Child Care News
More women needed in politics: Lib MP
Sydney Morning Herald - October 24, 2007More than half the federal politicians should be women and more men should be working in child care, says Workforce Participation Minister Sharman Stone...
Pregnant pause over paid maternity leave
The Age, Australia – Sarah Smiles - October 25, 2007SHADOW minister for women Tanya Plibersek says she would be happy to be part of a government that provided paid maternity leave, but has not committed to it...
Child care lowers inflation rate
NEWS.com.au - October 24, 2007THE changed treatment of child care fees has helped to push the headline inflation rate to its lowest since 1999. The consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.7...
NSW under pressure to improve staff-child ratios
ABC Online - October 24, 2007An organisation calling for a better staff-to-child ratio at childcare centres will put its case to New South Wales community services minister Kevin Greene...
Labor to force child care to make the grade
Sydney Morning Herald – Mark Davis and Stephanie Peatling – October 24, 2007EVERY child-care centre would be rated on a scale from A to E according to the quality of care, and their scores would be published for parents...
Childcare grading into play
Melbourne Herald Sun – Peter Jean – October 24, 2007KEVIN Rudd yesterday promised to introduce a strict AE grading system to measure the quality of childcare centres if he won the federal election...
Labor will grade childcare A to E
Melbourne Herald Sun – Jane Bunce - October 23, 2007LABOR says it will grade childcare centres under a plan to let parents know if their children are receiving quality care if it wins the...
Rudd announces $77 m for childcare students
ABC Online - October 23, 2007Kevin Rudd has unveiled another plank of his childcare policy, announcing a federal Labor government would introduce a five-category accreditation system to...
Tax cuts flop: Libs drop in latest poll
The Age - October 23, 2007Labor yesterday aired a new ad on climate change, while the Government flagged it will release a child-care policy to counter Labor $1.5 billion policy...
Labor's childcare plan would force prices up: Costello
LIVENEWS.com.au – Rowan Barker - October 23, 2007Labor's childcare policy has been attacked as a factor which will force care costs up. A Labor government would increase the childcare rebate to 50 per cent...
ABC Canada expansion denied
Courier Mail – Liam Walsh - October 23, 2007CHILDCARE giant ABC Learning Centres yesterday distanced itself from Canadian media reports that it was eyeing expansion in that country...
What women want - political clout
Daily Telegraph - Clare Masters - October 23, 2007FLEXIBLE childcare, better birthing choices, mandatory paid maternity leave and a presence in politics - those are the platforms of the new...
Calls for fortnightly childcare rebates
Sydney Morning Herald - October 22, 2007Federal Labor's plan for an increased childcare tax rebate to be paid quarterly should be given to parents fortnightly, childcare groups say...
Rudd appeals to the inner-child
Daily Telegraph – Roger Coombs - October 22, 2007By Roger Coombs ASPIRING prime minister Kevin Rudd appeared to land a solid blow in the election campaign on the weekend when he announced a Labor...
Bundles of joy
Melbourne Herald Sun - October 22, 2007NEW electoral potency of working mums is shown by the fact more babies are being born in Victoria at any time since 1972. It's a heartening and optimistic...
