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Opposition aims for cheaper childcare
14+ hour, 50+ min ago (38+ words) The opposition has announced new plans to give cheaper childcare to families across Australia. The opposition has announced new plans to give cheaper childcare to families across Australia. Updated February 21, 2026 " 6:45pm,first published 6:42pm...
New data finds spike in dangers in Australia’s childcare sector
1+ week, 3+ day ago (42+ words) New data has found a surge of 'lost kids' and serious injuries at childcares across Australia. New data has found a surge of 'lost kids' and serious injuries at childcares across Australia. Updated February 11, 2026 " 6:55pm,first published 4:43pm...
One dead, 800 missing: The truth about NSW childcare revealed
1+ week, 5+ day ago (618+ words) February 11, 2026 " 5:00am One child died, almost 800 were temporarily lost and 7674 suffered a serious injury, trauma or illness at NSW childcare centres last financial year, as centres increasingly sidestep staff ratio requirements. New data released by the Productivity Commission has shed light…...
I’ve been boxed in at work since becoming a father. What do I do?
2+ week, 4+ day 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+ week, 4+ 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
1+ mon, 1+ week 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, 3+ 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, 3+ 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, 4+ 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
3+ mon, 1+ day 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…...