Parents are using work auction website Airtasker to find babysitters for their children, particularly if they’ve left arrangements until the last minute. The Australian Nanny Association telling The Age they find the trend are concerning and shocking. Update Date 12/7/2017 Read more
Parents are auctioning off the care of their children online on Australian sharing economy platform Airtasker. Airtasker allows users to post jobs for everything from cleaning to assembling furniture and, more controversially, babysitting. Australian Nanny Association president Annemarie Sansom says the practice raises serious concerns for the safety of children. “People are putting a price…
2nd July 2017 Media Release re: Proposed Au Pair Programme The Australian Nanny Association is the national peak body representing the nanny sector. Our membership represents 500 nannies, service providers and families engaging nanny services. Many of our agency members have more than 5000 nannies on their books. Our members are required to meet our…
The Australian Nanny Association recently became aware of a terrible situation where a family engaged the services of a person claiming to be a nanny directly from an online parents group. This person stated that they had a Working With Children Check and other background information but unfortunately the family was not aware that they…
The Australian Nanny Association (ANA) congratulates Treasurer – Minister Scott Morrison on the 2016/16 Australian Federal budget. The delay in the implementation of the ‘Jobs for Families’ Child Care package is a positive move and will allow further consultation and opportunity for consideration to changes and industry recommendations. We continue to offer our support to…
OPINION – Nanny Pilot Programme – Give me a break! What is the Nanny Pilot Programme? The programme is a 2-year trial partially subsidised by the Australian Federal Government. This programme assists families with child care in their own home provided by a nanny. It has been put in place to assist families who have…
With rising discernment regarding the post pregnancy care, many health authorities and child care developmental assistances have highlighted how crucial it is to address the emerging issues of post-natal care. With parents being more cognizant and mindful of their respective health diversities, Australian nannies have yet set up another way to accommodate new mothers and…
More than 100 nannies from around the country converged in Melbourne over the weekend for Australia’s first ever nanny convention. Australian nannies are being taught how to identify parents struggling with post-natal depression. Hundreds of nannies descended on Melbourne over the weekend for Australia’s first ever nanny convention. Australian Nanny Association president Annemarie Sansom said…
Australian nannies are being taught how to identify parents struggling with post-natal depression. Hundreds of nannies descended on Melbourne over the weekend for Australia’s first ever nanny convention. Australian Nanny Association president Annemarie Sansom said it was important that nannies knew what to do if they are working for a parent suffering from depression. “They…
Melbourne will become a nanny state over the weekend when Australian nannies descend on the city for the the country’s first ever nanny convention. Delegates will hear about a range of topics including how to identify parents struggling with post-natal depression at the Australian Nanny Association event. Play School presenter Rachael Coopes will also address…
Do your young kids stop you from going out and connecting with your partner? is your date life non-existent? Well the solution is at hand, a select number of diners have now started offering child care services as part of their ‘parents date night’. The services will include a nanny to keep the kids entertained…
The Australian Nanny Association (ANA) is a non-profit membership Association. ANA is also the peak national body representing the nanny sector. We are holding our annual picnic for the first time in Darwin, Northern Territory. The picnic is held as a national event in conjunction with Nanny Appreciation Week. Nanny Appreciation Week is about celebrating…
Published on Oct 7, 2015 Adam Shirley interviews Annemarie Sansom from The Australian Nanny Association regarding the Federal Government subidised Nanny Pilot Programme commencing in January 2016.
Australia’s peak body for nannies has hit out at guidelines for the government’s nanny subsidy trial, arguing the program has been “set up to fail”. Earlier this month, the government released draft guidelines for the pilot, which will subsidise about 4000 nannies to work for up to 50 hours a week. But the Australian Nanny Association says…
$246m nanny trial: no experience needed The Australian 24/07/15 Unqualified nannies with no experience will be able to pocket up to $2000 a week in taxpayer subsidies to care for seven children at a time, under the federal government’s $246 million nanny trial. Department of Social Services draft guidelines reveal that families will be able…
The Australian Nanny Association is concerned the Federal government Nanny Pilot is set up to fail. The Federal government released its draft guidelines for the Home Based Care (Nanny Pilot) this week for public comment until Thursday 23rd July 5pm. The pilot is aimed at low to middle income earning families with work hours outside…
The government says that it wants more women at the top levels of corporate Australia. But the Productivity Commission’s review of the childcare system misses the point when it comes to professional women. The PC pushes a socialist view that a tax break for a salary paid to a nanny will only benefit higher income…
The Abbott government should extend federal funding to nannies and prioritise childcare support to lower and middle income families with a single, means-tested payment, a major review has found. But Social Services Minister Scott Morrison has cautioned that while the government is considering the nannies move, it needs to be mindful of what this would…
Interview with Annemarie Sanson Vice President of the Australian Nanny Association regarding the Nanny Industry and the release of the Productivity Commission Report for nannies. LISTEN >>
