<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Child Care - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Child Care news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-au</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 08:04:00 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Six childcare centres to close in SA after failing to find buyer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Six Edge Early Learning centres will permanently close across South Australia tomorrow, leaving families scrambling at short-notice to find alternative care for their children.<br />
 ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/six-childcare-centres-to-close-in-sa-after-failing-to-find-buyer/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 08:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/six-childcare-centres-to-close-in-sa-after-failing-to-find-buyer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman who entered foster care as a child now helping others]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rose Taylor spent her teen years in foster care and on the streets. Now she's using her experience to ensure others don't fall through the cracks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/woman-who-entered-foster-care-as-a-child-now-helping-others/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/woman-who-entered-foster-care-as-a-child-now-helping-others/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman taken into foster care as a child now helping others]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rose Taylor spent her teen years in foster care and living on the streets. Now she's using her experience to ensure others don't fall through the cracks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/woman-taken-into-foster-care-as-a-child-now-helping-others/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/woman-taken-into-foster-care-as-a-child-now-helping-others/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hearing 'Are you OK?' turned a foster care child's life around]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rose Taylor spent her teen years in foster care and on the streets. Now she's using her experience to ensure others don't fall through the cracks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/hearing-are-you-ok-turned-a-foster-care-childs-life-around/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/hearing-are-you-ok-turned-a-foster-care-childs-life-around/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of supervision, failure to take precautions ruled key to toddler's death]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Darwin childcare centre and its supervisor have been convicted and fined over the death of 22-month-old Ebony Thompson, who died three years ago after becoming trapped in a fence.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/lack-of-supervision-failure-to-take-precautions-ruled-key-to-toddlers-death/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/lack-of-supervision-failure-to-take-precautions-ruled-key-to-toddlers-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Childcare centre, supervisor fined over toddler's death]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Darwin childcare centre and its supervisor have been convicted and fined over the death of 22-month-old Ebony Thompson, who died three years ago after becoming trapped in a fence.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/childcare-centre-supervisor-fined-over-toddlers-death/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/childcare-centre-supervisor-fined-over-toddlers-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Sydney childcare worker charged with 200 more abuse offences]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former worker at a childcare centre in Sydney's inner west faces more than 200 child abuse offences, following a four-year investigation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/ex-sydney-childcare-worker-charged-with-200-more-abuse-offences/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 01:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/ex-sydney-childcare-worker-charged-with-200-more-abuse-offences/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child care sector faces further changes after shocking abuse exposed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A proposed national childcare commission will be discussed at a meeting of education ministers next week, as the government faces renewed calls for changes following a Four Corners investigation into Australia's child care system.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/child-care-sector-faces-further-changes-after-shocking-abuse-exposed/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/child-care-sector-faces-further-changes-after-shocking-abuse-exposed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chair of childcare operator quits after Four Corners exposes abuse scandal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ugari Nona announced her resignation from NPA Family and Community Services on Facebook as the ABC began promoting a Four Corners investigation into a childcare centre in Far North Queensland.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/chair-of-childcare-operator-quits-after-four-corners-exposes-abuse-scandal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/chair-of-childcare-operator-quits-after-four-corners-exposes-abuse-scandal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chair of childcare operator quits after abuse scandal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ugari Nona announced her resignation from NPA Family and Community Services on Facebook as the ABC began promoting a Four Corners investigation into a childcare centre in Far North Queensland.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/chair-of-childcare-operator-quits-after-abuse-scandal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/chair-of-childcare-operator-quits-after-abuse-scandal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child protection 'informally' removed SA children against mothers' wishes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Child protection workers acted in error when they "informally" placed three South Australian children in the care of family members, against their mothers' wishes, the state's Ombudsman has found.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/child-protection-informally-removed-sa-children-against-mothers-wishes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/child-protection-informally-removed-sa-children-against-mothers-wishes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The confronting data these childcare chains don't want parents to see]]></title><description><![CDATA[Governments have introduced sweeping changes to fix systemic failures in childcare, but advocates say a bigger shift is needed to address the dominance of for-profit providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/the-confronting-data-these-childcare-chains-dont-want-parents-to-see/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/the-confronting-data-these-childcare-chains-dont-want-parents-to-see/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Childcare is undergoing a 'reckoning' but safety gaps remain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Governments have introduced sweeping changes to fix systemic failures in childcare, but advocates say a bigger shift is needed to address the dominance of for-profit providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/childcare-is-undergoing-a-reckoning-but-safety-gaps-remain/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/childcare-is-undergoing-a-reckoning-but-safety-gaps-remain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Childcare worker's 'monstrous' assaults on kids captured on CCTV]]></title><description><![CDATA[Behind the doors of a small childcare centre, a worker went on a violent spree. Parents are still searching for answers. ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/childcare-workers-monstrous-assaults-on-kids-captured-on-cctv/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/childcare-workers-monstrous-assaults-on-kids-captured-on-cctv/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Childcare chain collapses amid wave of closures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shared Beginnings entered administration this week after its centres operated "at a loss", casting another shadow on a sector undergoing a wave of closures.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/childcare-chain-collapses-amid-wave-of-closures/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/childcare-chain-collapses-amid-wave-of-closures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Childcare chain collapse highlights private credit risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shared Beginnings entered administration this week after its centres operated "at a loss", casting another shadow on a sector undergoing a wave of closures.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/childcare-chain-collapse-highlights-private-credit-risks/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/childcare-chain-collapse-highlights-private-credit-risks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Why wasn't he at childcare?': Mother of child who fled Canberra daycare]]></title><description><![CDATA[The mother of a five-year-old child who escaped a Canberra childcare centre last week has applied to withdraw him and her other child from the service.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/why-wasnt-he-at-childcare-mother-of-child-who-fled-canberra-daycare/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/why-wasnt-he-at-childcare-mother-of-child-who-fled-canberra-daycare/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mother of child who fled Canberra daycare 'flabbergasted']]></title><description><![CDATA[The mother of a five-year-old child who escaped a Canberra childcare centre last week has applied to withdraw him and her other child from the service.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/mother-of-child-who-fled-canberra-daycare-flabbergasted/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/mother-of-child-who-fled-canberra-daycare-flabbergasted/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three kids is a 'beautiful season' but mums face a 'penalty']]></title><description><![CDATA[Women going against the trend share why they chose to have bigger families and what the trade-offs are.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/three-kids-is-a-beautiful-season-but-mums-face-a-penalty/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/three-kids-is-a-beautiful-season-but-mums-face-a-penalty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As fertility rates fall, mums of three share joy and sacrifice of big families]]></title><description><![CDATA[Women going against the trend share why they chose to have bigger families and what the trade-offs are.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/as-fertility-rates-fall-mums-of-three-share-joy-and-sacrifice-of-big-families/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/child-care/as-fertility-rates-fall-mums-of-three-share-joy-and-sacrifice-of-big-families/</guid></item></channel></rss>