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Supporting new early childhood education in Kununurra
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Supporting new early childhood education in Kununurra
A community-run early childhood education and care service has opened in Kununurra, creating opportunity for children in remote Western Australia. The One Tree Wunan Garndim-banjelng...
Culturally inclusive child care service for First Nations children and families in Far North Queensland
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Culturally inclusive child care service for First Nations children and families in Far North Queensland
The Government is funding a new community-led early childhood education and care service on Horn Island in the Torres Strait. Once established, the service will...
Horrific stories in early education must end
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Horrific stories in early education must end
As the Federal Government was preparing to introduce legislation to ensure early education providers put child safety first, I met with the mother of a...
Compliance action to lift safety in child care
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Compliance action to lift safety in child care
The Department of Education has initiated compliance actions against 30 early childhood education and care services under new powers. This is the first time these...
International Youth Day
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International Youth Day
On International Youth Day, I’d like to send a big congratulations to all the young leaders who’ve stepped up and become engaged to create the...
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
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National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
High quality early childhood education and care changes lives – for the better. We know the early years matter with 90% of brain development occurring...
Child safety legislation passed
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Child safety legislation passed
Safe, quality early education is a game changer for children. That's why we've just passed strong legislation to keep children safe in our first sitting...
ABC Melbourne Mornings with Justin Smith
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ABC Melbourne Mornings with Justin Smith
JUSTIN SMITH, HOST: Yesterday the Albanese Government announced legislation around child care, introduced the legislation into Parliament. The main part of this is the threat...
Doorstop – Parliament House, Canberra
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Doorstop – Parliament House, Canberra
JASON CLARE, MINISTER FOR EDUCATION: Thanks very much for coming along. Today's a big day. Today, I'll introduce two pieces of legislation. The first, to...
Albanese Government introduces legislation to strengthen safety in child care centres
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Albanese Government introduces legislation to strengthen safety in child care centres
Today the Albanese Government introduced legislation to Parliament to lift child safety in early education and care services. This legislation will give the Commonwealth Government...
ABC RN Breakfast with Sally Sara
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ABC RN Breakfast with Sally Sara
SALLY SARA, HOST: Legislation aimed at stripping funding from child care centres that fail to meet minimum standards will be introduced to the Federal Parliament...
Return for the 48th Parliament and child safety legislation
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Return for the 48th Parliament and child safety legislation
Next week, we return for the 48th Parliament. We’ll introduce strong, immediate legislation to cut Commonwealth funding from early education providers who put profit over child...
Delivering new early childhood education service to Napranum
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Delivering new early childhood education service to Napranum
A community-run early childhood education and care service in Napranum is providing local families with greater flexibility and access to high quality early childhood education...
Professional development round for teachers and educators
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Professional development round for teachers and educators
The Albanese Government is strengthening the early childhood education sector by upskilling workers through a new round of paid prac subsidy and professional development opportunities....
Visit to Early Learning Victoria Wimbi
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Visit to Early Learning Victoria Wimbi
Every child deserves access to quality early education and care, no matter where they live or what their parents do. Centre Director Bernadette and her...
ABC Afternoon Briefing
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ABC Afternoon Briefing
PATRICIA KARVELAS: More concerns have been raised about safety at child care centres, with three-quarters of workers telling a survey their place of work has...
Educators share on child safety
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Educators share on child safety
In a sickening week for parents with children in early education and care, I sat down with three dedicated early childhood educators - Senay, Seranthie and...
More than $7,000 cut in child care costs as cheaper child care delivers cost of living relief
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More than $7,000 cut in child care costs as cheaper child care delivers cost of living relief
Two years in, more than 1 million Australian families have benefited from the Albanese Government’s Cheaper Child Care, delivering real cost of living relief to...
National Early Years Policy Summit
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National Early Years Policy Summit
Quality early education is what every child deserves - no matter their postcode, or what their parents do. So it was a privilege to join...
SkyNews NewsDay with Kieran Gilbert
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SkyNews NewsDay with Kieran Gilbert
KIERAN GILBERT, HOST: The Federal Government's vowing to implement sweeping changes to the child care sector as Parliament returns next week. It comes after those...
National Early Years Policy Summit
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National Early Years Policy Summit
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land we meet on today – the Jagera and Turrbal peoples – and pay my respects to their...
Tougher child safety rules to help keep children safer in early education
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Tougher child safety rules to help keep children safer in early education
Stronger, mandatory child safety measures have been signed off by every Australian Education Minister to strengthen child safety in early childhood education and care services....
Quality early education in action with SA and WA Ministers
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Quality early education in action with SA and WA Ministers
What a great way to meet two of my state Ministerial counterparts! Big thanks to Blair Boyer MP and Sabine Winton MLA for showing me...