Early Childhood
New grants are available for Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations delivering child and family-focused services in New South Wales - aimed at fostering their growth and supporting capability.
After years of lobbying by local women, more than $20 million has been committed to a new early learning centre in Derby, a remote town in Western Australia's Kimberley, about 220 kilometres north-eas...
A community-led early childhood education and care service has opened in Kowanyama, expanding access for children in the remote Cape York community.
Only four of the 19 Closing the Gap targets are on track and four are moving backwards, with just five years remaining under the current agreement, the federal government says.
Progress toward Closing the Gap targets in schooling and early childhood development is being undermined by reporting gaps, limited funding transparency and incomplete place-based partnerships, a new...
A Martu-run playgroup in Western Australia's remote Pilbara community of Punmu is helping young children prepare for school while creating paid work for local caregivers.
The lunches may be packed, the uniforms set out, books covered and labelled, but parents may be missing one essential on their child's return to school checklist.
Where early childhood centres put profits ahead of children's safety, there is a serious problem, the CEO of Australia's peak body for Indigenous children and families says.
The national peak body for Indigenous children and families says an independent review has confirmed a self-determined and culturally safe learning model is a "highly valued and effective initiative".
A study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has revealed early cultural connections to Country, language and Mob are just as critical as preschool and playgroups in shaping wellbeing and...
Leading experts have condemned moves by the government of Aotearoa to remove te reo Māori from early-reading pukapuka (books). Radio New Zealand reports that University of Auckland Professor of M...
Safety reforms in the early childhood sector have been cautiously welcomed by the peak body for First Nations children and families, though they argue that change must go further than regulation alone...
The ongoing backlash against Acknowledgement of, and Welcome to Country ceremonies — most recently in early childhood education, and again in parliament — reflects a deeper unease within A...