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Cost-of-living crunch hits spending on baby goods
11+ hour, 29+ min ago (345+ words) Australia's biggest specialist baby goods retailer won't deliver on its earnings forecasts after weak sales of prams and car safety products over the past few months. Baby Bunting now expects to make a net profit of $11 million to $12 million in…...
Strike averted after $3. 6b top-up to childcare wage rises
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (434+ words) Childcare educators will keep their government-funded pay rises for another two years after Anthony Albanese stepped in to plug a looming shortfall he was warned about months ago. But the $3. 6 billion for extending the early childhood educator worker retention payment…...
Childcare workers win 15pc pay rise
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (266+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. Childcare workers will no longer walk off the job after the Albanese government agreed…...
The uncomfortable truth about male childcare workers
1+ week, 1+ day ago (304+ words) The West Australian The issue of male workers in childcare has reared its head again this week, with the revelation the Victorian government paid more than $4. 4 million in "immediate needs" payments to 893 families impacted by the alleged offending of Joshua…...
Child support reform welcome, but misses deeper issue
1+ week, 4+ day ago (62+ words) Child support shapes separated parents" behaviour. When it makes parenting more exhausting, the cost does not stay inside. It shows up in children"s wellbeing, women"s economic security, and community life. Top US drug cop"s chilling cartel warning…...
Perth paediatrician's registration suspended
2+ week, 5+ day ago (46+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. "Blood on your hands: Expert reveals hidden cost of cocaine Chia Liang Saw: Perth…...
'Shocking': child safety inquiry calls for change
3+ week, 6+ hour ago (33+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. 'Shocking': child safety inquiry calls for change...
'Beautiful experience': Elders, kids share special joy
3+ week, 3+ day ago (28+ words) Aboriginal Elders and young children are forging special connections at a unique playgroup celebrating its first year of spreading intergenerational joy. 'Beautiful experience': Elders, kids share special joy...
Buti forced to address Children's Commissioner's claims
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (42+ words) Attorney General Tony Buti has denied WA's Commissioner for Children's outspoken views led the Government to tell her it wanted to go in another direction. Tony Buti forced to address claims about "outspoken' WA Children's Commissioner Jacqueline Mc Gowan-Jones...
Childcare inclusivity bid bins Mother's Day for Parent's Day
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (43+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. Australian childcare centres ditch Mother's Day for Parent's Day in bid to become more…...