PARENTS will have to hope the government and opposition can agree on a new approach to childcare subsidies if they are to get cheaper and more accessible care with nannies. SOCIAL Services Minister Scott Morrison and his opposition counterparts will meet next week to discuss Productivity Commission childcare recommendations released on Friday. READ MORE>>
PARENTS are ecstatic over the federal government’s $246 million announcement to support nanny home care services. Gilmore MP Ann Sudmalis said it would be great news for South Coast families if the two-year pilot program went ahead in 2016. “This program is ideal for parents who are nurses, police and ambulance officers, firefighters or shift…
The Australian Nanny Association (ANA) welcomes the confirmation in the federal budget announcement of a $250 million Interim Home Based Carer Pilot Programme (Nannies Trial) to extend subsidy support to eligible families using nannies. The pilot programme will extend fee assistance to eligible parents of approximately 10,000 children. Subsidised support for families included in the…
Tuesday 28 April 2015 Canberra has announced a trial to subsidise the cost of nannies for some families. It’s hoped the new program will provide options for parents who can’t access traditional childcare services. TRANSCRIPT Adele Croker has been a nanny for nine years. She looks after Sofia and Ari for three to four days…
Illawarra families may soon have access to government payments for nannies if recommendations made in a major childcare review are adopted. The long-awaited Productivity Commission report, tabled in Parliament on Friday, aims to make childcare more affordable, flexible and accessible. Among the suggestions made in the 1000-page document was an extension to subsidies to include…
Childcare experts and parents have been left scratching their heads at the Productivity Commission’s long-awaited blueprint for childcare reform, arguing its proposed new funding system is too difficult to understand and that many families would be worse off under the plan. One childcare sector representative told Fairfax Media the Abbott government would be “crazy” to…
The Australian Nanny Association welcomes news The Productivity Commission inquiry into Childcare and Early Childhood Learning has recommended nannies be subsidised. The Australian Nanny Association has been working with the home based nanny sector to set minimum standards and best practice. This is a win for families who are in desperate need of flexible and…
Annemarie Sansom with Nick Grimm ABC Radio discussing Nannies and the Nanny Pilot Programme LISTEN >>>>
Nannies are no longer for the rich and famous. Most work now for average Australian families, many of whom do shift work and don’t fit into the regular childcare system. Melbourne nanny Tracey McDermott said Australia was a “24hr-a-day, seven day a week society†and everyone would benefit from subsidies for nannies as an alternative…
The Australian Nanny Association (ANA) is disappointed to see incorrect and unfounded claims about the suitability of nannies as a form of childcare from other parts of the childcare sector surface again in the public discussion about the future direction of childcare in Australia. It is important understand that nanny describes a specific professional role…
THE newly incorporated Australian Nanny Association will meet Childcare Minister Kate Ellis’s advisers next month to push its case for taxpayer subsidies and warn the government that the family daycare model will not solve the nation’s childcare woes. The news comes after Ms Ellis this week said expanding family daycare would solve the flexibility problems…
Government ‘losing tax opportunities’ THE federal budget stands to gain from allowing families to claim childcare benefits for their nannies as it will force the system to become regulated and employees working underground will start paying taxes. In its budget submission ahead of the May budget, the Australian Nanny Association argues that the government “is…
Perth parents are turning to nannies in droves as a flexible alternative to child care centres. Director of Perth Nanny Care Agency Leila Redmond said demand for nannies had doubled in the past year. She said she had to drastically increase her staff numbers to meet the growing need. Ms Redmond said there was a…
The Australian Nanny Association (ANA) has called for the strict criteria for those seeking government-funded in home care to be relaxed, in order to allow a broader range of families to access non-centre based childcare. The ANA made the call to Women’s Agenda after the Labor government yesterday released the names of the recipients of…
Should Nannies be part of the childcare system? Tony Abbot’s said recently he would offer the childcare rebate for nannies if elected. How are nannies trained and what would be the benefits of this proposal? Tony Arthur discussed this with Louise Dunham, who is Managing Director of Placement Solutions & a Committee Member of the…
The Australian Nanny Association has launched a new set of industry standards that they hope will facilitate more standardisation for nannies and the families who hire them. Download Audio
THE Gillard government has for the first time opened the door to taxpayer-funded nannies, declaring the commonwealth was prepared to work with the states to regulate the industry as it had done for the family daycare sector. After Tony Abbott pledged to request a Productivity Commission inquiry into extending the childcare rebate to nannies, the…
THE Australian Nanny Association says it is relieved to finally be acknowledged as a legitimate form of childcare and wants to join the government-funded in-home care program. ANA us co-president Tracey McDermott said the organisation was keen to “work towards putting in place minimum national standards and guidelines for nannies and agencies”. “We feel that…
JULIE is happy to have us in her home in Blackburn. She has no problem with being interviewed, or allowing her twin daughters Olivia and Rose to be observed and photographed as they paint with their nanny. But there is one thing she is adamant about. Even though her surname is different to that of…