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Our community preschool teachers and educators are paid significantly less than their colleagues in public preschools despite holding the same qualifications and doing the same work. This is not good enough. I welcome the Fair Work Commission’s recommendation to increase pay for community preschool teachers and educators.

The Fair Work Commission has found what Community preschool teachers have known all along. That this overwhelmingly feminised workforce has been systemically underpaid, and they require a structural increase in their wages. The NSW Government is responsible for over 80% of community preschool funding. It is their responsibility to fund this pay increase recommended by the FWC. Otherwise services will either have to close, reduce quality or raise fees. Quality costs money. The Treasurer and Minister for Education must act now to properly fund community preschools and protect this precious and high quality segment of our early childhood education and care sector.

📣 A message to the NSW government from Raelee, Margaret, Pearl and Emily: the NSW government must increase funding for community preschool teachers and staff.

We want better, earlier support for our children — when they need it, where they need it. And we’re investing to make that happen.

I want to see genuine choice when it comes to childcare. There is a stealth tax on childcare, with Government taking a decision to increase the cost of getting a license, with no warning for providers. The Government is also making it harder for our community pre-schools to operate by not supporting equity in pay for pre-school teachers. Genuine choice in childcare is supported by Government not held back by its decisions.

🚨In the Media🚨 Our win in the Fair Work Commission was featured on ABC Radio National this morning. We call on the NSW government to respect the FWC recommendation and boost funding for community preschools.

Dr Jess Walsh, Minister for Early Childhood Education, confirms the loophole allowing unsafe understaffing in early childhood education centres has been banned.

All children deserve high quality care and safety at childcare. When for-profit corporations are in charge, how can they ensure safety comes before profit? The next round of the Inquiry into the Early Education and Care Sector is in two weeks. Sign up at the link in my bio for updates on fixing Victoria's broken childcare system

Early childhood teachers across Victoria are striking as negotiations over pay and working conditions remain unresolved. Educators say low wages, heavy workloads, and staffing shortages are driving people out of the sector, and the action is aimed at securing fair pay and better support for the workforce. #EarlyYearsMatter #ValueEducators #FairPayNow #supporteducators

Big win! 🙌🏾 Marni, Audrey and Vishwa 👧🏼👧🏻🧒🏾joined me and Education Minister @blair.boyermp to announce $12 million for new classrooms at Plympton Primary 👏🏽 After a long time pushing for the investment, I’m thrilled local students will soon have up to a dozen new classrooms - and the *stinky* old buildings gone! Thanks to everyone who made this happen 🙏 including Mrs Riley and the Governing Council. There’s no better investment than education 📚 *as Marni told reporters! 😆 Hi 👋🏼 I’m Jayne Stinson MP. FOLLOW ME 👩🏻for news and views across my electorate of Badcoe - Ascot Park | Ashford | Black Forest | Edwardstown | Everard Park | Forestville | Glandore | Keswick | Kurralta Park | Marleston | Millswood | Netley | North Plympton | Plympton | Plympton Park | South Plympton @southaustralianlabor

I am please to announce construction for new public preschools for Ellalong, Kearsley and Kurri Kurri have now begun. Co-located at Ellalong Public School, Kearsley Public School and Kurri Kurri Public School, these public preshools will help bring down costs for families, improve access to early education and give our kids the best start in life. We have also supported families with the largest ever increase of preschool fee relief for parents. This is part of the Minns Labor Government's commitment to invest in early education to make it more accessible and afforable for families in communities that need them the most. #rebuildingeducation #earlyeducationmatters #100publicpreschools

We’re building and expanding more early learning and care centres across the country through the $1 billion Building Early Education Fund. We’ve just announced that we’re creating another 1,100 places across 11 locations in Victoria. This will help more families access early learning close to home and more children start school ready to go and ready to learn.