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I’ve been boxed in at work since becoming a father. What do I do?
6+ hour, 40+ min ago (505+ words) February 4, 2026 " 5:00am Each week, Dr Kirstin Ferguson tackles questions on workplace, career and leadership in her advice column Got a Minute? This week: returning to work after children, a choice between boredom or burnout and an annoying co-worker. Big picture: if…...
Parents need better guidance on when to send kids to kindy
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (385+ words) February 1, 2026 " 5:00am For many parents the return of classes could not come sooner, after weeks of juggling school holiday programs, days with the grandparents and working from home to patch together care for their children over the year's longest break from…...
‘Like putting your child in a safety deposit box’: Regulators’ childcare fears revealed
3+ week, 2+ day ago (333+ words) Migration agents are funnelling students into childcare courses despite a lack of interest or qualifications for such a career, education regulators have warned. The regulator has sounded the alarm on childcare placement students Credit: Monique Westermann University regulator TEQSA and…...
Australian childcare providers call out crippling federal government mandate
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (25+ words) Childcare services across the country say they're crippling under pressure, after a federal government mandate to ensure staff are better paid. The Sydney Morning Herald...
Aussie childcare services call out federal government's mandate
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (25+ words) Childcare services across the country say they're crippling under pressure after a federal government mandate to ensure staff are better paid. The Sydney Morning Herald...
Working parents are in an impossible position. But what can we do?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1071+ words) Ask any working parent why they go to work each day, and the answer will invariably boil down to one common theme. Undoubtedly, they might find their jobs and the work they do to be meaningful, rewarding, stimulating and challenging....
Want to live well in old age? Look after the grandchildren
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1048+ words) My 74-year-old father is a sensible-shoed, even-keeled kind of guy. But, once a week, he becomes as silly and playful as his five- and seven-year-old sidekicks. The day he picks up my daughters after school for their weekly sushi date…...
‘Squeaking’ children, traffic jams: The Sydney suburbs flooded with new childcare builds
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (940+ words) A surge in development proposals for childcare centres in Sydney streets is leaving parts of the city "clogged" with an oversupply as other suburbs face a dire shortage of centres to meet demand. A government push to boost childcare spaces…...
Family day-care chain closes 56 services in Victoria
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (693+ words) A family day-care chain where a baby died earlier this year has shut all 56 of its services across Victoria. Bambini Family Day Care was issued an emergency action notice about safe sleeping in February after a baby died in Skye,…...
‘I felt sick’: Parents scramble as uni axes daycare centre
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (513+ words) Staff and parents of children at Griffith University's childcare centres have been left reeling after being told on Thursday the centres would close within two months. The university runs two early childcare education centres, Boronia and Tallowwood, on its Nathan…...