http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/nsw-education-dept-takes-over-child-care-20110601-1fftq.html

NSW Education Dept takes over child care
June 1, 2011 - 1:54PM
AAP
The NSW Education Department is taking over responsibility for all child care and early childhood education in the state.
The Community Services department, which used to have that responsibility, will now focus on welfare.
"Originally the aim was for (the department of) education to look after pre-schools," Education Minister Adrian Piccoli said on Wednesday.
"But what we have done is shifted responsibility for the whole early childhood and education and care sector to the department.
"It frees the Department of Community Services to do what I think the community really wants them to do well, and that is childhood protection," he told reporters at a child care centre in Sydney
The decision would also send a message to parents that pre-schools and other centres that catered for young children were not just child minding centres.
"We think that is the right thing to do because early childhood care is very much about education," he said.
"It's very much about play-based learning.
"There are professional, early childhood people who know how to use play time and to educate kids."
The broader objective, Mr Piccoli said, was to get as many children into high quality early childhood and education facilities as early as possible.
At the same time, Mr Piccoli said the government remained committed to reducing costs for families.
"What we want to see happen in NSW is greater access for early childhood and education facilities, particularly in low socio-economic communities, particularly within the Aboriginal community.
"Access to a high quality service means kids get a great start in life, and as they go on to school, clearly their performance, as research shows, is far improved."

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It feels like they want ALL young children as early and as quickly as possible in Day Care.

What does this mean:

“The broader objective, Mr Piccoli said, was to get as many children into high quality early childhood and education facilities as early as possible.”

"These are professional early childhood people who know how to use play time to educate kids."

"Kids" know how to use play time to educate themselves.....sheesh!

(no doubt will have more to add when time permits)

dear piper

recall how we have had so many changes,...[doc's etc]
this is the next step..in muddying accountability..

watch the word use care-fully
mandatory*

child care*
not child protection

you have to learn about the public...'lol'''...'ser-vice'

recall
you must go to this room
then that room

and eventually find it
filed under..not filed*

far as we are concerned
we have one more means to bring people to account

[they wont know the extent of their *power's...
till we push them to do something..
about the rest of the mess..

it begins by advising
remembering who was told what/when

then following them..when the 'respons-abilty'..moves on
then complaining..to their oversight authorities
when its..*more of the same

Jewerly this subject concerns me greatly.
I did not respond to your request in another thread because I did not want to take the spotlight away from murder and sexual slavery.
But the incoming NSW government spoke of such changes before they won the recent election, in a historic total landslide.
It had in fact been the previous government plan to reduce departments and put most things in one basket.
I found it a problem with those government workers I looked after.
I think the intention may be ok, but never not once, has any public service job been done well in my view.
DOCS sorry if we do not agree is useless.
History now but time after time kids are hurt because DOCS is dysfunctional.
Need to watch but an understanding of the reason my team got skinned alive in that election, the results of it, are going to see much more change not all of it will be bad not all good.

NSW, the new Sparta.

Your side of politics is running NSW hasbeen.
Given the immense waste public service presides over the Idea may have Merritt.
We, most of us, want better results in care of children DOCS has few supporters out here in Aussie land, they can not hurt me for being honest,but do hurt others.
Reason behind it for Labor and I think Barry is cost savings and hopefully accountability.
Those on the coal face,usually get the blame for public servants infesting offices remote from reality and those they exist to help.
Given the awful nature of my party ,given they have much to do under our good new leader,we know or should, Barry owns the bat the ball and its his paddock, lets see if he lets us play.