5 August 2020 MEDIA RELEASE ELACCA welcomes additional support from Federal Government for Victorian early learning services The Early Learning and Care Council of Australia (ELACCA) welcomes the Australian Government’s announcement of initiatives that continue to support the early learning workforce, children, families and providers as Victoria deals with the impacts of COVID-19. ELACCA CEO,…
Peak body ELACCA pivots towards innovation in newly released five year Strategic Plan The Early Learning and Care Council of Australia (ELACCA) has released a new strategic plan which provides details of the organisation’s key objectives and areas of focus for the next five years, as well as highlighting a new ‘pivot to innovation’ designed to capture…
MEDIA RELEASE Returning to CCS provides certainty for children, families, workforce and the early learning and care sector Monday 8 July 2020 The Early Learning and Care Council of Australia (ELACCA) welcomes the Australian Government’s announcement of initiatives that will continue to support children, families, workforce and the early learning sector as the nation’s economy…
MEDIA STATEMENT: JOBKEEPER PACKAGE NOW ACCESSIBLE FOR MORE EARLY LEARNING AND CARE PROVIDERS 22 April 2020 Following a submission from the early learning and care sector to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) access to the Jobkeeper payment has today been enabled for the majority of early education and care providers. Early Learning and Care Council…
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…
