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Western Australia sees 8.4 per cent surge in LDC openings in Q1 2025 says NQF snapshot
The number of new long day care services opened in Western Australia in the three months to March 2025 surged 8.4 per cent, the largest year on year rise in a decade, new data released in ACECQA’s NQF snapshot shows.
2025-05-27 12:37:03
by Jason Roberts

Quality
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Workforce
IHC rule change provides exemptions for remote/very remote educators
New qualification exemptions for In Home Care (IHC) educators working in remote and very remote areas are now in effect.
2025-03-03 08:07:09
by Freya Lucas

Policy
Provider
Quality
Unpacking the “Worker Retention Payment” Grant guidelines - A Providers Perspective
The Department of Education has released grant guidelines for the early childhood education and care worker retention payment.
2024-10-07 09:48:10
by Jason Roberts

Provider
Quality
Victoria extends quality lead with 94% of services rated meeting or exceeding the NQS
Victoria has increased the percentage of services rated as meeting or exceeding the National Quality Standard to 94 per cent, the highest amongst all states and territories across Australia the latest NQF Snapshot shows.
2024-05-28 08:27:17
by Jason Roberts

Quality
The approved learning frameworks change in 2024 - are you ready?
The revised versions of Australia’s approved learning frameworks - the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF V2.0) and My Time, Our Place (MTOP V2.0) must be used in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services from 1 February 2024.
2023-12-19 07:57:38
by Freya Lucas
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Out of ratio for a minute? What the Regulations says about educator breaks and brief absences in ECEC
2025-06-10 11:00:24
by Isabella Southwell

Practice
Quality
Slowing down childcare: why Kaizen just makes sense
2025-06-12 11:30:50
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Class action investigation launched into long day care sector over safety and quality concerns
2025-06-12 12:38:11
by Isabella Southwell