Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the Coalition's paid parental leave scheme costs $22 billion, which he claims is more than the Government spends on childcare support.

The NQF Snapshot Q2 2013 is the second national report providing analysis on children’s education and care services assessed and rated against the National Quality Standard (NQS) in Australia as at 30 June 2013. Snapshot highlights include:

In December 2009 the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to a unified National Quality Framework (NQF) for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). The quality reforms—which include clear standards, streamlined regulatory approaches, an assessment and rating system and a national learning framework—are being implemented over the period 2012 to 2020 as an initiative of...

This Snapshot is the first of what will be a regular quarterly update on the children’s education and care sector in Australia. This report is released to coincide with the publication of the national registers of providers, services and holders of supervisor certificates. The register of services marks the start of reporting on the quality...

This publication contains statistics of children's enrolment and attendance at preschool programs across Australia in 2012. Key findings: In 2012, there were 7,594 service providers delivering a preschool program in Australia. Delivery models of preschool in Australia were comprised of 'Preschool' service providers and 'Long day care' (LDC) service providers that delivered a preschool program...