ELAA in the Media

Search our media archive for stories about ELAA or comments from ELAA on the early learning sector.

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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Sep

29

National focus on early learning strengthened with new measurement tool (The Sector)

The Australian Government, states and territories has announced that a trial of a new Preschool Outcomes Measure (POM) will begin in 2025.

The introduction of the POM follows key recent initiatives such as the National Early Years strategy, the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Early Childhood Education, and the Draft National Strategy for the Care and Support Economy, and “further illustrates that Australia is serious about harnessing the benefits of quality early childhood education and care,” Early Learning Association Australia (ELAA) Interim CEO Teri Smith explained.

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