I agree to the terms and privacy policy. A Western Australian approved provider has been fined $20,000 after an eight-month-old child sustained a deep partial thickness burn in a babies room incident ...

The 2025 financial year has marked a complex and defining period for Australia’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector. The FY25 results and strategic repositioning of G8 Education, ...

Burnout is a growing concern across the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector. From educators and early childhood teachers to centre managers and support staff, the toll of workforce ...

I agree to the terms and privacy policy. National child safety reforms are reshaping expectations across early childhood education and care (ECEC). While annual third-party outdoor audits are not ...

ACECQA has shared data over an extended period of time, showing that documenting children’s learning, in particular demonstrating the cycle of planning, is a challenge for the early childhood ...

Staff morale is the workplace attitudes, emotions, enthusiasm, satisfaction and future hopes employees have. It is important because it affects workplace attrition, attention, productivity, dedication ...

Imagine yourself as a child playing at the beach (on the sand and in the water), mixing paint with your fingers, squashing/pounding playdough or clay, creating a Lego masterpiece, assembling a block ...

Faced with a persistently challenging workforce environment, key stakeholders from across the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector continue to invest heavily in a range of initiatives that ...

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ruled that a former employee of Goodstart Early Learning was dismissed within the meaning of the Fair Work Act 2009, allowing her claim to proceed to the next stage ...

The Tasmanian Government has launched Raising the Standard Tasmania, a new program intended to lift standards and strengthen oversight across early childhood education and care (ECEC). Announced on 13 ...

Universal not Uniform: building an early childhood system that is universal and flexible When early childhood experts argue in favour of a universal system, they are not proposing a one size-fits-all ...

Having a comprehensive induction process for those who are new to an early childhood education and care (ECEC) service can make a huge difference in how well the employee settles in, understands what ...