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$3. 6 billion childcare pay deal staves off pay cuts, fee hikes and a strike
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (709+ words) June 16, 2026 " 10: 00pm Tens of thousands of childcare workers will avoid pay cuts after the Albanese government agreed to double its $3. 6 billion election pledge to prop up early educator salaries, due to expire this year. Funding for the two-year deal to give…...
Could have been catastrophic: Children at risk of 12-storey plunge from high-rise childcare centre
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (541+ words) June 16, 2026 " 2: 26pm Children at a high-rise childcare centre in the inner city were at risk of falling from a 12-storey roof edge, the official regulator has found. The St Kilda Road centre, operated by Woodlands Childcare and Education, has been issued…...
Cash, WFH, childcare overhaul? If we want Australians to have more babies, everything needs to change
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (1755+ words) Australians who want to have a child, or want more children, are asking for solutions. Can we, as a nation, help them? If there is one thing western Sydney mother Reshmi would like to give her one-year-old son, Adrian, it…...
Coalition retreats from scheme to give parents vouchers for nannies
1+ week, 1+ day ago (613+ words) June 9, 2026 " 12: 00pm The Coalition will consider increasing the tax-free threshold for parents, allowing tax deductions for childcare costs, or enabling income splitting as it retreats from an early suggestion it could overhaul the childcare system by introducing vouchers for nannies. Opposition…...
Raising a child today costs as much as a small mortgage " and that's before you put education on the tab
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1532+ words) June 8, 2026 " 5: 00am A newborn may be little larger than a shoebox, but the cost of caring for that child to adulthood is akin to a home mortgage. From boxes of nappies to the challenges of feeding a teenager with seemingly hollow…...
Measure of failure: $20m inquiry slams Queensland child safety crisis
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (811+ words) June 3, 2026 " 7: 49pm Queensland's child safety inquiry has called for sweeping overhauls of what it described as a failing state system, including controversial shifts to adoption practices and state-run out-of-home care. The $20 million commission of inquiry under Paul Anastassiou, a Crisafulli government…...
Queensland parliament live: Inquiry's report into child safety released
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (356+ words) Queensland's Labor opposition has called on the government to accept and implement all recommendations of the state's Child Safety Inquiry report, while highlighting a significant fall in the number of timely case responses under the Crisafulli government. Within minutes of…...
A year after scandal, childcare giant faces financial peril and mass closures
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1055+ words) May 3, 2026 " 5: 00am Commercial childcare giant G8 Education shocked the market this week with the brutal news that it planned to shut 40 centres, which will leave thousands of parents, and the future of about a thousand staff, in peril. But what really set…...
Commercial childcare operators fight to survive as parents leave after child sex abuse scandal
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (746+ words) Major financial backers including superannuation giants are also cutting their exposure to the sector....
Parents are losing their faith in the childcare industry
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (393+ words) April 29, 2026 " 6: 08pm Parents invest enormous trust in the childcare industry, but they are fast losing their faith as scandals " including allegations of sexual abuse in centres, physical assaults and neglect " mount, costs increase and quality issues persist. The announcement on Wednesday…...