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  1. Preschoolers found at shopping centre after childcare escape
    By Ursula Malone

    The NSW Early Learning Commission issued the centre with a compliance notice after the children were found at a nearby shopping centre.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/syd

    #ChildCare #Children #UrsulaMalone

  2. If you want help from the village, sometimes it means playing by their rules
    By Lucy Sweeney and Grace Pashley

    More than half of Australian parents say they rely on grandparents for some form of child care, and as author Jessie Stephens can attest, sometimes that requires relaxing your parenting boundaries and meeting in the middle.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/mil

    #Parenting #ChildCare #AgingPopulation #LucySweeney #GracePashley

  3. Parents given 12 hours' notice of Melbourne daycare closure

    Liquidators for the centre in Melbourne's north-west apologised for "stress and inconvenience" caused by the closure.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/avo

    #Children #ChildCare #EarlyChildhoodEducationandCareServices

  4. Edge Early Learning enters voluntary administration

    Embattled childcare provider Edge Early Learning has entered voluntary administration, citing a need to "assess its financial position".

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/edg

    #ChildCare #Education

  5. Two Children Killed as Drone Hits Krasnodar Childcare

    Drone debris struck a private children's centre in Krasnodar, killing two and injuring nine including seven children, the regional governor says

    pulseofnations.lol/two-childre

    #Casualties #Childcare #DroneAttack #DroneStrikes #Krasnodar #Russia #Ukraine

  6. Sydney childcare centre on brink of closure offered 12-months rent free
    By Alexander Lewis and Miriah Davis

    More than 60 families rallied in Sydney's eastern suburbs to keep the doors of a local childcare centre open.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-22/nsw

    #ChildCare #AlexanderLewis #MiriahDavis

  7. Victorian regulator shuts down 65 day care centres, suspends educators
    By Charmaine Manuel

    Ignite Minds is ordered to close scores of centres and four educators are suspended following an inspection blitz in Victoria.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/day

    #ChildCare #EarlyChildhoodEducationandCareServices #Safety #CharmaineManuel

  8. Roblox to face external audits to prove it's safe for Australian children

    Australia's eSafety Commissioner will be able to take the gaming platform to court if it finds Roblox is not honouring its commitments to keep Australian children safe.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/rob

    #ConsumerProtection #ChildCare #Children #InformationandCommunication #InternetCulture #LawCrimeandJustice

  9. $36,000 a year for childcare. The US is obscene*.

    *offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency.
    #childcare

  10. Linoleum is a short story I wrote and since I started a new blog it seems a good addition.

    It's about being in foster care and handles some difficult and dark themes from that time.

    paper.wf/thisislieven/linoleum

    #FosterCare #ChildCare #Writing

  11. ‘Our rota crew have the best summer’: parents share how they get through the school holiday
    By Nicola Slawson and Amee Joshi

    As research suggests six weeks of childcare can cost £1,145, parents are relying on spreadsheets, savings and sharing the load

    theguardian.com/education/2026

    #Schoolholidays #Childcare #Children #Society #Money #Parentsandparenting #UKnews #Family #TheGuardian #NicolaSlawson #AmeeJoshi

  12. Tommy was excluded from his early learning centre, 'effective immediately'
    By Nick Dole

    The NSW government is being asked to intervene to help a four-year-old boy who was excluded from his early learning centre on the south coast due to his disability-related needs.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-15/4yo

    #DisabilityAccess #EarlyChildhoodEducationandCareServices #ChildCare #PeopleWithDisability #StateandTerritoryGovernment #NickDole

  13. Qld child safety minister axes key survey of children in care
    By Laura Lavelle

    Queensland's child safety minister said she "had no hesitation" in axing a key survey, that she previously lauded as integral.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/qld

    #StateandTerritoryGovernment #ChildCare #Children #LauraLavelle

  14. Grandparents filling child care gaps as cost-of-living pressures rise
    By Charmayne Allison

    Experts say families are turning to grandparents for help with child care, as the formal care system remains "inaccessible to many".

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/gra

    #ChildCare #FamilyandRelationships #Family #CharmayneAllison

  15. Why aren't @[email protected] running #ads out there saying "instead is spending $$ on one day of the #Trump #Iran war, let's spend that on #childcare for #Americans"? Or healthcare? Or housing? Or lowering food prices?

    Put real dollar figures in. Call out specific defense contractors getting rich.

  16. Parents of baby girl killed at nursery fear unsafe sleeping ‘rife’ across England
    By Josh Halliday North of England editor

    Katie and John Meehan say responses to campaign they launched after death of daughter Genevieve must be ‘wake-up call’

    theguardian.com/education/2026

    #Earlyyearseducation #Crime #UKnews #Ofsted #Childcare #Children #Education #Society #Parentsandparenting #Childprotection #TheGuardian #JoshHallidayNorthofEnglandeditor