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• Canberra childcare centre closes suddenly, worker sacked

  17-07-2026 04:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Parents at Edge Early Learning in Higgins received an email last night advising the regulator had ordered the centre to immediately shut.
  
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• Mother furious after Canberra childcare centre ordered to close

  18-07-2026 00:51 via abc.net.au
  
  A Canberra mother had concerns for her daughter's safety at Edge Early Learning in Higgins long before the ACT regulator ordered the centre to close.
  
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• 'I didn't feel safe': Mum reveals concerns before childcare closure

  18-07-2026 00:51 via abc.net.au
  
  A Canberra mother had concerns for her daughter's safety at Edge Early Learning in Higgins long before the ACT regulator ordered the centre to close.
  
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• Sydney childcare abuse investigation expands to South Australia

  15-07-2026 05:10 via abc.net.au
  
  A federal police investigation into an alleged childcare abuser has expanded to a remote Indigenous community in South Australia.
  
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• Curbing well-off taxpayers' access to key programs could save billions

  10-07-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Curbing access to the child care subsidy, parental leave pay, aged care and pensions for some of the most well-off taxpayers would free up about $21 billion a year, a new report says.
  
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• Regulator closes 45 family day care residences across Melbourne

  10-07-2026 08:01 via abc.net.au
  
  For the first time, Victoria's Early Childhood Regulatory Authority has used its powers to suspend a childcare operator, closing 45 family day care residences across Melbourne.
  
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• Parents of child abused by Sydney care worker want ban on male educators

  07-07-2026 22:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The devastated parents of a child abused by disgraced childcare worker David James are calling for urgent reform to the out-of-school-hours care system to better protect children.
  
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• 'I was really numb': Parents of child abused by childcare worker speak out

  07-07-2026 22:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The devastated parents of a child abused by disgraced childcare worker David James are calling for urgent reform to the out-of-school-hours care system to better protect children.
  
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• SA childcare centre closes for three months after 'very serious' allergy incident

  06-07-2026 09:16 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australia's Education Standards Board says it has "serious concerns" about an Edge Early Learning centre after a child was taken to hospital following an allergen incident, with the centre directed to close immediately for the second time this year.
  
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• Childcare safety loophole for educators breaching regulations

  02-07-2026 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  A loophole in the government’s new childcare safety legislation allows educators who have breached safety standards to continue operating. 
  
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• Childcare provider stripped of funding labels decision 'devastating'

  01-07-2026 03:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A Victorian childcare provider stripped of its federal government funding over unresolved safety breaches has vowed to challenge the decision.
  
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• Childcare centre that exposed kids to rat poison stripped of funding

  30-06-2026 08:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The Melbourne childcare provider has been cut off under new powers that allow the federal government to withdraw funding due to safety breaches.
  
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• Government to extend pay subsidy to avoid childcare worker walk-off

  16-06-2026 22:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Early educators had threatened to walk off the job to keep a federally funded 15 per cent pay subsidy due to end in November.
  
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• Regulator finds kids potentially at 'catastrophic' risk in 12th floor daycare

  16-06-2026 04:13 via abc.net.au
  
  An inspection of a childcare centre in inner Melbourne found faults in the fencing meant children could potentially access a balcony.
  
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• Melbourne childcare centre warned over safety breaches

  16-06-2026 04:13 via abc.net.au
  
  An inspection of a childcare centre in inner-Melbourne found faults in the fencing meant children could potentially access a 12th floor balcony.
  
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• Melbourne childcare centre warned over 12th floor safety breach

  16-06-2026 04:13 via abc.net.au
  
  An inspection of a childcare centre in inner-Melbourne found faults in the fencing meant children could potentially access a 12th floor balcony.
  
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• Early childhood educators burnt out, stretched and 'paid peanuts'

  13-06-2026 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Early childhood operators say increased load on educators is taking a "huge toll" on their mental health and safety.
  
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• 'National reluctance' to discuss abuse of Indigenous children, says ex-minister

  10-06-2026 09:21 via abc.net.au
  
  A review has begun into the family circumstances of Kumanjayi Little Baby leading up to her disappearance and death, which relatives hope will find answers.
  
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• 'National reluctance' to discuss abuse of Indigenous children, says ex- minister

  10-06-2026 09:21 via abc.net.au
  
  A review has begun into the family circumstances of Kumanjayi Little Baby leading up to her disappearance and death, which relatives hope will find answers.
  
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• Child neglect being 'hushed up' in outback communities, says ex-minister

  10-06-2026 09:21 via abc.net.au
  
  A review has begun into the family circumstances of Kumanjayi Little Baby leading up to her disappearance and death, which relatives hope will find answers.
  
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• Childcare worker sentenced to four years' jail for assaulting toddlers

  03-06-2026 11:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland childcare worker Edwina Ling has been jailed for four years after pleading guilty to more than 80 counts of assault involving three young children.
  
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• Childcare worker jailed for 'cruel and sadistic' assaults on toddlers

  03-06-2026 11:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland childcare worker Edwina Ling has been jailed for four years after pleading guilty to more than 80 counts of assault involving three young children.
  
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• Council to demolish in-demand childcare centre for open space

  28-05-2026 03:12 via abc.net.au
  
  A childcare centre's director says relocation had been promised for years until late last year, when the council decided there was no feasible site in the area.
  
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• Teaching student charged with online child abuse offences

  27-05-2026 07:54 via abc.net.au
  
  A Victorian teaching student, who had recently worked as a childcare centre cook, a foster carer and was a school council president, is facing charges relating to online child abuse material. 
  
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• Property developers investing in 'farms for children', childcare report finds

  20-05-2026 11:36 via abc.net.au
  
  For-profit providers have been accused of putting growth and revenue ahead of quality care in a report into childcare safety failures.
  
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• Family battling cancer relies on donations to pay for in-home child care

  07-05-2026 21:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The government is accused of breaking its promise of cheaper child care, with prices rising for 810 vulnerable families.
  
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• Expert slams WA as last state to close child safety loophole

  03-05-2026 02:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia is the only state to not recognise Working with Children Check rejections from around the country, and has been "slow" to make other child safety law changes, expert says.
  
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• 'Children have ended up on main roads', SA childcare regulator says

  30-04-2026 22:20 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australia’s childcare centre watchdog says children have injured themselves or "ended up on main roads" due to poor supervision and that one in five services in the state do not meet national quality standards.
  
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• Major childcare operator reveals list of 40 centres to close

  29-04-2026 04:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Victoria and Western Australia will be affected the most, with 12 centres shutting in each state. NSW, Queensland and South Australia will also have closures.
  
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• Childcare group G8 to close 10pc of centres after child abuse scandal

  29-04-2026 04:54 via abc.net.au
  
  About 36,000 children are enrolled under the brand's 395 childcare and early learning centres, which include centres such as Headstart, Jellybeans, Kool Kids and Kindy Patch Kids.
  
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