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Media Releases - May 2025

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Richard Marles MP finds out why Early Learning Matters at Bond St Kindergarten

29 May 2025

Bond Street Kindergarten in Newtown welcomes the Member for Corio and Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Richard Marles MP, to visit on Tuesday, 5 September at 9.30am as part of Early Learning Matters Week, a national initiative of the Early Learning Everyone Benefits campaign.

The visit will be particularly special for Bond Street Kindergarten as, this year, the Kindergarten celebrates 100 years as an early childhood service in the Geelong area and 95 years at its current location.

Read more about the visit and Early Learning Matters Week in the media release

 

ALP early years funding announcements are a big win for service providers and families

29 May 2025

Early Learning Association Australia welcomes today’s policy announcement from Federal ALP leader, Bill Shorten, on extending access to 15 hours of subsidised early learning to three-year-old preschool children and ensuring that the Commonwealth portion of the funding will be ongoing – for children in both four and three-year-old funded kindergarten programs.

We also welcome the announcement by Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, that a re-elected Victorian Labor Government will commit almost $5 billion over the next decade to ensure all three-year-old children in Victoria can attend up to 15 hours a week of 3-year-old kindergarten ...

Find out more in the media release

Celebrating 75,000 Victorian Children Made Safer On Our Roads

29 May 2025

Early Learning Association Australia AGM focuses on safe transportation of children in cars

29 May 2025

Early learning peak body asks Government to count to five on funding priorities

29 May 2025

It’s about quality: sector calls on Productivity Commission inquiry to recognise importance of early childhood education to Australia’s future

29 May 2025

Funding extension provides much needed time to 'Lift Our Game'

29 May 2025

Early Learning Association Australia announces David Worland as new CEO

29 May 2025

Early Learning Association Australia (ELAA) is pleased to announce the appointment of David Worland as ELAA's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...

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Travel safe with free child and baby seat checks

29 May 2025

Parents and carers can take advantage of a FREE child and baby seat check by  expert fitters this Friday, 20 April.

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Vic Budget ticks some boxes but not all

29 May 2025

The Andrews Government 2018/19 Budget has ticked three out of five of ELAA’s  ‘priority boxes’ for early childhood education and care but has overlooked other priorities that ELAA identified for our sector...

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