May
13
ABC News: Victoria’s Free Kinder program has been running for a year, but a planned expansion has been delayed
Expansion of Free Kinder was supposed to increase to 30 hours a week for four-year-old kinder from 2026, but Victoria’s state budget papers reveal this has now been delayed to 2036.
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Dec
21
Canberra Times – Reporting times for abuse in childcare centres slashed
ELAA CEO, Andrew Cameron, comments on ACECQA report recommendation on reducing the reporting timeframe for suspected child abuse in early childhood education centres from seven days to 24 hours.
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NB This article also appeared in:
The St George and Sutherland Shire Leader
The Northern Daily Leader
Western Advocate
The Port Stephens Examiner
Mudgee Guardian and Gulgong Advertiser
The Ararat Advertiser
The Inverell Times
The Glen Innes Examiner
Dec
18
Associations Forum – Andrew Cameron named as new CEO of Early Learning Association Australia
The Early Learning Association of Australia (ELAA) has named Andrew Cameron as its new CEO.
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Dec
07
The Sector – Preparing your workforce for 3YO kinder and Pre-Prep
Are you an early childhood education and care (ECEC) service provider, service director, committee member or manage HR for a small EYM? Early Learning Association Australia (ELAA) wants to hear from you.
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Dec
05
The Sector – anzuk Education announces Early Childhood Volunteer of the Year
Roslyn Sayers, President of Hampton Community Kindergarten in Victoria has been named as the 2023 anzuk Education Early Childhood Volunteer of the Year.
Ms Sayers was informed of the win at the Early Learning Association Australia (ELAA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) which took place online on Thursday, 23 November.
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Nov
28
The Sector – Andrew Cameron named as new CEO of Early Learning Association Australia
The appointment of ELAA’s new CEO, Andrew Cameron, is featured in this edition of The Sector.
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Nov
27
The Sector – ECEC sector responds to Productivity Commission draft report
ELAA CEO, Andrew Cameron, is quoted in this The Sector story in which he welcomes the Australian Productivity Commission’s recommendation to amend Australia’s Family Assistance Law to allow dedicated preschools to claim the CCS for additional non-preschool hours.
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Nov
24
Perth Now (The West Australian) – Government urged to act on universal childcare call
ELAA CEO, Andrew Cameron, is quoted in Perth Now regarding the recently released Australian Productivity Commission interim report recommending the federal government implement universal childcare for children five and under.
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Nov
20
The Sector – Victoria releases new strategy for the early years
ELAA Interim CEO, Terri Smith, was quoted in this story in The Sector regarding the Victorian Government’s release of a new strategy – Transforming early childhood education together: What we heard, what we’re doing – regarding the Government’s close consultation with the early childhood sector about the design and implementation of its Best Start, Best Life, early childhood reforms.
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Nov
16
The Sector – Forum held to discuss ‘well documented’ challenges to access rural ECEC
ELAA Member Solutions Manager, Katrina Knightingale, and Member Solutions adviser, Lynsey Leong, were noted in The Sector as speakers at the “Strengthening Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)” roundtable in regional Victoria.
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