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Let’s start today: Ros Baxter’s closing call to transform Australia’s early years
As the 2025 National Early Years Summit drew to a close on 18 June, Dr Ros Baxter, CEO of Goodstart and former senior bureaucrat was asked to share her reflections from the Summit and on the work ahead. Speaking to a room filled with leading voices in early childhood education, health, development and care, she honours the collective knowledge in the room while calling for sustained, courageous action to reimagine the early years system for Australia’s children. Her address urges a deep and deliberate focus on implementation, inclusion and national coordination with children’s interests at the centre of every decision.
2025-06-27 08:45:56
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Supporting successful transitions: Big moves, big feelings
Whether your child is starting in a new room at kindy or embarking on the adventure into schooling, 2025 will begin with some changes in environment. So, while we are in the transition phase, spending time in the new classrooms each week and facilitating interactions with new educators, what can parents do to support their children?
2025-06-26 11:00:30
by Fiona Alston
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Better conditions, better outcomes: New report reveals critical link between ECEC workforce conditions and quality in low-SES communities
A new report from The Front Project has found strong links between improved educator conditions and service quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings, particularly in communities experiencing disadvantage.
2025-06-26 10:15:37
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Reduce screen time and keep children moving
Activated OSHC is a free professional learning and accreditation program that empowers educators to meet evidence-based guidelines for screen time and active play. OSHC consultant Lucy Harberts sat down with Carol Maher, Professor of Population Health at University of South Australia and the lead researcher on the project, to talk about impacts and how services can get involved.
2025-06-26 10:00:27
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NSW budget delivers $1.2b foster care overhaul with flow-on benefits for vulnerable children
A record $1.2 billion investment in New South Wales’ foster care system will bring long-overdue improvements to the lives of vulnerable children and young people and may carry important implications for those supporting children in early education settings.
2025-06-26 08:30:13
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Inclusive Practice Framework set to strengthen inclusion in early childhood settings
2025-06-24 11:37:00
by Isabella Southwell
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Building resilience in early childhood: Why it matters now more than ever
2025-06-23 14:58:39
by Isabella Southwell
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When joyful autonomy matters so much more than curriculum outcomes
2025-06-25 09:30:36
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