Parental leave cap lifted to $350k
Gender-neutral claiming will form part of a modernised government paid parental leave scheme which will be expanded to families earning up to $350,000.
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Why playtime is a serious business for the Treasurer
Changes to the childcare subsidy plus a huge boost to play groups and toy libraries will be features of the Albanese government’s ‘family-friendly’ budget on Tuesday.
‘Unique’ student ID could save lost kids
NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell has called for a unique student ID for every Australian child to stop kids at risk “falling through the cracks”.
How to get cash back for empty wine, spirit bottles
The Return and Earn container recycling scheme is about to be expanded to take glass wine and spirits bottles — putting $40 million back into drinkers’ pockets.
Lives of 7000 ‘lost’ schoolless kids at risk
There is an entire generation of children aged five to 17 missing out on an education at NSW schools. Read the stories of the kids who fell through the education system’s cracks.
Back to a new normal for HSC
It’s been three years of disruption for senior students sitting their final exams— but finally, this year’s HSC will return to almost ‘normal’. Here’s NSW officials’ plan to pull it off.
Tax cut backflip would ‘penalise’ NSW families: Premier
NSW families will bear the brunt of any backflip on promised stage three tax cuts by federal Labor, Premier Dominic Perrottet has claimed.
Balgownie father dies after swept off rocks
The rock fisherman who drowned after being swept off rocks at Wollongong Harbour on Monday has been identified as Balgownie man Nikola Arcaba.
‘Fantastic milestone’ reached in new $700m Shellharbour Hospital
An embattled state government MP has claimed he “always gets it done” with the NSW Government confirming they crossed an impasse in the construction of a new hospital in the Illawarra region.
‘Political assassination’: Ward hits out at sexual violence charges
Embattled Kiama MP Gareth Ward has hit out at what he calls an “attempted political assassination”, as his historic sexual violence court case briefly resumed.
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