Early Childhood Australia is continuously monitoring the news for information concerning the wellbeing and development of young children.
Please select from the list below to see recent and archived early childhood news.
Early childhood news
- May - Media Release - Early years the missing piece in Federal Budget
- March - Media Release - Wages investment supports quality early learning
- March - Media Release - Under investment in early years holding children back
- February – Media Release – Children given strong advocate in new National Children’s Commissioner
- February – Media Release – Fair, inclusive, quality education every child’s right; Early Childhood peak bodies welcome increased support for children with a disability.
- February - Media Release - Majority of providers back quality reforms in early childhood sector
- January - Media Release - Ratings show children already seeing childcare improvements
- December - Media Release - Collaboration Needed in Response to Growing Demand in Early Childhood
- January 2013 - Resources to support services, families and children deal with bushfires
- November 2012 - Media Release - Childcare services committed to meeting Quality Standards
- November 2012 - Media Release - Prioritise Education and Outcomes for Children in Childcare Inquiry
- August 2012 - Media Release - Quality early childhood services must remain the priority as sector examines accessibility
- July 2012 - Media Release - Children deserve bipartisan support for quality early education and care
- June 2012 - Media Release - Childcare funding must focus on those most in need
- September 2012 - Early Years Workforce Strategy published
- Media Release - Early Childhood Australia appoints new CEO
- May 2012 - Budget implications for early childhood
- May 2012 - Media Release - Budget initiatives continue support for quality early education and care for children
- May 2012 - News coverage: Sky show 3Q asks “can we make children smarter?” featuring Pam Cahir, CEO, ECA
- May 2012 - Media Release - Government must act to end child detention
- April 2012 - National Children’s Commissioner gives long overdue voice to our children
- January 2012 - Media Release - Biggest reform of Australian childcare begins today
- August 2011 - Media release: Malaysia solution must not extend to children under any circumstances
- June 2011 - Media Release: Tony Abbott misses the point on early childhood education and care reforms
- June 2011 - Media Release: Children’s Commissioner needed to protect children in detention centres
- April 2011 - How does your state rate? New report examines states’ progress in early childhood reforms
- January 2011 - Tips to minimise stress during your child's first year at school
- December 2010 - The new Australian Curriculum is about content, not about how teachers deliver it.
- October 2010 - Quality childcare more important than cost
- September 2010 - New childcare report highlights need for national quality reforms
- August 2010 - Parents and childcare staff rate corporate childcare poor quality
- July 2010 - ECA calls on all political parties to respond to national early childhood priorities
- July 2010 - Media Release: Coalition back to the dark ages with plan to remove childcare national rating system
- July 2010 - Media Release: Early childhood industry welcomes fortnightly childcare rebate
- July 2010 - Media Release: Childcare quality, not price at top of new parents' minds
- July 2010 - Media Release: Early childhood must be a focus in federal election
- February 2010 - Improving children's speaking skills
- February 2010 - 'Reaching the marginalized' report released
- January 2010 - Childcare rates online calculator launched
- December 2009 - Early Years Learning Framework online forum: Updated Educators' Guide
- December 2009 - Save the children call for national children's commissioner
- November 2009 - Prime Minister apologises to the Forgotten Australians
- October 2009 - Hands Up for Quality campaign
- October 2009 - KidsMatter pilot project receives funding boost
- August 2009 - Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards
- August 2009 - Literacy and Numeracy Week
- June 2009 - Advanced teaching standards forums
- May 2009 - Healthy eating and physical activity guidelines - Field testing update
