Details government action against poor‑quality training providers. Ensures quality assurance.

Reports on a measles outbreak affecting children and families. Supports health awareness.

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

Covers industrial action by educators demanding fair wages. Connects to workplace rights.

From March 13th, there will be changes within Family Day Care services, which will include new maximum rates and age limits for children accessing child care fee assistance. 

The educational Ministers throughout Australian states and territories have agreed to changes to the National Quality Framework. 

Reports on political controversy surrounding remarks about childcare educators. Highlights advocacy issues.

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

Preschool children have a chance to begin learning a foreign language before they start school under an expanded Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) program. 

Up until the end of 2019, ACECQA has extended a transitional measure to allow primary school teachers to work within an early childhood setting. Primary school teachers working in early childhood will be able to be recognised as the equivalent to an early childhood teacher.