by the NSW Government.
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by Freya Lucas
Quality
Policy
Important changes to QLD Child Protection framework to commence 31 August
Queenslanders seeking work that will bring them into contact with children will no longer be able to commence employment while their application for a Blue Card, as the child protection check is known in Queensland, is pending, effective 31 August 2020.
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by Freya Lucas
Research
Quality
WHO releases new guidelines on boosting development of children from birth - three
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued new guidelines on boosting the development and well-being of children aged birth to three years of age earlier in the year, which have been joined by a “nurturing framework”, each of which mark a significant shift in thinking about how best to meet children’s needs from ‘survive’ to ‘thrive’.
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by Freya Lucas
COVID-19
Providers
Quality
ACECQA launches new mapping tool showing real-time open/closed status of ECEC services
The Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) have launched a new close to real-time mapping tool that displays which services are open and which early childhood education and care (ECEC) services have been temporarily closed across Australia.
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by Jason Roberts
Quality
Workforce
AEU survey reveals impact of budget cuts on TAFE: 1400 responses received
More than three quarters (76 per cent) of respondents to a recent survey of TAFE employees from every TAFE institution in Australia said that they had considered leaving the sector in the last three years, with survey results showing the depth of impact years of strict budgeting measures has had on the vocational education and training (VET) sector.
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by Freya Lucas
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Victoria confirms ECEC services will continue as schools close for Stage 3 restrictions
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by Freya Lucas
Providers
Uniting NSW.ACT confirms closure of three services after strategic review
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by Jason Roberts
Innovation
Xplor and QikKids launch “Space”, a new ECEC service listing platform
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by Jason Roberts
Quality
Healthy Australia program aims to reduce childhood obesity by half before 2025
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by Freya Lucas
