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NEWS AND MEDIA COVERAGE
MEDIA RELEASES
21 October 2025: Media release: Call for ACT Government to Strengthen Trust in Early Childhood Education during Children’s Week focus on Children’s Rights
27 March 2025: Media release: The ACT Children First Alliance Urge the ACT Government to Strengthen Support for Community-Based Early Childhood Services.
28 November 2022: Media release: “Shaping Futures” recruitment drive for early childhood educators"
7 September 2022: Media release: Not-for-profit early learning providers call on government to fund an increase in pay for professional recognition of early childhood educators
3 September 2021: Statement: Priority vaccine access for early childhood education and care workforce.
29 July 2021: Media release: Alliance of early childhood education and care providers call for investment in early childhood educators this early learning matters week
2 September 2020: Media release: New Canberra survey reveals importance of early childhood educators in children’s wellbeing
18 June 2020: Media release: Not-for-profit early childhood education and care providers calls on Government to support early childhood educators by reinstating JobKeeper
20 November 2019: Media release: New survey shares parents perspectives on Early Learning Centres in the ACT
26 October 2018: Media alert: Canberra early learning centres highlights children's voices this National Children's Week​.
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26 October 2018: Media release: Canberra early learning centres highlights children's voices this National Children's Week.
31 July 2018: Children First Alliance welcomes ACT Government's commitment to universal access to early education for three year olds
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18 Jan 2018: Not-for-profit early education providers call for equity scholarships and innovation fund for vulnerable children.
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22 Sept 2017: Children First Alliance launches to improve access to early childhood education for all children
MEDIA COVERAGE
2 September 2021: Parents say early childhood educators should be paid more: survey
18 June 2020: Early child care providers call for JobKeeper extension (CityNews)
25 Nov 2019: ACT childcare providers say the sector needs better planning to address oversupply (Canberra Times)
31 Jul 2018: ACT Government pledges 15 hours a week of free early education for three-year-olds
26 Sept 2017: Children First Alliance launches (Third Sector News)
23 Sept 2017: Children First Alliance calls for better early childhood education (Canberra Times)
22 Sept 2017: Push to extend preschool funding for younger children in Canberra (ABC News)
EVENT PHOTOS
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