The latest Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) has revealed a significant rise in developmental vulnerability among children in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), raising urgent concerns ...

Story House Early Learning (SHEL) has been named a finalist in the Best Reward and Recognition Program category at the 2025 Australian HR Awards, joining a list of Australia’s most forward-thinking ...

From local cultures to systems shaping professional learning, a comparative study explores what supports or hinders preschool teacher development in these three countries.

The inaugural Workforce and Wellbeing Forum, held on 17 July in Melbourne, brought together early childhood education and care (ECEC) professionals from across the country to explore pressing sector ...

The Little People, Big Dreams Conference, returns this October with a renewed focus on connection, wellbeing and inclusive leadership in early childhood education and care.

Early Childhood Australia (ECA) is supporting the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector with a suite of resources and learning tools aimed at strengthening child safeguarding practices.

Families in remote Queensland are gaining improved access to high-quality, culturally responsive early childhood education and care (ECEC), following the opening of the integrated Napranum Early ...

Lord Howe Island’s only preschool may be forced to shut its doors, as operators struggle to staff the facility due to the island’s housing shortage.

Reconciliation Australia has announced the finalists for the 2025 Narragunnawali Reconciliation in Education Awards, recognising early learning services and schools leading the way in embedding First ...

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has pledged to make the state a "national leader" in child safety, following a wave of high-profile child protection failures linked to early learning services ...

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As the 48th Parliament of Australia opens for the first time since the May federal election, the Albanese Government has flagged childcare reform as a top priority, alongside delivering on other key ...