There has been a product safety recall from Product Safety Australia for the VTech Baby Pack & Go Travel Mobile and VTech Baby Shake and Sing Elephant Rattle

From the 01 Oct, a new National Regulation will be put in place that will give Educators the right to overrule parents requests for their child's sleep arrangements to reduce the risk of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).  

Discusses controversial plans to introduce suicide awareness in preschool. Raises mental health education.

Parents who do not wish to vaccinate their children on conscientious grounds are banned from having their children enrolled in child care centres in NSW. 

Alerts services and families to a recall of defective EpiPens. Reinforces health and safety.

Water beads are causing serious concerns and parents are being warned of the potentially deadly risk these pose to children.

Since January 01 2016, there has been alot of talk regarding the new No Jab, No Play legislation for early childhood services.Under this new law a child cannot attend a service until acceptable vaccination documentation is provided. 

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has conducted testing on a range of wax crayons and identified traces of asbestos in a number of crayon products. 

A new QLD law may be introduced by January 2016 that enables childcare centres in Queensland to reject enrolments based on immunisation status.

New Child Protections Laws have just been introduced in Australia to hold more people accountable if they fail to act or report risks of child abuse.