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Australian Childcare Alliance

In the Media


 

The Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) NSW engages with the media in order to communicate important issues about the sector on behalf of its members.

 

This listing indicates where ACA NSW was mentioned:

 

28 Apr 2024 Daily Telegraph: Now rent rises create family child care crisis | PDF
26 Apr 2024 Daily Telegraph: Childcare worker English test like "teaching Shakespeare to babies" | PDF
26 Oct 2023 Daily Telegraph: Parent fury as childcare fees increase more than rebates | PDF
2 Oct 2023 Daily Telegraph: $20 million flexible childcare trial opens for applications in NSW | PDF
2 Oct 2023 [ACA National] Media Release: ACCC Second Interim Report Reveals complexity of ECEC sector
20 Aug 2023 Sydney Morning Herald: 'A very Sydney thing" More parents delaying children from starting school
9 Jul 2023 7News: [ACA National] CCS increases but ... 
30 Jun 2023 3AW: [ACA National] ACA expects 'large majority' of families to pay less from July
30 Jun 2023 9Honey: Why am I paying close to $200 a day for childcare?
29 Jun 2023 The Age: [ACA National] 'Head in the sand': ... rebate changes to inflame childcare shortages
28 Jun 2023 Australian Financial Review: [ACA National] 'Cheaper childcare' gets more expensive despite increased subsidies
26 Jun 2023 7News: [ACA National] Publicly addressing increasing CCS. fees, wages, inflation ...
7 Mar 2023  Sky News: 500 preschools on school grounds and where will educators/teachers be recruited from
7 Mar 2023 2SM Radio: 500 preschools on school grounds and where will educators/teachers be recruited from
7 Mar 2023 ABC Radio Sydney: 500 preschools on school grounds and where will educators/teachers be recruited from
7 Mar 2023 2TM Radio: 500 preschools on school grounds and where will educators/teachers be recruited from 
17 Jan 2023 Sky News: NSW facing childcare worker shortages
16 Jan 2023 Ten News First: Childcare (staffing shortages) Crisis
16 Jan 2023 Daily Telegraph: Major shortage in NSW childcare educators sees kids turned away from centres | PDF
9 Oct 2022 Daly Liberal: Dubbo childcare services among those uncertain of COVID regulations
29 Sep 2022 Hit FM: Reduced Places And Looming Closures As Perfect Storm Hits NSW Childcare Centres 
29 Sep 2022 Daily Telegraph: 'Burnt out' childcare workers say centres are being forced to shut down and turn children away
7 Sep 2022 Hope 103.2: Strike vs Early Childhood Educators Day
7 Sep 2022 ABC Radio Afternoon: Strike vs Early Childhood Educators Day
7 Sep 2022 ABC Radio Breakfast: Strike vs Early Childhood Educators Day
3 Aug 2022 SMH: Lift school age to six to put students on more even footing, says education minister
30 Jun 2022 Daily Telegraph: Prepare to pay more for childcare, industry experts warn | PDF
30 Jun 2022 The Australian: Prepare to pay more for childcare, industry experts warn
18 Jun 2022 Channel 9: Pre-schooling Plan
10 Jun 2022 Hope 103.2: Federal Labor's proposed Universal Childcare policy. What is that?
7 Apr 2022 Daily Telegraph: Childcare boss blasts bureaucrats' focus on sustainability
21 Aug 2021 AFR: Goodstart calls on NSW to restrict attendance at childcare centres
21 Jul 2021 SMH: Childcare sector split over whether it can afford to waive gap fees
21 Jul 2021 Brisbane Times: Childcare sector split over whether it can afford to waive gap fees
28 Jun 2021 7News: Greater Sydney lockdown's impact on parents, schools and early childhood education and care
18 May 2021 The Sector: ACA NSW raises concerns at WWCC renewal delays at time of protracted workforce shortages
18 Jan 2021 7News: Childcare Fee Increases
10 Jan 2021 Ten News: Positive COVID-19 case in a Long Daycare Centre
10 Jan 2021 Ten News: Childcare Fee Increases
4 Jan 2021 A Current Affair: Drug Testing in Childcare Centres
12 Jul 2020 Ten News: The end of (fee-)free childcare and the return to the Federal Government's Child Care Subsidy System
17 Jun 2020 The Australian: Centres welcome end of free childcare
8 Jun 2020 Ten News: End of [Fee-]Free Childcare
3 Apr 2020 A Current Affair: How the new free childcare system works
27 Mar 2020 Ten News: Interview with ACA NSW President Lyn Connolly about dire consequences of COVID-19
