Media Enquiries:
ACT & QLD Gwynn Bridge - 0418 764 779
VIC Lucian Roncon - 0419 004 800
NSW Lyn Connolly - 0425 225 275
SA Barbara Langford - 0417 874 391
WA Roslyn Thompson - 0407 652 177
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Childcare Alliance Australia
PO Box 137 Springwood Qld 4127 Email: president@australianchildcarealliance.org.au
MEDIA ALERT
Attention Chiefs of Staff and Producers
Childcare Alliance Australia (CAA) speaks out on
Australias first long term study of the effects on
children in formal child care
CAA - which represents 70% of all long day child care centres in Australia
and whose staff care for more than 330,000 children - today welcomed the
Government-funded Social Research Paper as the first study of its kind in
Australia.
Ms Gwynn Bridge, representing the national private child care sector
industry body, is available today for interviews. Ms Bridge says:
This is an important area that has been under researched in the past. This
report demonstrates excellent outcomes for children as well as some concerns.
The report shows children who attended an early childhood program had better
language skills and greater gains in language and cognitive outcomes than
those who did not.
The report underscores our concerns about disadvantaged children and their
families not having equitable and affordable access to quality early learning
centres
This report supports the case for all parents, regardless of where they live, to
be assured that their children will not be priced out of quality child care
Ms Bridge who is also the CEO of Childcare Queensland can be contacted today on: 0418 764779. The contact
details for other state representatives are listed below.
Alternatively, you can contact Ms Jannette Cotterell. Executive Director. Executive Counsel Australia 02 61 92 3279 or 0419
204 059