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Regional Victorian council calls for government support during Hopetoun childcare crisis - ABC News
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (956+ words) The Hopetoun Early Years centre has been deemed unsafe after a burst water pipe caused extensive structural damage. (ABC News: Alice Dempster) Families in Hopetoun, in Victoria's north-west, have been without a childcare service for more than two years after…...
Number of children in residential care in Qld jumps to record new highs
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1000+ words) Thu 30 Jul 2026 at 10:59am The Crisafulli government has released its response to the Child Safety Commission of Inquiry. (ABC News: Curtis Rodda) The Queensland government has released its response to the child safety inquiry and accepted 32 out of 52 recommendations and accepted…...
Lack of child care creates skills shortages as bush mums leave work
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1113+ words) Emily McPhee with her two-year-old, six-month-old, and four-year old daughters, at the site of the planned playground. (ABC Southern Qld: Bella Munro) This remote Queensland community is experiencing a baby boom, but in town there are no childcare options and…...
Children's commissioner quits as CLP set to pass controversial welfare changes
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1242+ words) Critics say they are concerned the changes could make it easier for Aboriginal children to be placed permanently with non-Indigenous carers or in group homes. (ABC News: James Dunlevie) The Northern Territory children's commissioner has resigned as the Country Liberal…...
Childcare safety loophole for educators breaching regulations
2+ mon, 9+ hour ago (1132+ words) A childcare provider in Melbourne has been stripped of its federal funding after a number of safety breaches. (ABC News: Morgan Timms) A loophole in the government’s new childcare safety legislation allows educators who have breached safety standards and lost…...
Childcare provider stripped of funding labels decision 'devastating"
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (592+ words) The provider is the first to be stripped of funding under new safety standards implemented in 2025. (ABC News: Lucas Hill) Laugh & Learn Family Day Care Education & Training has said its loss of federal government funding due to serious safety breaches…...
Childcare workers scrap walk off as government commits to pay rise extension - ABC News
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (784+ words) The federal government has agreed to extend its subsidy for childcare worker wages by 18 months. (Pixabay) Childcare workers will no longer walk off the job in July after the federal government agreed to fund a 15 per cent pay rise for…...
Queensland's child safety department has been dubbed an 'expensive failure'. Reforming it won't be easy - ABC News
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (746+ words) An inquiry into child safety found the system often failed to address the wellbeing and best interests of children in state care. (ABC News: Curtis Rodda) Dozens of emails land in my inbox every day. But this one was different....
Amid grief, the NT's CLP rushes drastic child protection changes
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (842+ words) Vigils held for Kumanjayi Little Baby have been followed by fierce debate over child protection laws. (ABC News: Xavier Martin) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the image of an Indigenous person who has…...
Proposed changes to NT child protection laws spark fears of 'generations' of harm - ABC News
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (644+ words) Ben Grimes says the "rushed" law changes represent "the politicisation of a tragedy". (ABC News: Dane Hirst) The Northern Territory's peak Aboriginal service bodies, along with opposition and crossbench MLA's, have slammed proposed changes to the territory's child protection laws....