How your family can get $400 from the state government
Families with children in government schools can earn $400 per child for free next year, to spend on camps and sporting fees.
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Some families are getting a $400 school bonus. Are you eligible?
How do you get it? Where can you spend it? Here’s everything you need to know about the $400 School Saving Bonus.
12yo’s confronting posts to ‘world’s most dangerous’ influencer
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Parents furious that ‘gifted’ daughter can’t start school
Eloise has an IQ of 122, can count to 10 and knows her ABCs, but even with the support of a child psychologist and her kinder teacher, the four-year-old has been knocked back from school.
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