More than three-quarters of children’s education and care services assessed under the National Quality Framework (NQF) have a quality rating, according to new data released by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority. ACECQA Chief Executive Officer Karen Curtis said this was a significant achievement for the national assessment and rating system, with the...

Middle income Australians are bearing a growing tax burden. Without action, the average full time wage earner would face the second highest marginal tax rate this year and nearly half of all taxpayers would be in the top two brackets in ten years’ time. The Government’s more than $3 billion Jobs for Families child care...

This paper provides a summary of the key findings from this evaluation into meeting the needs of parents who work non-standard or variable work hours and who may have difficulties finding child care that supports such work hours. The evaluation was based on interviews with and surveys of parents, service providers and other key stakeholders.

Overview The Australian Institute of Family Studies was commissioned by the Department of Education and Training to undertake an evaluation of the Australian Government’s Child Care Flexibility Trials, which took place between 2013 and 2014. This publication summarises the key findings from that evaluation. Key findings were: Parents’ child care needs and preferences are diverse...

Supported playgroups have been developed as a way to provide low intensity support to families. They are facilitated playgroups that may also provide health and wellbeing services to parents and carers of infants and young children. Supported playgroups are typically run by a trained facilitator or co-ordinator and are generally delivered in a group setting...