Key Issues
As well as promoting the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child, Early Childhood Australia has lobbied governments on many key issues in the care and wellbeing of young children, such as:
- children's rights
- children of asylum seekers
- inclusion and diversity
- evidence-based standards for children's services
- leadership and qualifications in early childhood services and schools.
As part of its advocacy work, Early Childhood Australia also develops position statements on a range of early childhood issues, such as:
- Care of infants
- Children and the mass media
- Cultural diversity
- Information technology and young children
- Language and literacy
- Physical environments for centre-based early childhood services
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