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As anticipation builds for the ECEC Workforce and Wellbeing Forum in Melbourne on 17 July 2025, The Sector has confirmed one of the day’s most anticipated highlights: a fireside chat with Myra Geddes, ...
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Concerns are mounting among parents and community members in Melbourne’s inner west, as proposed lease changes could jeopardise the future of a well-loved, not-for-profit early learning centre in ...
A new digital platform has been launched to strengthen collective action and system reform for children and families in Western Australia, as the WA Children’s Funders Alliance unveils its new website ...
Teachers Health and Queensland-based Teachers Union Health (TUH) will merge to form a single entity under Teachers Health Group. The new group will deliver services to  nearly 500,000 educators, ...
ChildcareNow is making it easier for services managers to manage requests from families for extra days in full rooms.
A Western Australian approved provider has been fined $45,000 and ordered to contribute $2,000 towards legal costs following a serious incident in which a toddler was found unsupervised near a busy ...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reaffirmed his government's commitment to accessible and affordable early childhood education during a visit to Tasmania, unveiling national progress figures and ...
“In the wake of the South Australian Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care, the Malinauskas Labor Government has prioritised improving access to affordable and high-quality OSHC ...
The New South Wales Government has announced a landmark package of reforms aimed at rebuilding trust, increasing transparency, and strengthening regulatory oversight in the early childhood education ...
A distressing incident at a western Sydney early learning service has highlighted the importance of robust supervision practices and trauma-informed responses, after a two-year-old child was ...
The Takeovers Panel has declined to declare unacceptable circumstances in response to an application from Mayfield Childcare Limited (ASX: MFD), instead referring aspects of the matter to the ...