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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Transcript - SkyNews NewsDay with Kieran Gilbert
SUBJECTS: Early education child safety reforms; early education child safety legislation; register of early childhood educators; universal early education; Mark Latham's portrait.
Delivering new early childhood education service to Napranum
A community-run early childhood education and care service in Napranum is providing local families with greater flexibility and access to high quality early childhood education and care.
Professional development round for teachers and educators
The Albanese Government is strengthening the early childhood education sector by upskilling workers through a new round of paid prac subsidy and professional development opportunities.
Transcript - ABC Afternoon Briefing
SUBJECTS: Safety in early education and care.
Press Conference - Adelaide
SUBJECTS: Education Ministers Meeting; Better and Fairer Schools Agreement; Safety in early education and care settings; Pay rise for early childhood educators; Anti-Bullying Review; AI in schools.
More than $7,000 cut in child care costs as cheaper child care delivers cost of living relief
Two years in, more than 1 million Australian families have benefited from the Albanese Government’s Cheaper Child Care, delivering real cost of living relief to household budgets.
National Early Years Policy Summit
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land we meet on today – the Jagera and Turrbal peoples – and pay my respects to their elders past and present.
Tougher child safety rules to help keep children safer in early education
Stronger, mandatory child safety measures have been signed off by every Australian Education Minister to strengthen child safety in early childhood education and care services.
‘I can finally see a future’: On the path to universal early education
Opinion piece - Women's Agenda