Child-care Centres To Close Without Explanation

THE Federal Government has demanded an explanation from a company with close ties to Eddy Groves that told parents on Thursday it would close 14 child-care centres on December 31.

Child Care Third Rate: Gillard

WHILE the British Government has complained bitterly about a United Nations report on child care that gave its services a middle ranking, the Rudd Government has happily accepted that Australia's services are the third-worst in the developed world.

Intensive Care Has Break

NEWCASTLE Private Hospital will close its intensive care unit over the Christmas period and transfer any critical cases to John Hunter Hospital.

Child Care Rescue Plea Rejected

THE immediate future of CFK Child Care's 39 centres in NSW is in peril after the Federal Government refused to provide financial support for the failed chain.

The Child-care Rebate Should Be Available To All

Many questions need to be asked following the collapse of ABC Learning. One relates to the child-care tax rebate and how ABC was able to exploit this; another is why the rebate is available only to long day-care centres.

Abc Receivers To Spell Out Child-care Viability

ABC Learning's receivers are expected to whittle down the list of unviable child-care centres this Wednesday from the 386 that were named as "under review" last week.

Child-care Prosecution Over Strangulation

THE child-care operator CFK Childcare Centres is being prosecuted after an investigation into the accidental strangulation of a three-year-old at its Brookvale centre last year.