Child Care News
Halt fees grab call
Courier Mail – Heywood – June 15, 2007AUSTRALIA'S consumer watchdog could be called in to stop childcare centres swallowing up increased government subsidies meant for parents...
Nurseries told to open at the weekends
Times Online UK – Rosemary Bennett – June 14, 2007Childcare nurseries must open at weekends and in the evenings to cater for the demands of modern working life, according to a government-backed survey of...
Halt fees grab call
Courier Mail - Lachlan Heywood - June 15, 2007AUSTRALIA'S consumer watchdog could be called in to stop childcare centres swallowing up increased government subsidies meant for parents...
Kids, sport and overuse injury
ABC Health Matters - Peter Lavelle - June 14, 2007Sports-mad kids who play sport and train constantly are vulnerable to overuse injury, say paediatricians. ...
Childcare fees hike a grab for subsidies, Opposition says
ABC Online - June 14, 2007The Federal Opposition has called on childcare providers to explain why fees are going up. Opposition families spokeswoman Jenny Macklin says the country's...
Fee rise to slice childcare rebate
NEWS.com.au - Lachlan Heywood - June 14, 2007By Lachlan Heywood Centre operators already have started raising fees after last month's Budget increased the childcare benefit 13 per cent to help parents...
Childcare in crisis
Daily Telegraph - Joe Hildebrand - June 14, 2007This is the Waverley Child Care Centre, the face of Sydney's childcare crisis and possibly the most in-demand daycare centre in the country...
Clinic to tackle allergies
Courier Mail - June 14, 2007However, she said, it would not address the need for more training of teachers and childcare workers. She said there were only about 10 nurses in Queensland...
Union wage agreements falling behind
Sydney Morning Herald - Mark Davis - June 11, 2007He said that in addition to the 2 per cent pay rises, the agreement preserved and extended a series of 'work value' increases in award rates for child-care...
Throw out the bathwater to save the baby's skin
Brisbane Times - Louise Hall - Jun 10, 2007BATHING babies too often may cause skin problems such as eczema and rashes, experts warn. Today's infants are twice as likely to suffer from skin problems ...
Brough issues warning to childcare operators
ABC Online – June 9, 2007The federal Minister for Families Mal Brough has warned childcare operators across Australia not to increase prices in line with increases in childcare...
Daycare children 'more antisocial'
Scotland on Sunday, UK - Jun 9, 2007EVIDENCE is mounting that young children who spend significant periods of time in daycare while their parents work are more prone to developing aggressive...
St George offers employees grandparental leave
The Age – Megan Shaw – June 8, 2007St George's human resources head, Brett Wright, said there was anecdotal evidence that grandparents had resigned from companies to help with child care...
Employers innovate amid continuing skills shortage
The Age – Nabila Ahmed – June 8, 2007 ...forecast more difficult times for employers, corporate Australia said it was implementing incentives such as flexible hours, on-site child care and...
Room for a boom
Melbourne Herald Sun - Susie O'Brien - June 6, 2007And a 30 per cent childcare rebate is soon to be paid in a lump sum. But Opposition families spokeswoman Jenny Macklin said child care was not affordable ...
