10+ hour, 59+ min ago  (715+ words) Tasmania's family-based foster care system is buckling under a recruitment crisis, forcing a record reliance on rotating shift workers to care for vulnerable children, with some aged seven and younger. Recent government data from Children and Youth Minister Jo Palmer…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (373+ words) Labor's policy of a five-day kindergarten week might look good on paper, but could fail in regional Tasmania. That's the view of Teeny Brumby, who, as a parent of four children, led the charge against the Liberal government's policy to…...