In this episode,Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe talks with child development academic Marc de Rosnay about “Bluey” and the power of play.
The Morrison government $1.7 billion childcare package won’t start until July 2022.
The program is three years into a 10-year run but the four trial sites are not yet locked down and it’s “too soon” to report outcomes or even gather baseline data.
A state department review is under way into the transparency over serious safety breaches at West Australian childcare.
The pilot program,in which Brisbane preschoolers learn about the environment through hands-on activities,is proving very popular.
I can still remember the angst I went through as my daughter approached kindergarten,trying to decide whether to send her or hold her back.
We were out cycling when suddenly my son slammed on the brakes. After I almost crashed into him,I asked what was wrong:“Mummy,it says STOP in big letters,right across the bike path.”
Victoria's 7000 kindergarten workers will receive pay rises of up to 30 per cent in a new deal the Andrews government hopes will attract more early childhood teachers.
Parenting guru Maggie Dent has called on WA Premier Mark McGowan to step in and fix what she calls the most inflexible education system in the country on school starting ages.
Speculation points to a big focus in the budget on"shovel-ready"construction projects. But this will not deliver maximum jobs and it will exacerbate gender inequality.
Rates in Queensland and Western Australia have worsened despite the mining boom depositing billions of dollars into government coffers over the past decade.