Edge Early Learning has announced a new statewide partnership with Life Ed Queensland that will see a comprehensive wellbeing, safety and school-readiness program embedded across every Edge centre in ...

The job search experience in 2026 is becoming more challenging across many sectors, and early childhood education and care (ECEC) is no exception. While workforce shortages persist, so too does ...

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 ...

Serving food to children is about nutrition AND safety, and in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), getting food safety right isn’t optional; it’s essential.

As bushfires continue to affect communities across Victoria, early childhood education and care (ECEC) services are once again navigating the complex realities of emergency response, temporary ...

A Sydney long day care service has been permanently shut down following what has been reported as more than a decade of breaches of national safety standards, in a move being described as the first ...

As 2026 begins, early childhood education and care (ECEC) services across Australia are preparing for a year of substantial reform, focused on strengthening child safety and raising the bar on ...

Parents, particularly mothers, reported significant gains in satisfaction when grandparental care was available, with mothers noting an 11 per cent improvement in leisure time satisfaction and a 9 per ...

The Australian Greens have joined the United Workers Union (UWU) in calling on the Albanese Government to take urgent action to secure fair wages for early childhood educators and prevent a looming ...

The Allan Labor Government has appointed experienced clinical leader and child protection reformer Tracy Beaton as the new Principal Commissioner of Victoria’s Commission for Children and Young People ...

Early childhood is a critical window of opportunity, one that defines a child’s developmental path and future potential. In Guatemala, a national movement is showing how simple, nurturing actions, ...

A damning report by the NSW Ombudsman has uncovered significant failings in the state’s Intensive Therapeutic Care (ITC) program, prompting renewed calls for the establishment of an independent Child ...