The Daily PerspectiveMar 8

Fair Pay for Early Educators Arrives, but Families Face Affordability Test

#ChildcareAustralia #EarlyEduation #FairWages #CostOfLiving #AusNews #EducationPolicy

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Fair Pay for Early Educators Arrives, but Families Face Affordability Test

From 1 March 2026, early childhood educators receive a 5% wage rise addressing gender-based undervaluation, but families question affordability as costs could rise further.

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‘You have to find another one’: why children with complex needs are being turned away from childcare

A program to put additional staff in Australia’s childcare centres to support children with complex needs is plagued by funding gaps and delays

The Guardian
Opinion | The Guardian USJul 20, 2025
As a male kinder teacher I agree more needs to be done to protect children. But the solution is not to vilify people like me | David Kelly https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/20/male-teacher-kinder-kindergarten-prep-protecting-children-solution-ntwnfb #ChildcareAustralia #Australianews #Children
As a male kinder teacher I agree more needs to be done to protect children. But the solution is not to vilify people like me

Children deserve the best educators, regardless of gender. And the men who choose to work in this field deserve to do so without being seen as threats

The Guardian
Opinion | The Guardian USJul 11, 2025
Australia’s current childcare funding model risks failing our most precious people | Zoe Daniel https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/12/australia-childcare-subsidy-ccs-funding-model-profit-children-ntwnfb #Parentsandparenting #ChildcareAustralia #Australianews #Children
Australia’s current childcare funding model risks failing our most precious people

The government’s childcare priority should be on safety and wellbeing, not profit

The Guardian
Opinion | The Guardian USJul 2, 2025
Many of us already knew the childcare sector was in crisis. The question is: what are we going to do about it? | Lisa Bryant https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/02/australian-childcare-sector-crisis-what-are-we-going-to-do-about-it-ntwnfb #Australianeducation #ChildcareAustralia #Australianpolitics #Australianews
Many of us already knew the childcare sector was in crisis. The question is: what are we going to do about it?

Is it finally time for bold, radical action? I know what I think

The Guardian
Lifestyle | The Guardian USMar 20, 2025
I thought I’d won the daycare lottery. Then our centre was bought out and everything changed | Anonymous https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/20/i-thought-id-won-the-daycare-lottery-then-our-centre-was-bought-out-and-everything-changed-ntwnfb #Australianlifestyle #Parentsandparenting #Industrialrelations #ChildcareAustralia #Lifeandstyle #Family
I thought I’d won the daycare lottery. Then our centre was bought out and everything changed

For years my local daycare was operated by a person I’d trust with my child for up to 10 hours a day. Now it is run from the top by faceless corporate strangers

The Guardian
Lifestyle | The Guardian USNov 17, 2024
My child is at camp and my phone pings nonstop with photos. Does anyone really want this? | Celina Ribeiro https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/18/my-child-is-at-camp-and-my-phone-pings-nonstop-with-photos-does-anyone-really-want-this #Parentsandparenting #Australianeducation #Australianlifestyle #ChildcareAustralia #Australianews #Surveillance #Lifeandstyle #Photography #Technology #Children #Privacy #Family
My child is at camp and my phone pings nonstop with photos. Does anyone really want this?

Streams of images sent to parents not only threaten children’s privacy – they can damage their sense of self

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