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Childcare Centres Must Not Charge Parents Fees If Shutdown Due To Coronavirus

Childcare Centres Must Not Charge Parents Fees If Shutdown Due To Coronavirus

If childcare centres shut down due to the coronavirus, parents will not have to pay childcare fees. Centres will not claim Child Care Subsidy and since child care isn't able to be offered to families, they must not be charged…
$15,000 Fine For Locking 5 Year Old On Bus

$15,000 Fine For Locking 5 Year Old On Bus

A Perth child care provider, has been recently fined $15,000 after a five-year-old girl was left alone in a locked bus for up to 15 minutes.
Childcare Centre Fined After Child Escapes And Walks Home

Childcare Centre Fined After Child Escapes And Walks Home

In Bunbury, WA a leading Childcare centre was fined $10,000 after a three-year-old escaped and walked home. The staff did not notice the boy was missing until his mother brought him back.
Celebrate Harmony Week 15th to 21st March

Celebrate Harmony Week 15th to 21st March

From 15th March to 21 March we celebrate Harmony Week. Harmony Week celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity. We celebrate inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for all Australians, from the traditional owners of the land to those who have come…
Services Need To Give All New Employees The Fair Work Information Statement

Services Need To Give All New Employees The Fair Work Information Statement

When you start a new job, your centre has to give you a copy of the Fair Work Information Statement before, or as soon as possible after you start.
Childcare Centre Fined $14,000 When Toddler Goes Missing

Childcare Centre Fined $14,000 When Toddler Goes Missing

At a Sydney childcare centre, a toddler went missing for up to 10 minutes before staff were alerted via a headcount. Due to this incident, the childcare operators have been fined $14,000.
Educator Loses Payout Of $238,000 Over Defamatory Email

Educator Loses Payout Of $238,000 Over Defamatory Email

An Educator, working in Sydney's North Shore childcare centre, had a decision overturned which awarded him $238,000 for a defamatory email sent to 35 families which stated that the educator was no longer at the centre due to "disciplinary actions"…
Children Being Tested In A Childcare Centre After Fears Of Exposure To Coronavirus

Children Being Tested In A Childcare Centre After Fears Of Exposure To Coronavirus

In Sydney’s northern suburbs, children and families from a childcare centre are undergoing testing for the coronavirus over fears they were exposed during a visit to a nearby aged care facility.
Kindergarten Child Left On Bus While Going To OSHC

Kindergarten Child Left On Bus While Going To OSHC

In Tasmania, 5-year-old Charlotte Gleeson fell asleep while she was on a Tassielink bus bound for a Northern Children's Network after-school care service at Newstead.
Not The First Time Toddlers Left On Childcare Buses

Not The First Time Toddlers Left On Childcare Buses

With the sad news, of a child who had recently died on a Goodstart childcare bus in Cairns, last week, in NSW another little boy was also forgotten inside a bus with severe dehydration for 6 hours. On the Gold…
ABC Education - Free Curriculum Linked Resources For School Readiness

ABC Education - Free Curriculum Linked Resources For School Readiness

ABC Education brings you high-quality educational content and resources. All resources are free and mapped to the Australian Curriculum (including Foundation Years), covering English, Maths, Science, Geography, History, The Arts and Technologies, including STEM.
Crackdown On Dodgy FDC Has Saved Taxpayers $3 Billion

Crackdown On Dodgy FDC Has Saved Taxpayers $3 Billion

The federal government has saved $3 billion cracking down on dodgy childcare providers, with 380 services had now been listed on the Child Care Enforcement Register.
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