In 2018, the Australian government introduced a new funding model for the support of child care provision in Australia. Overall, this evaluation finds that the package did not address the wider set of key policy questions about the role of early childhood education and care.

The purpose of this literature overview is to provide the Common Practice Contributors Group with a range of current research on effective principles and pedagogies in literacy and communication and maths in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA), in collaboration with all governments, has released this sixth annual performance report on the National Quality Framework (NQF). The report shows that 88% of education and care services are rated as Meeting National Quality Standard (NQS) or above.

The revised In Home Care (IHC) program replaced the previous program and the Nanny Pilot Programme, with the program's objective being to support families' workforce participation and early childhood education and care requirements. This is the final evaluation report for the IHC program

This paper reports findings from NSW Child Development Study (CDS) looking at the connection between child protection contact and primary school suspensions and discusses the implications for policy and practice in supporting children who are suspended from school.