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- The Lowdown | Your guide to what’s up, who’s where, and how you can get involved.
- Growing up in coal country | Mudgee Preschool questions how mining will reshape the region’s early childhood education landscape.
- Who needs a forest? | Can’t see the wood for the trees? Which wood and what trees, asks outdoor early childhood teacher Janet Robertson.
- Children in occupied territories | Join Miriam Giugni as she reflects upon her visits to communities and children’s services in occupied territories around the world.
- Come together! | NQS Spotlight: Area 6, Collaborative Partnerships with Family & Communities.
- VOX Pop | Who should our NQS assessors be? Experts from the field address the question.
- Face2face | Meet the Minister… Rattler talks to Adrian Piccoli about his portfolio and the challenges ahead.
- Bookworm | Ingrid Maack previews what’s new on the shelves.
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About Rattler
Rattler is the quarterly publication of Community Child Care and contains high-quality essays and articles about a wide range of social, economic, educational and political issues that affect the childcare industry, from both industry and human interest perspectives. The magazine publishes a range of opinions and offers a forum to stimulate professional development and discussion.
The Managing Editor is Eddy Jokovich. The members of the editorial commitee are Lisa Bryant, Marie Deverill, Leanne Gibbs, Ingrid Maack, Gerard Moon, Wendy Shephard and Eddy Jokovich.
How to receive your copy of Rattler
There are two ways to receive your copy of Rattler:
- Become a Member or Associate of Community Child Care Co-operative (NSW) for $200 per year (including GST) – receiving Rattler is a membership benefit. Please go to the Community Child Care Co-operative membership page for further details.
- Subscribe to Rattler only. Subscriptions are just $60 per year (including GST). Download the subscription form to subscribe to Rattler.
Advertise in Rattler
To advertise in Rattler, please download the Advertising Rate Card. There are two ways to complete the form:
- Print the PDF file, fill in the form and fax it to (02) 9699 6919.
- Download the Advertising Rate Card and complete the interactive fields using Adobe Acrobat, and email the saved PDF file to admin@armedia.net.au, or print the completed form and fax it to (02) 9699 6919.
Deadlines (to be used as a guide only)
Future editions of Rattler will be published on:
- Rattler 100 – Summer | Advertising deadline: October 28 | Publication date: December 2, 2011
- Rattler 101 – Autumn | Advertising deadline: February 25 | Publication date: March 25, 2012
- Rattler 102 – Winter | Advertising deadline: June 1 | Publication date: June 22, 2012

