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May 19, 20241 min read
Compliance Checklists
The West Australian Regulatory Authority (Department of Communities) has published its checklists for compliance visits on the ECRU website.
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Apr 29, 20242 min read
IPART Review of Early Childhood Education and Care: Final Report
The NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal has recently released its final report on the affordability and accessibility of...
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Apr 26, 20241 min read
Child Attending WA Service Reportedly Involved in Needle Prick Incident
The Sector website carried this story.
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Apr 20, 20247 min read
Appeal Against Refusal by NSW Regulatory Authority to Grant Provider Approval
The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard an appeal in National Education Childcare Services P/L v Secretary Department of...
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Apr 17, 20241 min read
WA Education and Care Provider Penalised for Inadequate Supervision of a Child
In the case of CEO of Department of Communities and Nest Early Education Services Pty Ltd t/a Nido Early School East Victoria Park an...
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Apr 11, 20241 min read
NSW Department of Education Issues Advice on Maintaining Ratios and Adequate Supervision
The Sector website published an article on this advice.
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Apr 4, 20241 min read
Regulation Insights
The NSW Auditor-General has recently published a special report (Regulation Insights) that highlights themes and insights about effective...
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Apr 3, 20241 min read
WA Service Fined When Four-year-old Child Leaves Vacation Care Service Unsupervised
In the case of CEO of Department of Communities and OSHclub Pty Ltd t/as West Greenwood OSHclub an order was made by the WA State...
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Mar 29, 20241 min read
Managing Childrens' Food Allergies
ACECQA has published an article by the National Allergy Council which discusses the new best practice guidelines and provides practical...
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Mar 29, 20241 min read
Updated Guidance on the Use of Portacots
The WA Education and Care Regulatory Unit has published this information on its website.
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Mar 23, 20241 min read
Father Killed by Snake Bite at Childcare Centre
ABC News Online carried a report on this incident.
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Mar 20, 20241 min read
Child Suffers Severe Allergic Reaction After Being Fed Dairy at WA Childcare Service
ABC News Online covered this story.
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Mar 19, 20241 min read
NSW Regulatory Authority Identifies Five Key Compliance Areas
The Department of Education has published information on the areas of the National Law and Regulations that services find most challenging.
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Mar 6, 20241 min read
Childcare Safety
The ABC's 7.30 Report did a report on this issue which you can see here. ABC News Online also published two supporting stories on ratios...
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Mar 5, 20241 min read
Data on Prosecutions Under the National Law
As apparently ACECQA nor the Productivity Commission (in ROGS) is interested in publishing enforcement data, I thought I would look at...
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Feb 29, 20242 min read
Latest Queensland Prosecutions Under the National Law
The Queensland Regulatory Authority (Department of Education) has published on its website details of the following prosecutions (since...
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Feb 28, 20243 min read
Latest NSW Prosecutions Under National Law
One of the blog subscribers has advised me that the NSW Regulatory Authority (Department of Education) has recently published, on its...
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Feb 27, 20241 min read
WA Approved Provider Receives a Financial Penalty for Failure to Supervise Children
In the case of Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Communities and Hadema Holdings Pty Ltd t/a Kids HQ Jacaranda an order was...
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Feb 12, 20241 min read
Children Failing to get Adequate Nutrition in Childcare Centres, Research Suggests
ABC News Online published an article on this Queensland research study.
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Feb 11, 20241 min read
Staffing Waivers Decline in December 2023 Quarter
The Sector website published an analysis of the latest ACECQA Quarterly NQF Snapshot report which shows a slight decline in the number of...
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