In the lead-up to National Child Protection Week, Body Safety Australia will host a landmark event in Canberra, calling for universal access to early childhood education and care (ECEC) that includes ...

A new workforce analysis from Jobs and Skills Australia highlights entrenched gender inequality across Australia’s labour market including early childhood education and care (ECEC) with First Nations ...

Industry super fund Vision Super has confirmed it has divested its $3.3 million stake in early learning provider G8 Education, citing concerns relating to recent abuse allegations, market volatility ...

The Australian Government Department of Education has announced that Deloitte will become the new Inclusion Development Fund Manager (IDFM) for the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector, ...

In celebration of Early Childhood Educators’ Day 2025, the Australian Childcare Alliance is warmly inviting families with children in early learning services to play a part in their upcoming ...

The Department of Education has launched its first round of compliance actions under new regulatory powers, targeting 30 early childhood education and care (ECEC) services found to have persistently ...

Australia’s peak body for early learning (childcare) supports a national Working with Children Check system across Australia, ensuring those who do not meet the standards of one state cannot move to ...

R U OK? Day is Australia’s annual celebration of meaningful connection, held on the second Thursday of September this year, that falls on 11 September 2025. The message is simple yet powerful: start a ...

Goodstart Early Learning has announced a series of strengthened child safeguarding measures, outlined by CEO Dr Ros Baxter in a recent statement. The measures include an independent external ...

Recent policy shifts, including the National Model Code for Taking Images and Videos of Children, ACECQA’s 2025 Policy Guidelines: Safe Use of Digital Technologies and Online Environments, and the ...

A groundbreaking resource platform is transforming the way Australian early learning services approach children’s emotional development. Tiny Souls Media has officially launched nationwide, delivering ...

The Minns Labor Government has endorsed a suite of national reforms to strengthen Working with Children Checks (WWCCs), aiming to prevent individuals deemed a risk from gaining access to children in ...