27 Mar 2020 Paul Murray Live: Interview with ACA NSW President Lyn Connolly asking for intercession to the Federal Government to stop job losses
26 Mar 2020 Radio 2GB: Interview between Ben Fordham and ACA NSW President Lyn Connolly
23 Mar 2020 SMH: Early childhood learning centres to remain open in NSW amid confusion
6 Feb 2020 The Australian Business Review: Bosses may force workers to take unpaid leave over coronavirus
1 Nov 2019 Radio 2GB: Why are childcare fees (still) rising?
30 Oct 2019 ABC24 News: KPMG Report recommending "overhaul" of Child Care Subsidy
20 Sep 2019 Daily Telegraph: Mental health crisis as kids fear climate change will lead to end of the world
5 Aug 2019 Sydney Morning Herald: Childcare price rises leave Felicity working for almost no money
23 Jun 2019 Channel 7: Child Care Fees because of Minimum Labour Cost Increase vs Child Care Subsidy
15 Jun 2019 Channel 7: Calls for overhaul of NSW's childcare system
14 Jun 2019 Saturday Daily Telegraph: Fees go through roof as centres charge more than private schools
27 Feb 2019 The Daily Telegraph: Health Minister Brad Hazzard orders department to ‘hit urgency button’ on vaccination ‘loophole’
27 Feb 2019 The Daily Telegraph: Government to close vaccination loophole allowing indigenous kids into childcare without proof
9 Feb 2019 Women's Agenda: We can’t ignore impact of childhood costs on NSW families’: Australian Childcare Alliance NSW calls for inquiry
7 Feb 2019 Channel 9 News: Soaring cost of childcare in Sydney
7 Feb 2019 Sky News: Interview with ACA NSW President Lyn Connolly about cost of childcare and over-regulation
7 Feb 2019 Daily Telegraph: Childcare costs surge forcing Sydney parents to pay up to $200 a day
5 Feb 2019 The Sector: NSW ECEC sector collaborate in a call for change ahead of state election
07 Jan 2019 The Sector: ACA NSW puts politics in the ECEC spotlight ahead of 2019 elections
14 Dec 2018 The Sector: ACA NSW continues advocacy work through politicians with focus on CCS shortcomings
13 Dec 2018 Ten News: Launch of Federal Government's new Child Care Finder
13 Dec 2018 SBS News: Launch of Federal Government's new Child Care Finder
13 Dec 2018 The Sector: ACA NSW launch a campaign to gather evidence of inequity in assessment and rating
13 Nov 2018 The Sector: ACA NSW Award winners – 3 Bears Cottage sweeps the board
17 Sep 2018 ABC Radio (Riverina): The often misunderstood cost of childcare
5 Sep 2018 Australian Financial Review: Why your childcare fees aren't falling in an oversupply
30 Aug 2018 Australian Financial Review: Parents lured with free iPads, groceries amid childcare glut
9 Aug 2018 ABC News: Child care providers and parents reporting teething problems with new subsidy system
6 Jul 2018 Now to Love: Much ado about nothing - There is NO gun play ban at NSW childcare centres
5 Jul 2018 Ten Eyewitness News: ACA NSW Survey on Toy Guns
5 Jul 2018 Seven News: ACA NSW Survey on Toy Guns
2 Jul 2018 Illawarra Mercury: Illawarra educators and parents confused by new child care subsidy
2 Jul 2018 Sky News: Impact of the New Child Care Subsidy
2 Jul 2018 ABC News 24: Impact of the new Child Care Subsidy
2 Jul 2018 The Australian: New childcare subsidy a slug for some parents
20 Jun 2018 7 News/Yahoo: NSW Government budget preschool plan under fire
20 Jun 2018 Australian Financial News: NSW government budget preschool plan under fire
14 Jun 2018 The Daily Telegraph: The so-called "gender pay gap" is a red herring
13 Jun 2018 SBS Online: Childcare groups slam draconian regulation
11 Jun 2018 Sydney Morning Herald: Doubts over quality ratings for childcare centres
23 Sep 2017 Daily Telegraph: Calls for rules sending sick kids home to stop spread of diseases
17 Jul 2017 The Australian: Global survey shows Australia rates poorly for funding early education
30 Apr 2017 Sydney Morning Herald: Sydney suburbs are oversupplied with childcare places: long day care industry
14 Apr 2017 Newcastle Herald: Hunter faces 'oversupply' of childcare centres
12 Apr 2017 ABC Newcastle: Childcare oversupply for Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong emerges in industry data
12 Apr 2017 My Express: Childcare oversupply across some NSW suburbs emerges in attention data
11 Apr 2017 2NUR FML Newcastle is stuck with an oversupply of childcare