Whether your child is starting in a new room at kindy or embarking on the adventure into schooling, 2025 will begin with some changes in environment. So, while we are in the transition phase, spending ...

As early childhood professionals and policymakers pore over the 2024 Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) results, the headlines will likely focus on early learning participation and preschool ...

A significant compliance effort in South Australia has uncovered concerning gaps in quality across early childhood education and care (ECEC) services, prompting swift action and investment.

Early childhood services across Australia are preparing to mark 50 years of NAIDOC Week, with the 2025 theme The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy offering educators a powerful opportunity to ...

Activated OSHC is a free professional learning and accreditation program that empowers educators to meet evidence-based guidelines for screen time and active play. OSHC consultant Lucy Harberts sat ...

A record $1.2 billion investment in New South Wales’ foster care system will bring long-overdue improvements to the lives of vulnerable children and young people and may carry important implications ...

Seventy delegates from across government, research, not-for-profit and industry sectors gathered in Canberra on 11–12 June for a national summit focused on the digital safety and wellbeing of young ...

Global Life-Work Balance Index reveals the best and worst countries for life-work balance around the world. It investigates everything from average work hours to public safety to determine where the ...

The Cook Labor Government’s 2025–26 State Budget outlines significant investment in regional Western Australia, with the Mid West region set to benefit from upgrades in infrastructure, health services ...

In this featured article from EduResearch Matters, Gem Clutton, lecturer in teacher education at the University of Canberra, explores how monotropism a form of deep, focused attention common in ...

As cost-of-living pressures rise and national reform reshapes the early years landscape, the Queensland Government’s 2025–26 Budget outlines new support for children, families and the services that ...

As excitement builds for the ECEC Workforce and Wellbeing Forum, set to take place in Melbourne on 17 July 2025, The Sector is pleased to confirm the panel line-up for one of the event’s most ...