Child Care News
Parents find comfort in child-care cover
Sydney Morning Herald – Matthew Benns and Michael Taverniti – December 16, 2007Julie Blair, pictured with 14-month-old son Connor, has taken out child-care insurance. PARENTS can take out insurance to cover the cost of child care when...
Turning land of Grimm into a child-friendly place
The Age – Kate Connolly - December 16, 2007Babies play at a child-care centre in Berlin. A campaign has been launched to make Germans more child-friendly in a bid to increase the birthrate...
Kids more active when playground has balls, jump ropes, UNC study shows
University of North Carolina (USA) - December 11, 2007Children play harder and longer when their child-care centers provide portable play equipment such as balls and jump ropes, more opportunities for active play and physical…
School must start at seven
The Guardian (UK) – Lisa Harker – December 12, 2007The effects of high-quality pre-school education can last well into primary school. The Children's Plan is ambitious and far-reaching...
Childcare group in China link
Courier Mail – Liam Walsh – December 12, 2007...of Brisbane-based ABC Learning Centres to promote a bilingual "5-star" kindergarten venture - despite the childcare giant denying knowledge of the plan...
Quarter of income goes on the kids
The Australian – Stephen Lunn – December 12, 2007A TYPICAL Australian family will fork out more than half a million dollars to raise two kids through to age 21 - a quarter of its total earnings...
New program helps families pay for quality child care
Dallas Business Journal (USA) – Margaret Allen - December 11, 2007A Dallas company has launched what it says is the nation's first child-care financing source for families with children enrolled in child-care and preschool...
Improved childcare policies needed to achieve better work/life...
CareandHealth (UK) - 10 Dec 2007Babies and Bosses, Reconciling Work and Family Life compares the different approaches that the 30 OECD countries take to help parents balance their work and...
We will deliver tax cuts: Swan
The Australian – Matthew Franklin – December 8, 2007...along with new increased childcare rebates, were designed to encourage as many as 100000 people to rejoin or enter the workforce...
No tears as Early Learning Services float slips
Melbourne Herald Sun - Leah McLennan - December 6, 2007CHILDCARE group Early Learning Services has debuted on the stock exchange at a 1 per cent discount to its offer price following a $34 million float...
Probiotics reduce sick days
ScienceAlert - December 6, 2007"Australia's strict childcare guidelines excluding children from attending daycare when they are sick not only causes considerable inconvenience for working...
Mums, toddlers learn together
Adelaidenow – Xanthe Kleinig - December 5, 2007Nicolle, 22, began the program with her son Lauclan, 17 months, at the cafe Enfield Child Care Centre and Kindergarten. "It's a bit more structured than...
Taxation by stealth must top reform list
The Australian – Peter Saunders - December 4, 2007That election also left us with a childcare muddle by superimposing a new childcare rebate on to the existing Child Care Benefit...
Macquarie's childcare woes
Daily Telegraph - December 3, 2007CFK - backed by Macquarie Group - is selling 23 of its childcare centres after losing $13m last financial year. CFK said the sale of the centres is part of...
McKew 'exhilarated' to join Rudd govt
Brisbane Times - December 3, 2007"I've got the early childhood area and early childhood learning and childcare and that's at the centre of Kevin's education revolution," she said...
