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Nurse Penny Farries spends up to an hour and a half commuting to work from her home in Illawong

Penny’s commute is 90 minutes each way. No wonder workers like her are quitting

Most of Sydney’s care workers live in the city’s west, but demand is highest in the east. That mismatch is taking a growing toll.

  • Matt Wade

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Stevie, 6, has since been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease and will require a transplant in the coming years.

Frankie thought her daughter was safe at daycare. Her child’s life changed forever

The Sydney daycare centre that Stevie attended has been hit with a swath of serious complaints and had its licence suspended for three months.

  • Amber Schultz
A video recorded at a Sydney childcare centre shows a staff member repeatedly slapping a baby girl.

Horrific video of baby being slapped at Sydney childcare is just the tip of the iceberg

Scores of accounts of horrific abuse against babies and toddlers at childcare have been detailed, as well as negligence and safety concerns.

  • Amber Schultz
Alex Hughes (left) at work.

‘A heaviness in my heart’: This WA mum lives on $441 a week

After divorce and disability struck her household, Laura lives way below the WA poverty line. Here’s what she says is the hardest part for her and her kids.

  • Alex Hughes
Anthony Albanese and Labor promised a lot to voters. Here’s when it should be delivered.

Here’s everything Albanese and Labor promised you – and when you can expect it

Here’s everything we know about the major policies unveiled by Anthony Albanese and Labor – and what you can expect from them in government.

  • Nick Bonyhady and Natassia Chrysanthos
Rosie Cuppaidge and her 14-month-old daughter Ione.

Kids watching TV at childcare raises parents’ ire

Parents say they have been shocked to find their children in front of TV screens at childcare. Experts say digital technology can complement the curriculum, but warn of the dangers of too much screen time.

  • Nicole Precel
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How involved and available grandparents are to their grandchildren is an increasing source of anxiety to many families.

‘Grandparents are afraid to say no’: Navigating the politics of caring

With more seniors working longer and families scattered to the winds, battle-lines are drawn between parents in need of support and grandparents unable to – or uninterested in – caring for their grandchildren.

  • Flic Everett
St Kilda mother Madeline Silins and her daughter Myka.

Free kinders charging parents for spots on waiting lists

Kindergartens are charging families up to $100 to go on waiting lists, as parents clamour to get into sought-after early learning spaces. 

  • Nicole Precel
Nicole Ferraris poses and her son Sascha know the disruption of a childcare centre closing down.

Families brace for more childcare centre collapses

Melbourne’s wealthier suburbs, where supply outstrips demand, are most at risk of centre closures, experts say.

  • Noel Towell and Nicole Precel
Australians tell us what they think of the federal budget.

We asked what you thought of the budget. Here’s what you said

We asked these Australians to tell us what they thought of the budget. Here is what they said.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo, Brittany Busch, Riley Walter, Hannah Kennelly, Alexander Darling, Cassandra Morgan and Jessica McSweeney

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