The Australian Child Care Index

It is vital that our children are well cared for, but we can't all be with them 24 hours a day. The Australian Child Care Index helps parents find the care in their area that suits their needs, by listing all the care options available to them. Looking for childcare? Whether Long Day Care, Family Daycare, an Early Learning Center, a Kindergarten, a Pre-school, a Nanny or a Babysitter are what you need - look around. We have the childcare options that suit your needs.

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  • Child Care Minister publishes book about childcare history (Feb 25)

    The Hon Kate Ellis MP, Minister for Early Childhood Education, Child Care and Youth, has launched a new book today, shining a spotlight on the importance of high quality early learning and care. "Making a difference for children: The Australian journey in assuring quality child care" is published by the National Childcare Accreditation Council (NCAC) and examines the development of early childhood services in Australia over a century.

    Read the whole story at the Ministers Media Centre website.

  • SA to open more Children's Centres (Feb 21)

    The SA Labor government has pledged to open ten more children's centres to offer preschool, childcare and parenting services at primary school sites across the state.

    Read the whole story at the Adelaide Now website.

  • Parents pay as family-based childcare places cut (Feb 20)

    Parents looking for home childcare will pay more because of fewer places available under new childcare laws. The Council of Australian Governments signed an agreement in December that will only allow a maximum of four children under school age to be cared for in a family home by 2014.

    Read the whole story at the Daily Telegraph website.

  • Gillard blames ABC Learning collapse for broken childcare promises (Feb 19)

    Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the collapse of ABC Learning Centres was to blame for the Federal Government breaking its promise to build 260 childcare centres at schools.

    Read the whole story at the ABC Online News website.

  • Knox City short on facilities for 4-year-old kindy (Feb 16)

    Knox Council predicts it won’t have the capacity to meet the Federal Government’s mandatory ruling that all four-year-olds get 15 hours of kinder a week before attending primary school by 2013.

    Read the whole story at the Knox Leader website.

  • Penrith Council childcare course not a piece of cake (Feb 15)

    The Corporate Partners for Change Childcare Program, a partnership between Penrith Council’s children’s services team, the State Education and Training Department and Macquarie Employment Training Service, saw 11 students graduate with part of a Certificate III in Children’s Services.

    Read the whole story at the Penrith Press website.

  • Hunter parents wait on child care lists for six months (Feb 15)

    Parents of infants looking for formal child care in Newcastle are likely to languish on waiting lists for six months or more. A Herald survey of child-care service providers in the Newcastle area turned up no vacancies for babies, and only a few spots on certain days for older children.

    Read the whole story at The Herald website.

  • Rising child-care costs may force parents to use backyard carers (Feb 11)

    The Federal and State governments agreed late last year to implement sweeping reforms of the child-care sector aimed at giving kids more attention from better-qualified workers from 2012. But there are fears that the changes could push the cost of child care up by more than $20 a child per day at some Hunter centres, forcing parents to pull children out of care and rely on friends, neighbours and relatives.

    Read the whole story at The Herald website.

  • Fears red tape will hurt childcare (Feb 11)

    Gwynn Bridge, the president of Childcare Queensland, said the new State Government laws requiring child care centres to maintain and display compliance logs could result in child carers becoming focused on compliance rather than looking after children.

    Read the whole story at the Sunshine Coast Daily website.

  • QLD Child care bill gives parents more information (Feb 10)

    New laws have been introduced into Queensland Parliament to improve the standard of child care centres. Education Minister Geoff Wilson says the amendments will give parents better access to information about child care services.

    Read the whole story at the ABC News website.

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