New research from the Australia Council for the Arts shows an increased regard for the arts and culture among Australians.
Two of Australia's largest childcare providers warn the reintroduction of fees will spell trouble for families whose incomes have been cut during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Some critics described the whole reading-to-Archie event as phony and attention-seeking.
Uniting,which operates 56 centres in NSW and the ACT,will stand down 45 staff as it loses $1 million each month under the government's free childcare scheme.
As parents start returning their kids to childcare amid a fall in coronavirus cases,some providers have said reduced income means they cannot accept children back.
New research has found that 22 per cent of Australian children are"developmentally vulnerable"at age five.
The federal government has quietly extended its childcare funding to council-run services on the same day the NSW government announced it would spend $82 million to prop up the ailing sector.
The Early Learning and Care Council of Australia said mass closures would begin early next week,as parents take their children out of centres and refuse to pay fees.
Some families were confused about whether messages about school closures should apply to early learning centres,but providers will remain open unless directed otherwise.
Children had been stranded on Goodstart Early Learning buses three times in the four years before a toddler died on a bus in Cairns.