Senator the Hon Dr Jess Walsh
- Minister for Early Childhood Education
- Minister for Youth
Senator the Hon Dr Jess Walsh was sworn in as Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth on 13 May 2025. Content published on this site relates to the Minister’s responsibilities within the Education portfolio.
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Press conference - Gowrie NSW Malabar Early Education and Care
SUBJECTS: Early Education and Care Commission; ISIS Foreign Fighters’ wives.
More kids enrolling in preschool
More children aged four to five were enrolled in preschool last year with a big jump in the percentage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children enrolled.
More access to early education for Victorian families
The Albanese and Allan Labor governments have announced the next six locations to benefit from new or expanded early childhood education and care centres in Victoria.
Professional development support for teachers and educators
Applications are now open for the Professional Development Subsidy and Paid Practicum Subsidy to support the development and retention of the highly skilled early childhood education and care…
Early educators embrace new safety training
Over 180,000 early educators have now completed new mandatory child safety training within two months of it becoming available, with workers reporting very high satisfaction with the…
Press conference - Brisbane
SUBJECTS: Expanding access to early education in Queensland, $1 billion Building Early Education Fund.
Expanding access to early education in Queensland
The Albanese and Queensland Governments are partnering to deliver five new and expanded not-for-profit early learning services across outer suburban and regional Queensland.
Expanding access to early education in the Huon Valley
The Albanese and Rockliff Governments along with the Huon Valley Council have reached an historic agreement under the $1 billion Building Early Education Fund to deliver a new early childhood…
Address to National Youth Forum
I acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples, who are the Traditional Owners of the land on which we are gathered today. Welcome to the representatives from the Australian Government’s Youth…
Youth Meets Parliament Week Welcome Speech
I’d like to start today by acknowledging the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet, the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples.
49 young people appointed to 2026 Youth Advisory Groups
Forty-nine young Australians will come together in Canberra this week to begin working with and advising the Albanese Labor Government on key policy issues as part of the 2026 Youth Advisory…
Press conference - Narwee, NSW
SUBJECTS: Early childhood education safety reforms; National Early Childhood Worker Register; Mandatory child safety training; Compliance action; Child Supervision Rules; Working with Children Checks…