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Teen pleads guilty to indecent treatment of children he was babysitting after responding to social media call-out
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Child safety experts are warning parents against using social media to seek out emergency child care for their children. This is why it is dangerous.
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'Quit my job or move to Melbourne': Families face confronting choices as childcare hub shuts
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Erin Paech's "gut just dropped" when she was told her north-west Victorian town of Hopetoun's only childcare centre would be closing after being unable to fill two vacant qualified educator roles.
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Children lagging behind in the classroom in WA's South West amid applications for specialist funding
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Data from the latest Australian Early Development Census shows kids in the town of Bunbury are behind in developing vital behavioural skills, but a childcare coordinator hopes a grant application to secure a specialist will help overcome that.
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Broken Hill medical practice creates staff creche to attract and retain workers amid child care shortage
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Heather Pearce always had trouble attracting qualified professionals to her Broken Hill medical practice for long-term roles— until she made sure their kids had child care.
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Outback businesswoman opens childcare centre for her staff's kids, with ripples felt throughout the community
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Heather Pearce always had trouble attracting qualified professionals to her Broken Hill medical practice for long-term roles— until she made sure their kids had child care.
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Fleurieu Peninsula parents unsure when they can return to work amid two-year wait for childcare
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In this coastal region south of Adelaide, teachers are among parents who remain unsure when they can return to the workforce as the waiting time for a childcare place balloons to two years.
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Teachers unsure when they can return to work amid two-year wait for childcare
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In this coastal region south of Adelaide, teachers are among parents who remain unsure when they can return to the workforce as the waiting time for a childcare place balloons to two years.
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Fleurieu Peninsula teachers unsure when they can return to work amid two-year wait for childcare
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In this coastal region south of Adelaide, teachers are among parents who remain unsure when they can return to the workforce as the waiting time for a childcare place balloons to two years.
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Why educated, affluent Australians are unable to navigate the welfare system
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Government Services Minister Bill Shorten says 3,000 new Service Australia workers will help sort the backlog of claims and relieve long call wait-times, as benefit recipients say the system is too complex and slow.
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This English teacher has no idea how anyone with less help is navigating Centrelink
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Government Services Minister Bill Shorten says 3,000 new Service Australia workers will help sort the backlog of claims and relieve long call wait-times, as benefit recipients say the system is too complex and slow.
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Parents of twins, triplets, quadruplets call for support from government and more paid parental leave
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Parents of triplets and quadruplets say they're struggling to make ends meet, calling on the federal government to expand support for families of multiples.
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Abrupt cancellation of Devonport's only autism specific childcare program leaves children and their families in the lurch
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Ricardo's mum says the specialised autism program he was enrolled in was "some of the only interaction he got with other children". Now, with that program closed down, she and other parents are at a loss as to what to do.
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Aoife says being a mother should feel like a 'gift', but it feels like a 'shackle and burden'
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The lowest fertility rates in the world are seen in East Asian populations such as South Korea and Japan. But rates are even declining in countries like China and India. Why are women in these countries choosing to be child free?
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Why are women in countries with the lowest fertility rates not having kids?
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The lowest fertility rates in the world are seen in East Asian populations such as South Korea and Japan. But rates are even declining in countries like China and India. Why are women in these countries choosing to be child free?
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Growing calls for a reform in outdated child support system
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The federal government is undertaking the first review of the child support payments since the Howard government amid growing concerns the system is outdated.
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Parents asked to cut childcare hours as regional provider struggles to find and house staff
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An Esperance childcare provider is asking parents to consider reducing the hours their children spend in care as it grapples with staff shortages and a long waiting list.
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Parents asked to cut childcare hours as regional provider struggles to find, house staff
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An Esperance childcare provider is asking parents to consider reducing the hours their children spend in care as it grapples with staff shortages and a long waiting list.
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Can Australia learn from Finland when it comes to childcare?
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The Nordic countries are well-known for their high standard of living, and Australia could look to Finland as an example of a country that’s achieved universal childcare.
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While Aussies beg for babysitters on Facebook, childcare in Finland is guaranteed by the government
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Australia's childcare system has been described as a "ridiculous struggle" for many working families, but could a country a world away teach us how to do it right?
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While Aussies beg for babysitters on Facebook, child care in Finland is guaranteed by the government
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Australia's childcare system has been described as a "ridiculous struggle" for many working families, but could a country a world away teach us how to do it right?
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'Hoodwinked and fooled': How Australian parents are being misled on toddler milk
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It's the ultra-processed milk powder intentionally marketed as a follow-on to breastfeeding or infant formulae. But the evidence suggests toddler or transition milks are unnecessary at best and harmful at worst.
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Lily died after hitting her head at child care. Her family want answers.
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Ten hours after hitting her head at child care, Lilly was dead, leaving her family wanting answers
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Lilliana suffered a head injury at her childcare centre. She died the same night
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Rashelle's life changed forever when her one-year-old daughter Lilly died after a fall at a childcare centre. But closure has been hard to come by due to multiple reports leaving her cause of death undetermined.
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Ten hours after hitting her head at childcare, Lilly was dead, leaving her family wanting answers
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Rashelle's life changed forever when her one-year-old daughter Lilly died after a fall at a childcare centre. But closure has been hard to come by due to multiple reports leaving her cause of death undetermined.
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Ten hours after hitting her head at child care, Lilly was dead, leaving her family wanting answers
via abc.net.au
Rashelle's life changed forever when her one-year-old daughter Lilly died after a fall at a childcare centre. But closure has been hard to come by due to multiple reports leaving her cause of death undetermined.
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Mamma Ball is bringing mums to basketball in a fun, low-pressure environment
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Mamma Ball gives mums the chance to play basketball and socialise, with no pressure. They can participate however they want, whenever they want.
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How much could parents benefit from super on parental leave?
via abc.net.au
The government has announced plans to pay superannuation to those on paid parental leave. Here's how it would work, and how it would affect parents.
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Mother says super during parental leave will help women in the workforce
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Labor will move to pay super on government-funded paid parental leave if they win the next election. Mum Carrie shares why it is a significant step.
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Super on paid parental leave will help women in the workforce says mum
via abc.net.au
Labor will move to pay super on government-funded paid parental leave if they win the next election. Mum Carrie shares why it is a significant step.
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'Illegally operating every day': Here's what educators have told us about 'under the roof' ratio misuse
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A childcare centre practice colloquially known as "under the roof" to calculate the ratio of educators to children is being misused in childcare centres, according to respondents of an investigation by 7.30.
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