15 April 2020 The Early Learning and Care Council of Australia (ELACCA) is grateful that in this time of extreme COVID-19 disruption early education has been acknowledged as an essential service. It is a critical service that allows frontline workers and those working hard from home to continue working. Most importantly, families can have the…
MEDIA RELEASE: 02 April 2020 EARLY LEARNING AND CARE COUNCIL APPLAUDS GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT TO SUSTAIN SECTOR AND ENABLE ONGOING EDUCATION AND CARE FOR FAMILIES The Early Learning and Care Council of Australia (ELACCA) have applauded the Prime Minister and Government following its announcement today that families will receive ‘free’ early learning and care during the…
MEDIA RELEASE 02 Apr 2020 Prime Minister, Minister for Education Around one million families are set to receive free child care during the coronavirus pandemic under a plan from the Morrison Government that will help deliver hip pocket relief and help the early childhood education and care sector make it through to the other side…
Article from the SMH – By Jordan Baker Four out of five childcare centres are on the brink of collapse and the out of school hours care industry fears it may never recover from the COVID-19 crisis, with both sectors being told they must wait for financial relief until the government orders them to close. The…
How Australia can invest in children and return more presents the opportunity for wise investments in evidence-based early intervention to radically change outcomes for Australian children and young people. This report reveals that Australian governments are spending $15.2 billion each year on high-intensity and crisis services for problems that may have been prevented had we…
The Front Project commissioned the first comprehensive Australian analysis of the economic impact of early childhood education. The model looked at the impact of the current Australian system, which provides an early education program for 15 hours a week, delivered by a Bachelor qualified teacher, in the year before school. Our current system offers a…
NSW voters who care about very young children’s access to early learning can take advantage of report card on the major parties early learning commitments before they vote on Saturday. Spearheaded by the Early Learning and Care Council of Australia (ELACCA) on behalf of the nation’s largest early learning providers the report card released today…
Labor’s investment in quality early education by reducing costs for families and increasing wages of early childhood professionals is welcomed by the Early Learning and Care Council of Australia. The Early Learning and Care Council of Australia (ELACCA) has welcomed Labor’s announcement of $4 billion increased investment in the Child Care Subsidy (CCS) rate coupled…
The Early Learning and Care Council of Australia (ELACCA) welcomes the Australian Greens announcement of a policy that will enable free preschool programs for all three and four-year-old Australian children and the abolition of the activity test. ELACCA CEO, Elizabeth Death said the Australian Greens Early Childhood Education and Care policy proposed free preschool programs…
Leading early learning and care providers from around Australia have come together for the first time to ensure the needs of very young children are top of mind in the coming Federal election. Led by the Early Learning and Care Council of Australia (ELACCA), which represents the nation’s large not-for-profit and private providers of early…
