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17 September 2025 The union representing teachers in early childhood education and care in NSW and the ACT calls on the NSW government to boost funding to help community preschools attract and retain staff. The state government on Tuesday announced $100 million in funding for community preschools to extend operating hours, open more days and … Continued
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Key Facts: Creche and Kindergarten (C&K) branch centre staff in Queensland are voting against proposed working conditions that maintain outdated provisions. Key issues include no additional time for kindergarten directors, who currently receive only 9 minutes daily to manage an increasing administrative and child protection regulatory load. The proposal fails to guarantee wages or super … Continued
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10 September 2025 The union representing teachers in early childhood education and care in NSW and the ACT calls on the NSW government to boost funding to community preschools to address the workforce crisis. Preschool teachers from across the state will meet MPs at the NSW Parliament House over the next two days to outline the threat to … Continued
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Media release 8th September 2025 ‘It takes a village to raise a child’ – for many Australian families the village they need is out of reach The 2025 Uniting Families Report, released today, reveals a stark truth: while most Australian families value the support of a ‘village’ in raising children, not all have … Continued
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Media alert 5th September 2025 ‘It takes a village to raise a child’ – for many Australian families the village they need is out of reach The 2025 Uniting Families Report, to be released on Monday, reveals a stark truth: while most Australian families value the support of a ‘village’ in raising … Continued
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Friday 22 August 2025: Australia’s National Children’s Commissioner has commended the Australian Government’s leadership on urgent child safety reforms agreed at today’s historic meeting of education ministers across the federation. National, state and territory ministers met in Sydney today to commit to a trial of CCTV and rollout of mobile phone bans in childcare centres, … Continued
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22 August 2025 The union representing teachers in early childhood education and care in NSW and the ACT welcomes national reforms to improve child safety but calls for further action to reduce the excessive amount of paperwork. Federal and state education ministers met today to announce a national register of all childcare staff to verify … Continued
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National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds will hold a media conference today to respond to the outcomes of a meeting of federal, state and territory education ministers in relation to improving child safety in childcare settings. Education ministers from across the nation are meeting in Sydney today, with a rollout of CCTV and mobile phone bans in … Continued
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National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds has congratulated Attorney-General Michelle Rowland on decisive action and strong leadership following a landmark meeting of the Standing Council of Attorneys-General on Friday, where agreements were made for critical reforms to the Working With Children Check scheme. National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds: ‘These agreements, to act on recommendations made by … Continued
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15 August 2025 The union representing teachers in early childhood education and care in NSW and the ACT welcomes united efforts by Australia’s attorneys-general to standardise Working With Children Checks (WWCC). This follows distressing allegations of abuse in both the early childhood education and care sector and the out-of-school-hours sector. “This is an important reform … Continued
