Childcare fee caps to curb runaway prices to be considered: Clare – The West Australian
01 October 2023Price caps and naming providers that charge too much are among the options currently being considered by the government to limit childcare costs.
Green light received for educator wage increase negotiations to begin – The Sector
28 September 2023The Fair Work Commission has approved the making of a supported bargaining authorisation that will allow key ECEC stakeholders to start wage negotiations.
Media release: First step towards fair pay deal for early childhood educators
Fair pay and conditions for early educators is one step closer, following today’s decision by the Fair Work Commission.
$160 for free kinder: Parents scramble for spots amid high demand – The Age
17 August 2023Victorian families have been left scrambling for kinder places after skyrocketing demand began forcing centres to turn away families at the eleventh hour.
Australian Education Union (AEU)
The Australian Education Union (AEU) represents Australian public school, early childhood and TAFE teachers, education leaders and education support staff industrially and professionally.
Gowrie NSW and Big Fat Smile become latest providers to join enterprise bargaining application – The Sector
07 August 2023New South Wales based early childhood education and care (ECEC) providers Gowrie NSW and Big Fat Smile are the latest to join an application to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to start wage negotiations
How do you eat an echidna? Tackling education's spiky problems with ambition – The Sector
21 July 2023Former Community Child Care Association Executive Director Julie Price and Community Early Learning Australia CEO Michele Carnegie were present when Federal Education Minister Jason Clare addressed the National Press Club.