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Children's Services Award Under Review By The Fair Work Commission

On the 9th November, a four-yearly review has been conducted of the Children's Services Award 2010. United Voice Australia, Australian Childcare Alliance, Australian Business Industrial and New South Wales Business Chamber, Business SA and two individuals raised significant issues in Mentions held in October to change the conditions of the Award which will be sought in the upcoming review by the Fair Work Commission.
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Child Receives Chemical Burns at Camp Australia Service

Camp Australia has received yet another fine for a safety breach when a child received chemical burns to the back of the eyelids after another child had sprayed him with hospital grade cleaner at a Camp Australia service.
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Camp Australia Cops Its Biggest Fine Yet

Camp Australia in the past 6 years have had a variety of fines enforced against them due to safety breaches such as letting children wander away from their service to not having enough staff to supervise the children and once again Camp Australia has been fined for its biggest sanction yet, $210,000 for keeping two sets of books to hide that they were looking after more children than their licensing permits.
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Be You - Free Professional Development Resources and Support For Educators

Be You offers a range of free online, evidence-based tools and resources aimed at improving the skills and knowledge of educators to foster and support mental health and well being in children and young people. It’s completely free and available to every educator, early learning service, and school in Australia.
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Changes To The Children's Services Award and The Educational Services Teachers Award

As part of the Modern Award Review, the Fair Work Commission has varied a number of clauses in the modern awards, which includes changes to the Children's Services Award and the Educational Services Teachers Award. Changes include changes to roster/hours of work, dispute resolution, individual flexibility arrangements, termination of employment, payment of salary etc.
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