Lachlan Carey and Samantha Zannes are two of the NSW ECEC sector’s most prominent names at the moment, with recent Training Award wins.

Children in regional NSW are being supported by the Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation which has invested $50,000 in a pilot kindness project.

Big increases in government spending on child care have been recommended by the Productivity Commission, Michelle Grattan notes.

The doors of a new preschool facility in the Victorian community of Greensborough officially opened last month, growing the number of places available.

The VEYA are an opportunity for the best and brightest Victorian early childhood and allied professionals to be recognised.