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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Horrific stories in early education must end
Opinion piece - Child safety in early education
Compliance action to lift safety in child care
The Department of Education has initiated compliance actions against 30 early childhood education and care services under new powers.
Transcript - ABC Melbourne Mornings with Justin Smith
SUBJECTS: Early education child safety legislation; Early education child safety reforms; Upcoming Education Ministers Meeting; Register of early childhood educators.
Doorstop - Parliament House, Canberra
SUBJECTS: Cutting student debt; Early education child safety legislation; Free TAFE.
Albanese Government introduces legislation to strengthen safety in child care centres
Today the Albanese Government introduced legislation to Parliament to lift child safety in early education and care services.
Transcript - ABC RN Breakfast with Sally Sara
SUBJECTS: Early education child safety legislation; early education child safety reforms; Education Ministers Meeting; register of early childhood educators.
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.