Life Matters

The Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Childcare, Maxine McKew, wants to know what you think about early childhood, and how services could be improved.

There are forums being held around the country this month and in September for people to air their views.

The input from the consultations, together with advice from the Expert Advisory Panel, will inform the development of draft quality standards, a model for a rating system, streamlined licensing, regulation and accreditation arrangements.

Implementation of the standards and rating system is scheduled for July next year.

Guests

Maxine McKew
Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Child Care

Professor Frank Oberklaid
Director of the Centre for Community Child Health at the Royal Children's Hospital

Further Information

Discussion Paper

Consultation dates

Presenter

Richard Aedy

Producer

Amanda Armstrong

Story Researcher and Producer

Amanda Armstrong

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