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Community Child Care Fund Restricted Services Regulatory Project
The Commonwealth Government is introducing a new regulatory scheme to cover a small number of services that are out of scope of the NQF...
Jan 251 min read
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Wagga Wagga Childcare Service Closed
According to a report on 9News.com.au , Angel's Paradise Wagga Wagga, in southern NSW, was closed in September after children allegedly...
Jan 71 min read
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Application for Stay of Suspension of Service Approval
Before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal in Angel's Paradise Wagga Pty Ltd ATF The APW Business Trust v Secretary, Department of...
Jan 62 min read
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Review of Decision to Stay Prohibition Notice & Suspend Service Approval
In Tran v Secretary to the Department of Education (Review and Regulation) , the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard an...
Jan 27 min read
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NQF Annual Performance Report 2024
Recently ACECQA published its latest NQF Annual Performance Report . It continues to show concerning trends in relation to compliance...
Dec 30, 20243 min read
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Appeal Against Conditions Imposed on Provider Approval
In the South Australian District Court case of Happy Haven OSHC Pty Ltd v Education and Early Childhood Services Registration and...
Dec 19, 20244 min read
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Latest Queensland Regulatory Data
Recently the Department of Education has published compliance and enforcement data for the period July-September 2024 on its website .
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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Zaksaw Pty Ltd & Giacchi
In yesterday's post I reported on the NSW District Court case of Zaksaw Pty Limited v Department of Education, Giacchi v Department of...
Dec 10, 20243 min read
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Another Absolute Liability Case
Following on from the Trad case (see previous post ) a lower NSW Court recently considered the scope of section 167, National Law in...
Dec 9, 20244 min read
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R v Griffith
This Queensland District Court case concerned the sentencing of Ashley Paul Griffith (formerly a childcare educator) who committed...
Dec 8, 20241 min read
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ASQA Investigating Qualifications of 7000 Childcare and Community Workers
The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has cancelled the registration of a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) called Luvium...
Nov 12, 20241 min read
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Appeal Against Refusal to Grant Stay of Decision to Cancel Service Approvals
The case of 3 Bears Childcare Centre Pty Ltd v Secretary, Department of Education; Apple Bear Pty Ltd v Secretary, Department of...
Nov 1, 20243 min read
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Top 10 Non-Compliances in WA
The Education and Care Regulatory Unit have published the top 10 non-compliances in Western Australia, under the National Law and...
Oct 29, 20241 min read
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Extension of Workforce Transitional Provisions Until 2026/2027
Education Ministers have agreed to extend certain workforce transitional provisions in the Education and Care Services National...
Oct 25, 20241 min read
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Worker Charged after Child Allegedly Sexually Abused at Sydney Childcare Centre
9News carried this report, as did News.com.au .
Oct 12, 20241 min read
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Queensland Child Safe Organisations Act 2024
The Queensland Parliament recently passed the Child Safe Organisations Bill 2024 . The new legislation introduces a model for child safe...
Oct 3, 20241 min read
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Childcare Services & Infectious Diseases
The National Health and Medical Research Council has recently published the sixth edition of its Staying healthy : Preventing infectious...
Oct 3, 20241 min read
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A Path to Universal Early Childhood Education and Care Inquiry Report
The Productivity Commission recently published this report which was commissioned by the Commonwealth Government to make recommendations...
Sep 19, 20245 min read
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Review of Refusal to Grant Service Approval for Proposed NSW Mobile Preschool
Before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal in South Asian Australian Association v Secretary, Department of Education the...
Sep 10, 20246 min read
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More Than 60 children X-rayed After Button Batteries Found at Queensland Childcare Centre
ABC News Online , 9News and 7NEWS carried this story.
Sep 6, 20241 min read
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