3+ hour, 5+ min ago   (532+ words) Australia’s biggest for-profit childcare group has fallen into the red after taking a multi-million-dollar hit from the closure of underperforming centres and as parents faced affordability issues. But G8 Education, which operates 350 centres across Australia for more than 29,000 children under multiple…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (286+ words) Mayfield Childcare - which operates 45 long daycare centres in Victoria, Queensland and South Australia - has withdrawn earning guidance delivered in March, becoming the third ASX-listed chain to cite tough trading conditions in 2026. "The operating environment across the early childhood education and…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (461+ words) Higher pay for childcare workers and capped fees for parents have been cemented for a further two years as the federal government announces a $3.6 billion injection to aid the pressured sector. A 15 per cent pay rise for centre-based and out-of-school…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (638+ words) A childcare centre operator has copped a bollocking as it prepares to close 10 per cent of its sites, leaving thousands of parents scrambling, following a child abuse scandal. G8 Education, which was rocked by the arrest of an ex-worker in 2025, blamed…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (368+ words) A state residential care system for at-risk children has lurched into a "financial catastrophe" as costs balloon past $1 billion a year. An inquiry into Queensland's child safety system - the third of its kind since 2003 - is looking at possible fixes to…...