Headgear for young and old (The Courier Mail)
PROTECTIVE headgear for babies and the elderly could become compulsory in Queensland childcare centres and nursing homes amid brain injury fears. Sat, 17 May 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Childcare is a county issue: CDSS (The Camrose Canadian)
More people need social services, such as counseling and childcare spaces in the county and are increasingly turning to the city for assistance, according to a study performed by Camrose and District Support Services (CDSS.) Fri, 16 May 2008 21:55:43 GMT

One-stop shop for child care (Port Macquarie News)
PORT Macquarie child carers are adopting a wait-and-see approach to the Prime Minister's "one-stop" childcare centres scheme. Last week Kevin Rudd announced a 12-year vision to combine childcare, health services and parental support into the one centre. Fri, 16 May 2008 17:17:29 GMT

£35m FOR PARENTS WITH DISABLED CHILDREN TO GET EASIER ACCESS TO CHILDCARE (DFES)
Parents with disabled children are to get easier access to childcare, thanks to £35million of Government pilot projects, announced today by Children’s Minister Beverley Hughes. Thu, 15 May 2008 14:03:48 GMT

Childcare worker home in Donnybrook (Donnybrook-Bridgetown Mail)
THE Treehouse Childcare Centre’s new co-ordinator, Rebecca Fleay, was in for a huge shock when moving back in her home town. Thu, 15 May 2008 02:01:59 GMT

Indigenous preschool push may only help remote minority, warns childcare group (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
A national advocate for Indigenous children says an estimated 4,500 Aboriginal children will miss out on early childhood education under the Federal Government's childcare policies. Thu, 15 May 2008 00:23:00 GMT

Beating childcare stress (The Daily Iowan)
They never used childcare before, but after coming to the UI, Kate and Erik Klefstad decided that in order to succeed academically something needed to be done - they put their kids, Portia, 6, and Brooks, 4, in daycare. Wed, 14 May 2008 12:36:42 GMT

Years of work come to fruition at Sandcastles Childcare Centre (Western People)
AFTER many long years of hard voluntary work, a West Sligo community is celebrating the provision of a state-of-the-art childcare centre in Enniscrone. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:40:47 GMT

Parents don't understand quality of childcare, study finds (North York Mirror)
Mothers and fathers don't necessarily know best when it comes to assessing the quality of care their children are receiving in daycare centres, according to a city-financed study that outlines the pitfalls of private-sector, for-profit childcare. Tue, 13 May 2008 17:10:21 GMT