- May 2009 - Save the Children release 'State of the world's mothers' report
- April 2009 - Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Guidelines for Early Childhood Settings
- March 2009 - Influenza health warning
- March 2009 - Early Years Learning Framework online forum
- March 2009 - UNICEF: State of the World's Children report
- February 2009 - Bushfires and their effect on children
- January 2009 - Books to engage children in reading
- January 2009 - Behaviour management in the transition from pre-school to kindergarten
- January 2009 - Healthy eating and physical activity guidelines for early childhood settings
- December 2008 - FAQ for Advanced Teaching Standards
- December 2008 - Call for papers for curriculum AJEC
- December 2008 - Staff required for the KidsMatter national project
- December 2008 - New UNESCO report on world education levels
- December 2008 - Advanced Teaching Standards for teachers of three to eight year olds
- December 2008 - Update on CFK Childcare and ABC Learning
- November 2008 - ECA's Best Picture Books of 2008
- October 2008 - Common colds need common sense, not antibiotics
- September 2008 - Children's Book Council of Australia 2008 Award Winners
- June 2008 - Call for participation in parent fatigue survey
- June 2008 - Autism Spectrum Disorder support program
- May 2008 - Inaugural meeting of the Interim National Curriculum Board
- May 2008 - Childcare sector responds to PM's 2020 vision
- April 2008 - Charter for Australian teachers
- April 2008 - Consumer groups campaign against junk food advertising
- April 2008 - NEiTA teacher awards: Call for nominations
- April 2008 - Stress levels of children in child care
- April 2008 - Indigenous Health Equality Summit: Statement of Intent
- March 2008 - Planning for the cost of education in 2008
- March 2008 - Social and emotional wellbeing of students
- March 2008 - ABC Learning situation prompts reassessment of Australia's childcare market
- March 2008 - Learning from child care in Canada
- March 2008 - Australian schools invited to support National Reconciliation Week
- February 2008 - Federal plan to increase Indigenous education outcomes
- February 2008 - PM Kevin Rudd says 'sorry' to the Stolen Generations
- February 2008 - Australia Day honours
- February 2007 - Proposed Tasmanian childcare courses raise concerns
- January 2008 - 'Andy Warhol for Kids' at the Queensland Art Gallery
- January 2008 - New resource for selecting violence-free media
- December 2007 - SNAICC responds to Queensland Government's treatment of Aurukun child abuse case
- December 2007 - Research into early childhood eating patterns
- November 2007 - Australian Greens 'stand up for children'
- November 2007 - ECA's Best Picture Books of 2007
- October 2007 - More responses to ECA's federal election e-Card – Democrats and Labor
- October 2007 - New government literacy and numeracy resources produced by Early Childhood Australia
- October 2007 - Call for 'paradigm shift' in early childhood care and education
- October 2007 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner responds to Prime Minister's commitment to 'new reconciliation'
- October 2007 - Labor's response to Early Childhood Australia's election agenda
- October 2007 - Online communication expert recommends parents educate rather than censor
- October 2007 - Winners of the 2007 NEiTA teacher awards
- October 2007 - Call to alter national law on childcare ratio
- September 2007 - Financial planning advice for parents
- September 2007 - Early Childhood Australia calls for emission targets
- September 2007 - New Australian research into early autism detection
- September 2007 - National voice for parents, families and carers
- September 2007 - Second wave data released from Growing Up in Australia study
- September 2007 - Draft charter for primary school education
- August 2007 - Government intervention in Indigenous communities - responses continue
- August 2007 - National awards for quality schooling—nominations open
- July 2007 - NT Update from SNAICC
- June 2007 - Australian and British research into childhood obesity
- June 2007 - Report on child abuse in NT Indigenous communities
- June 2007 - New registration process for Queensland's blue cards
- June 2007 - Under Eights Week in the news!
