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The article offers update from the Australian Education Union (AEU) as of November 2016. It informs about the interim arrangement for all those certified as Highly Accomplished Teachers (HAT) or Lead Teachers (LT), back pay for those eligible for toileting allowance, the planning and negotiations for pre-school workload review, and the online component of the Personnel Advisory Committee (PAC) training. It also reports the three community rallies participated by AEU members.

The article explores the confusion and uncertainty among Australian preschool teachers on the impacts of Same First Day policy among its preschools in Australia. Topics discussed include the impacts on the declining number of preschool student attendees, the factors of parent and teacher relationship and the development of equitable process education staffs. The author also cites the importance of saving funds for child's education.