Author: Zoe Hercus

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) handed down its annual wage review decision on 2 June, increasing minimum award pay rates by 4.75% from 1 July….

To improve children’s safety, we need a well-trained workforce with specialist courses designed to develop and support them, writes Andrew Taylor. Highly qualified and experienced…

Men make up only a fraction of the early childhood education workforce but they can have a positive impact on the children they educate, writes Emily…

Preschoolers are struggling to understand social cues, make friends and regulate their emotions because of excessive screen use, writes Andrew Taylor. Children are starting preschool with frozen…

Dance, drama, drawing and painting are a vital part of early childhood education, yet they’re not always given the attention they deserve, writes Andrew Taylor….

Early connections to Country, language and community are vital to the future success and wellbeing of First Nations children, writes Emily Campbell. Led by Queensland…

Staffing ratios in early childhood education and care services need to be improved to ensure there are more staff to educate and supervise children, writes…

Workplace flexibility must keep pace with an ageing population and growing caring responsibilities Teachers and school staff caring for ageing parents need stronger workplace flexibility,…

Pressure is mounting on the NSW Government to fund fair pay in community preschools. This May, hundreds of community preschool members took to the streets…

Hundreds of IEU members rallied across the state to demand the NSW government provide funding for fair pay in its June budget.  Sydney’s Martin Place became a sea of…