- May 2007 - Reconciliation begins with Australia's children
- May 2007 - Call for ban on TV junk food advertising to children
- May 2007 - Policy and resources to support New Zealand early childhood education
- May 2007 - Early Childhood Australia response to Budget
- May 2007 - Call for families to participate in ADHD research project
- April 2007 - US study into effects of long day care on developing children
- April 2007 - Early childhood documentary nominated for Logie Awards
- April 2007 - New research into life expectancy of Indigenous Australians
- March 2007 - ECA discussion regarding Labor's early years policy
- March 2007 - Australian musical education website
- March 2007 - Exercise guidelines for children under age five
- March 2007 - Awards honour leadership in Indigenous education
- March 2007 - Australia's work patterns threaten family wellbeing
- March 2007 - Queensland child-friendly community program receives million-dollar grant
- March 2007 - American Psychological Association report on the sexualisation of girls
- Feb 2007 - Early childhood research: The impact of infant weight gain
- Feb 2007 - Child Protection Australia: Increase in child abuse cases
- Feb 2007 - Australia Day Honours
- Feb 2007 - New online sustainability education program
- Jan 2007 - Federal Opposition unveils new early childhood education initiative
- Jan 2007 - Common colds need common sense: Registrations for free staff updates now open
- Jan 2007 - Investment in early childhood education and US pre-kindergarten grading
- Jan 2007 - New TV documentary explores the development of children in Australia
- Jan 2007 - Make your voice heard on early childhood sustainability education
- Jan 2007 - New Australian Labor Party shadow ministry
- December 2006 - Internet safety during the summer holidays
- December 2006 - New advocacy campaign for NSW children
- December 2006 - Dreaming of a Green Christmas
- December 2006 - Launch of new research into early learning
- November 2006 - National campaign to prevent child abuse and neglect
- November 2006 - Wanted: early childhood development exchange coordinator
- November 2006 - Nationwide review of early childhood education services
- November 2006 - Early childhood education a focus in world news
- October 2006 - Government report on values education
- October 2006 - New study on parental response to crying babies
- September 2006 - Australian Youth Ambassadors for Early Childhood in the Asia Pacific
- September 2006 - OECD report: Australia lowest in early childhood investment
- August 2006 - ABC Learning expands further into the US market
- August 2006 - Extra funding for Indigenous early childhood education
- August 2006 - UNICEF's Cup for Kids celebrating play
- August 2006 - National Child Protection Week 2006
- July 2006 - New study on bullying
- July 2006 - Results of national survey into long day care
- July 2006 - NEiTA teacher awards: Call for nominations
- July 2006 - Early childhood news around the world
- June 2006 - Explaining the WorkChoices industrial relations changes
- July 2006 - Code of Ethics Agenda update
- June 2006 - Young Media Australia seeks federal funding
- March 2006 - New Government plan for compulsory preschool education
- March 2006 - 'A cheaper, simpler solution to many social ills is staring us in the face'
- March 2006 - ECA book catalogue out now! Latest titles; huge book sale!
- March 2006 - Everyday Points to Learning - competition winners
- March 2006 - National Awards for Quality Schooling: Winners announced
- March 2006 - Policy consultations on child care and work and family
- March 2006 - Awards for outstanding contribution to improving literacy and/or numeracy
- March 2006 - NSW Quality Teaching Awards
- Feb 2006 - Nobel-winning economist: Invest more in early childhood
- Feb 2006 - Balancing work and family
- Feb 2006 - Growing Up in Australia: The effects of child care on young children's development
- Feb 2006 - Early Childhood Australia backs Government moves against childhood obesity
- Feb 2006 - Safer Internet Day 2006
- Jan 2006 - New Government Ministers announced
- Jan 2006 - Pam Linke awarded Member of the Order of Australia
- Jan 2006 - Child care in Australia needs an overhaul
- Jan 2006 - Back pain in school-age children
- Jan 2006 - Statistics show child abuse in Australia is getting worse
- Jan 2006 - National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy
- Jan 2006 - Movie reviews for carers of young children
- Dec 2005 - Launch of Teaching Australia national body for teachers
- Dec 2005 - UN program for HIV/AIDS orphans
- Dec 2005 - The case for investment in early childhood
- Dec 2005 - News headlines: Early childhood issues in the media
- Dec 2005 - Food labelling and advertising to young children
- Dec 2005 - Child safety standards
