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Latest Childcare News

• Staff hard to come by as childcare centres struggle with reforms (Jan 16)

  Last month a national survey of childcare centres found two-thirds of operators could not find the qualified staff they need to meet new industry rules.

  Read the whole story at the Sydney Morning Herald website.

• Childcare safety risk (Jan 15)

  Tasmanian childcare operators have been busted with unregistered carers and for failing to have enough staff supervising children on excursions.

  Read the whole story at The Mercury website.

• Rich claim $260m in childcare tax aid (Jan 15)

  Australian Council of Social Service say it was time for a rethink on who received taxpayer help to pay for childcare - currently $260 million each year is paid to subsidise childcare for high-income families. Women's workforce advocates have warned against making cuts, arguing the subsidy saves money long-term because women who drop out of paid work lose skills and confidence and stop paying taxes.

  Read the whole story at the Sydney Morning Herald website.

• Childcare at home hits the boom time (Jan 11)

  The demand for family daycare in Camden has skyrocketed. More than 400 children use the home-based education service, making family daycare the largest childcare provider in the Camden local government area. And the waiting list is growing so long that some toddlers will miss out on a spot.

  Read the whole story at the Camden Advertiser website.

• Rural families pay the price (Dec 15)

  Parents in a Victorian rural town have received letters from their childcare service advising of an 80 per cent increase in the cost of childcare across the region.

  Read the whole story at the Weekly Times Now website.

• $350 million available to improve early childhood education and care (Dec 12)

  The Australian Government is calling on quality organisations to apply for around $350 million in grant funding to deliver professional development and inclusion support for early childhood education and care services.

  Read the whole story at the Minister's Media Centre website.

• Coalition wants to beef up nanny home-help program (Dec 10)

  The Coalition wants to dramatically expand the nannies-at-home program, splitting it to better target shiftworkers as well as families with special needs.

  Read the whole story at The Australian website.

• Families turn to daycare in the home as centre costs too expensive (Dec 8)

  The number of children attending family daycare has risen for the first time since Labor took power. There are predictions the home-based alternative will boom as fees for long-daycare centres skyrocket next year.

  Read the whole story at The Australian website.

• Accused child sex offender named (Dec 7)

  A childcare worker accused of molesting 12 young boys, who worked in a childcare centre in the Sutherland area, south of Sydney, can be publicly identified after a magistrate lifted a suppression order on his name.

  Read the whole story at the Sydney Morning Herald website.

• Women CEOs need nannies and housekeepers, not cars as part of their salary package (Dec 4)

  The publishing queen said if Australia adopted more of a nanny culture, it would help women stay in work, continue to climb the corporate ladder and snare the chief executive's role.

  Read the whole story at the news.com.au website.

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