Childcare could cost just $10 a day: See if you will be eligible
Relief is on the way for Aussie parents with changes planned to childcare fees and paid parental leave. See how they affect you.
Early Education
Chefs, designer menus: What kids eat at Qld’s most luxe daycares
Some children are being dropped off at early-learning centres with little or no food from their parents, while other centres have in-house chefs preparing designer menus.
Cost comparison: Queensland hit with greatest childcare fee hikes
Queensland families have been slapped with the largest spike in childcare fees in Australia, with a major inquiry finding the driving forces behind the hikes.
Qld’s free kindy program: Your questions answered
The Queensland Government’s highly-spruiked $1bn free kindy program starts this year. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Qld poaching interstate, overseas teachers after local recruitment fail
The Department of Education campaign set to roll out later this year follows a state government trend of trying to poach interstate and foreign workers.
Year-long waits, prohibitive fees: Queensland parents’ childcare woes
A national survey has uncovered childcare struggles for Queensland parents, some of whom have had to delay returning to work.
‘Swelling, rash’: Daycare kids exposed to ‘unknown substance’
Paramedics have treated a number of children at a Brisbane childcare centre after they were exposed to an “unknown substance” in their lunch.
Free kindy plan could save Queenslanders thousands
Kindergarten would be made free under a cost of living shake-up being considered by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, in a move that would save Queensland families thousands of dollars a year. TAKE OUR POLL
Probe launched after child leaves childcare centre unsupervised
The Department of Education has confirmed an investigation is under way after a child left a centre near Rockhampton unsupervised as we can reveal more about the centre.
Moments that motivate early childhood teacher the most
Queensland early childhood educator Kasey Paterson has gone from teaching to running a centre, and there’s one thing above all else that motivates her to keep helping young minds.
No place in our schools for church’s indoctrination campaign
The use of the word “harvest” by a Brisbane church member, referring to the hundreds of children it could “disciple” for the Lord, is a blatant abuse of influence, writes Kylie Lang.
Is it best to hold your child back from starting school? Yes and no
It’s the age-old debate – does holding your child back from school give them an advantage? New studies appear to have some answers.
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