- Dec 2005 - Airline 'child policy' arouses controversy
- Nov 2005 - AMA Position Statement on Nutrition
- Nov 2005 - Responses to the proposed industrial relations reforms—the impact on family and community
- Nov 2005 - Early Childhood Australia's enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA)
- Nov 2005 - Draft policy for early childhood mathematics
- Nov 2005 - In the news
- Nov 2005 - New website for the early childhood field
- August 2005 - Child support review—one view
- August 2005 - Comprehensive study of refugee mental health
- June 2005 - Two babies die from SIDS every week in Australia
- June 2005 - Young adults' driving behaviour influenced from infancy
- June 2005 - 2005 national awards for quality schooling
- May 2005 - A code of ethics for the early childhood profession: A literature review
- April 2005 - Indigenous Australian child protection issues
- April 2005 - Toxic breast milk in Australia
- April 2005 - Inquiry into the Teaching of Reading - Submission from Early Childhood Australia
- April 2005 - Early Childhood Australia Doctoral Thesis Award
- March 2005 Response to DET Consultation Paper
- Jan 2005 - Early Childhood Australia’s Code of Ethics Agenda
- Jan 2005 Viewpoint: A statement of respect and commitment to Indigenous children and families
- Jan 2005 - When there is a tragedy
- Jan 2005 - The tsunami/earthquake disaster in southern Asia
- Dec 2004 Children of Asylum Seekers
- Dec 2004 Back to school information
- Nov 2004 National Preschool Education Inquiry Report
- Nov 2004 Children's Week Australia, 23-31 October
- Oct 2004 Non-profit child care providers and access to charity tax concessions
- Sep 2004 Parents asked not to expect antibiotics for children with a cold
- Sep 2004 Seven priorities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families
- Sep 2004 Child protection is Everyone’s Business
- Aug 2004 National Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day
- Aug 2004 The best and worse places to be a mother
- Jul 2004 Presidents speech at the launch of Essential Connections
- Jul 2004 Concern over NSW Government decision to maintain current child:staff ratios
- Jul 2004 Making your vote count for children
- Jun 2004 Early Childhood Australia Conference 2005
- Jun 2004 Play School: How should television for an audience of young children look?
- Jun 2004 National Preschool Education Inquiry Report
- May 2004 Budget 2004
- May 2004 Under 8's Week
- Apr 2004 Staff:Child ratios
- Mar 2004 Celebrations of the world
- Feb 2004 Child Care Workforce Think Tank
- Jan 2004 Effect of School Culture on School Success
- Jan 2004 Overview of Child Care Workforce Think Tank
- Jan 2004 Early Childhood Australia collaborates with COTA National Seniors on grandparenting project
- Nov 2003 Bullying. No way!
- Nov 2003 Early Childhood Australia NSW Branch Issues Night
- Nov 2003 Infectious Diseases It's catching!
- Nov 2003 Finnish Education System
- Nov 2003 Giving children the skills to bounce back
- Nov 2003 South Australian Branch News
- Oct 2003 Early Childhood Australia Annual Report 2002-2003
- Oct 2003 Children's week is coming
- Oct 2003 Would you like to be part of the Play School team?
- Oct 2003 Economic arguments for public funding of early childhood development
- Oct 2003 Protecting young children from the impact of family violence and child abuse
- Sep 2003 ECA NT Branch Conference
- Sep 2003 Never too late to invest in children - Corporate Investment in Early Childhood Education
- Sep 2003 Control of Infection in Early Childhood Settings
- Sep 2003 NCSF discussion of the National Agenda for Early Childhood
- Sep 2003 Towards a National Agenda for Early Childhood - A Response from Early Childhood Australia
- Sep 2003 NCSF discussion of AMEP
- Sep 2003 National Children's Services Forum Update
- Sep 2003 National Child Protection Week
- Aug 2003 Deb Curtis and Margie Carter
- Aug 2003 Children and Family Break-up
- Aug 2003 Through the Eyes of a Child
- Aug 2003 Extended School Hours - ECA Position
- Aug 2003 Children in Immigration Detention
- Jul 2003 Address to the National Childcare Accreditation Council
- Jul 2003 Children and Family Break-up
- Jul 2003 Universal access to affordable out of school hours care on school sites - Extended School Hours
- Jun 2003 Call for immediate release of children from immigration detention
- May 2003 ECA Submission to Broadband Funding Review
- Apr 2003 Controlled Crying AAIMHI Position Paper
- Apr 2003 Children and War
- Apr 2003 Children and War Information Sheet
- Mar 2003 Privately Owned vs. Community Owned Early Childhood Education
- Feb 2003 Bushfires and their effect on children
- Jan 2003 ECA presentation to National Child Care Accreditation Council environment
- May 2002 - ECA applauds decision to establish Children's Commissioner
Last updated: (May 10, 2013 at 3:25 pm)
