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59% Pay Increase For Early Childhood Teachers If They Win Pay Rise

59% Pay Increase For Early Childhood Teachers If They Win Pay Rise

At a Fair Work Commision hearing, set in Sydney today, ECT's will be demanding equal pay with primary school teachers, with an overall increase in salaries. It will be a pay rise of $32.000 if ECT's win.
Product Safety Recall - ALDI Train Set and Sabiha Teething Products

Product Safety Recall - ALDI Train Set and Sabiha Teething Products

There has been a product safety recall from Product Safety Australia for the ALDI Jack 'n' Jill Wooden Jungle Railway Set and Sabiha Designs — Teething Rattles and Dummy Chains.
Victorian Educators - Mandatory To Report Child Abuse

Victorian Educators - Mandatory To Report Child Abuse

It is now mandatory for Educators in Victoria to report suspicions of sexual abuse as part of Victoria's government's response to the child sex abuse royal commision.
Indigenous Language Song Competition For Children

Indigenous Language Song Competition For Children

A national competition is being conducted that invites schools/children to work with their local Indigenous community to translate a simple song, "Marrin Gamu" into their language.
Childcare Services Ban Children From Toy Weapons That May Promote Violence

Childcare Services Ban Children From Toy Weapons That May Promote Violence

For a fear of promoting violence and warlike behaviour, childcare services are banning children from playing games such as “cops and robbers” with toy guns and plastic fake knives.
Childcare Centres Who Hike Fees Will Be Named and Shamed

Childcare Centres Who Hike Fees Will Be Named and Shamed

Childcare centres that increase excessive fees on parents and taxpayers, will be named and shamed in Turnbull government's overhaul of the new system.
New Wages In Effect - 3.5% Increase Will Now Apply!

New Wages In Effect - 3.5% Increase Will Now Apply!

Educators, ECT's and Trainees who are currently earning minimum wages from the Children's Services Award 2010 or the Educational Service Teachers Award, 2010 will now receive a 3.5% pay increase from the first full pay period.
Luxurious Childcare Services From $3,000 A Month

Luxurious Childcare Services From $3,000 A Month

There has been an increase in boutique style services across Australia, which offer state of the art facilities from daily yoga sessions, to language classes and meals cook by a qualified chef.
Free Preschool For 3 Year Olds In NSW

Free Preschool For 3 Year Olds In NSW

In a $200 million giveaway by NSW Government to families, NSW will become the first state to pay for three-year-olds to go to preschool.
Calls To Ban Pools At FDC Centres After Death Of 2 Year Old

Calls To Ban Pools At FDC Centres After Death Of 2 Year Old

Two-year-old Lachlan Mitchell was left unsupervised for seven minutes in his Perth FDC service where he was found face down in the water on November 9th, 2015.
Phonics - An Essential Foundation For Early Reading

Phonics - An Essential Foundation For Early Reading

A new scientific study that aims to end the so-called reading wars has found that phonics is an essential foundation in the early stages of learning to read.
Educators Unpaid For A Year

Educators Unpaid For A Year

The Fair Work Ombudsman is taking legal action against a Sydney childcare operator that allegedly failed to pay two migrant workers for a year of work.
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