Category: childcare facility

Childcare Key to Fewer Kids in Protection

Fewer Aboriginal children would end up in the child protection system if early childhood services were better funded and resourced, industry leaders suggest. Victoria’s truth-telling inquiry is examining the child protection system, with early childhood leaders on Friday lamenting the fractured way centres are funded across the state. Aboriginal-controlled childcare organisations that unite communities and…


Australian Health Authorities Warn of High Number of Stomach Flu Outbreaks in Childcare Centres

The New South Wales (NSW) government have warned parents to keep their children home if they feel unwell following a sharp increase in stomach flu outbreaks in childcare centres around the state. NSW Health’s Executive Director of Health Protection, Richard Broome, revealed that there had been 156 reported outbreaks of gastroenteritis in early childhood education…


Hundreds of Childcare Centers Close Crippled by Omicron Wave

Devastated by the Omicron outbreak, hundreds of Australia’s childcare centres are being forced to close as the struggling sector pleads for more financial support. The Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority, the federal authority that monitors the sector, revealed that up to 286 centres shut their doors temporarily on Thursday due to a health…