11,11,26 | Early childhood
Resourcing of the Queensland College of Teaching (QCT) is essential to a successful transition to mandatory early childhood teacher (ECT) registration. Late last term, the Queensland government introduced the Education Legislation (Registration of Early Childhood...
11,11,26 | Early childhood
Our union’s early childhood education (ECE) network breakfast meetings allow IEU members working in Emerald to connect at least once a term to discuss professional and industrial issues affecting the sector. IEU-QNT ECE Representative to Council and network member...
11,11,26 | Early childhood
Staff working in C&K branch centres can now access parental leave pay when they take leave. During the most recent round of bargaining, C&K agreed to amend the parental leave policy to enable an employee to receive 6 weeks of payment at the commencement of the...
28,08,26 | Early childhood, Union win
Our union has successfully prevented an employer from terminating a kindergarten’s collective agreement after arguing against the move before a Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC). The Mareeba Community Kindergarten’s volunteer executive...
26,05,26 | Early childhood
The first multi-employer agreement (MEA) in the Queensland early childhood education (ECE) sector has been secured by IEU members. Existing agreements fragmented across sector IEU-QNT Assistant Secretary Nick Sahlqvist said more than 200 individual collective...
20,04,26 | Collective bargaining, Early childhood
IEU members in over 140 Queensland C&K branch centre kindergartens will now have access to enhanced wages, parental leave payment access and increased release time for Directors. The enhancements are part of the new collective agreement for C&K Branch Centre...
10,03,26 | Early childhood, Professional issues
Our union’s Education Committee has responded to the Queensland Government’s call to expand mandatory teaching registration to all early childhood teachers (ECTs) employed in the state. Over the past decade, national reviews have recognised the need to lift the...
04,03,26 | Collective bargaining, Early childhood
Negotiations between IEU members and C&K Branch Centres resumed in February following employees’ resounding rejection of the employer’s inadequate offer at ballot last year. IEU Branch Secretary Terry Burke said through their no vote, members had made it...
04,03,26 | Early childhood
A suite of reforms in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector have taken effect from 2 March 2026 as part of the federal government’s response to revelations of unacceptable practices and devastating safety issues in centres. Key mechanisms include a...
13,02,26 | Early childhood, Professional issues, Students
The Thriving Kids Advisory Group Report, released by the federal government, recommends how the new initiative should operate to better address the needs of young children with developmental delay and autism. What is Thriving Kids? Thriving Kids is a new national...
14,10,25 | Collective bargaining, Early childhood, Union win
Creche and Kindergarten (C&K) branch centre employees across Queensland have had their say and overwhelmingly voted no to their employer’s plan for outdated working conditions. Last month, teachers and assistants at over 140 C&K kindergartens rejected their...
22,09,25 | Early childhood
Creche and Kindergarten (C&K) branch centre employees across Queensland have had their say and overwhelmingly voted no to their employer’s plan for outdated working conditions. The Independent Education Union – Queensland and Northern Territory (IEU-QNT) said...
16,09,25 | Collective bargaining, Early childhood
IEU members working in Creche and Kindergarten (C&K) branch centres are voting no this week to the employer’s plan to retain outdated working conditions for teachers and staff. C&K are proposing working conditions for staff at over 140 Queensland kindergartens...
11,09,25 | Collective bargaining, Early childhood, Member action
IEU members across C&K Branch centres are set to vote NO next week on an outdated and inadequate employer agreement being put to a snap employer ballot. Outdated positions on wages, superannuation, parental leave and long service leave feature in the agreement. ...
04,09,25 | Early childhood
Our union has welcomed new national reforms to strengthen child safety across Australia’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector but warned further measures to reduce burdensome staff workloads are critical to safeguarding children. Key reforms agreed to...
08,08,25 | Early childhood, Professional issues
New research highlights clear link between high workloads and reduced quality of practice in early childhood education (ECE) centres, potentially compromising child safety. The University of Sydney study found unsustainable workloads and excessive documentation...
13,06,25 | Early childhood, Professional issues
Our federal union has made a submission to the National Child Safety Review (the Review), as the federal government considers proposed policy options aimed at enhancing child safety arrangements in Australian early childhood education and care services. The proposed...
31,03,25 | Early childhood, Member action
IEU members employed in Emerald-based early childhood education centres recently attended a breakfast network meeting, during which they reinforced their commitment to staying informed about critical sector issues and the value of union. Early Childhood Branch...
31,03,25 | Early childhood
IEU members should be aware that new state government grants for funding of up to $90,000 are available to help eligible Queensland organisations that work with children to comply with new laws and become child safe. Community kindergartens and early childhood...
15,05,24 | Collective bargaining, Early childhood, Member action
The 2024 federal budget has been welcomed by our union, as the Albanese government continues to repair the nation’s education system and deliver much-needed relief to IEU members and their families in a cost-of-living crisis. IEUA Federal Secretary Brad Hayes said the...
10,05,24 | Early childhood, Professional issues
A five-year review of the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guidelines (QKLG) has allowed IEU members in early childhood education to share their feedback on proposed revisions to the guidelines. The QKLG 2018 is being updated to better align with the federal Early...
30,04,24 | Early childhood, Workers' rights
Workers in key feminised industries should receive at least a 9 per cent pay rise in the Annual Wage Review, according to the Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU)’s reply submissions filed today with the Fair Work Commission (FWC). ACTU Secretary Sally McManus...
27,02,24 | Early childhood
IEU member feedback will be critical as the Northern Territory (NT) government seeks feedback on options for extending the teacher registration scheme in the Territory to early childhood teachers (ECT) working in non-school early childhood education and care (ECEC)...
05,10,23 | Collective bargaining, Early childhood, Union win
Thousands of Australian early childhood teachers employed by long day care centres and other service providers are set for better wages and working conditions after a joint union application to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) was approved. Our federal union, the IEUA,...
01,11,22 | Early childhood, Union win, Workers' rights
The support of our union has helped secure significant redundancy payments for two members employed in the early childhood education sector. Earlier this year, an employer advised staff working at the Queensland kindergarten of a major workplace change: that they...
01,05,20 | Early childhood, Teachers
A new early learning initiative to teach young children about cyber safety and digital technology use has launched, as part of a joint program developed by the Australian Federal Police, eSafety Commissioner, Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation and the...
