In celebration of Early Childhood Educators’ Day 2025, the Australian Childcare Alliance is warmly inviting families with children in early learning services to play a part in their upcoming ...

Free online training supports educators, centre managers and approved providers with critical information for emergency preparedness and response.

The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Sector. The early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector has faced intense public scrutiny in recent months. Headlines ...

The Cook Government has announced a suite of reforms aimed at bolstering child safety across Western Australia’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) services, following the tabling of a new ...

The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Sector. The Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) today welcomes the findings of the Rapid Child Safety Review and supports the ...

The Department of Education has confirmed that the Worker Retention Payment annual declaration form is now available for some early childhood education and care (ECEC) providers.

As reported by The Sector the Department of Education has launched its first round of compliance actions under new strengthened regulatory powers, targeting 29 early childhood education and care (ECEC ...