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Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation cuts staff, appoints new chair
7+ hour, 16+ min ago (97+ words) AFR One of Australia's most watched charities, the Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation, has appointed a new chair, former AGL chairman Patricia Mc Kenzie, and stripped back its headcount. The foundation funds life-saving medical treatment and care for children in need,…...
Taxpayers to foot bill for another $3. 6b childcare wage subsidy
2+ week, 5+ day ago (109+ words) AFR Taxpayers will fund another $3. 6 billion in childcare wage subsidies over the next 18 months, after a supposedly one-off injection of the same amount over the past two years backfired, leaving workers exposed to a pay cut unless it was renewed....
Childcare walkouts loom as budget exposes "pay cliff
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (99+ words) AFR Childcare centres could be forced to close across the country after educators endorsed mass walk-offs in protest at the Albanese government"s surprise failure to budget billions of dollars to continue funding a 15 per cent pay rise. Hundreds of…...
Why must parents choose between work and their kids?
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (108+ words) AFR Opinion | Jen Fleming Instead of creating a new national commission, the federal government should empower families to chose childcare as they see fit " in traditional centres, at home or in co-working spaces with creches. Since Angus Taylor became leader…...
Labor's childcare model gets families wrong. Here's how to fix it
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (115+ words) AFR By endlessly subsidising formal childcare at the expense of everything else, the system distorts workforce participation and household budgets Childcare is now one of the clearest examples of how public policy can drift from supporting families to controlling them....
Childcare can be start of Liberal comeback
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (81+ words) AFR Rather than defaulting to a one-size-fits-all model tied to centre-based care, the party should champion reform that puts families firmly back in the driving seat. As the Liberal Party faces the prospect of renewed leadership debate, it also confronts…...
Parenting mecca The Memo scores $20 million investment
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (90+ words) In an industry dominated by big box retailers such as Baby Bunting, The Memo's approach is younger and more modern. For The Memo co-founders Phoebe Simmonds and Kate Casey, investor pitches are highly personalised " and highly unusual. "We talk about…...
Clare seals $189m deal to curtail "awful truth" in childcare centres
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (394+ words) Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Closed-circuit television cameras, a ban on the use of mobile phones, a national register of workers and tougher oversight, .. . Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you…...
My daughter-in-law is afraid to send her baby to childcare. She's not alone
1+ year, 44+ min ago (204+ words) Brown is charged with 70 offences relating to eight children at just one centre. He worked at 20 childcare facilities from 2017 until May this year, in possession of his working with children check. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when…...