Early Childhood Education
Only four of the 19 Closing the Gap targets are on track and four are moving backwards, with just five years remaining under the current agreement, the federal government says.
Progress toward Closing the Gap targets in schooling and early childhood development is being undermined by reporting gaps, limited funding transparency and incomplete place-based partnerships, a new...
A Martu-run playgroup in Western Australia's remote Pilbara community of Punmu is helping young children prepare for school while creating paid work for local caregivers.
Where early childhood centres put profits ahead of children's safety, there is a serious problem, the CEO of Australia's peak body for Indigenous children and families says.
The national peak body for Indigenous children and families says an independent review has confirmed a self-determined and culturally safe learning model is a "highly valued and effective initiative".
Leading experts have condemned moves by the government of Aotearoa to remove te reo Māori from early-reading pukapuka (books). Radio New Zealand reports that University of Auckland Professor of M...
Safety reforms in the early childhood sector have been cautiously welcomed by the peak body for First Nations children and families, though they argue that change must go further than regulation alone...
The ongoing backlash against Acknowledgement of, and Welcome to Country ceremonies — most recently in early childhood education, and again in parliament — reflects a deeper unease within A...
Federal Opposition spokesperson on Indigenous policy, Senator Kerrynne Liddle, has condemned the government for "failing Indigenous Australians" in response to the latest Closing the Gap report.
Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator Malarndirri McCarthy, has responded to the latest Closing the Gap report from the Productivity Commission, noting some improvements but also expressing con...
The Productivity Commission's latest Closing the Gap annual data report highlights that where governments are making a concerted effort to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations...
The new Productivity Commission report on Australia's performance towards the targets and indicators in the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, released Wednesday night, shows only four of 19 targe...
The peak body for First Nations children says proposed reforms to early childhood education and care (ECEC) must deliver deep, systemic change to improve safety for all children.