By Michele Carnegie, CELA CEO Did you know that the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) is gathering information about the impact of the Australian Government’s Child Care Package? The evaluation has been commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Education (formerly the Department of Education and Training) over three years starting in 2018. This […]
National Early Childhood Election Forum report The forum held in Melbourne last week was sponsored by some of the partners behind Early Learning: Everyone Benefits – CELA, ECA-Victoria, ELAA, Goodstart, CELA, KU Children’s Services, and Playgroups Australia. CELA CEO Michele Carnegie and Research Adviser Megan O’Connell attended the event. Interesting viewing Last week’s National Early […]
Most of us need deadlines to take action, especially if that action requires tedious paperwork or a dreaded phone call to the myGov system. So the week leading up to July 2, 2018, was always going to see some panic from families who left their assessment for the new Child Care Subsidy to the last […]
ACECQA was going to need that money … to pay its staff and keep the lights on View the infographic here. The hidden story Last week (8 May) the Federal government handed down its 2018-19 budget. Like the rest of the sector initial reaction watching the Treasurer speak was that there were no surprises: Jobs […]
This week we’re giving you a prod to do your PRODA.Â
What’s a PRODA? So glad you asked!
It stands for PROvider Digital Access and certain people in each children’s service need to be registered so you can use the new IT system.Â
