Childcare
Fix WA cost of living now: Social services launch election pitch
The WA community services sector has come out swinging ahead of the state election saying the state has it in its power to act now on people’s suffering.
- by Emma Young
Latest
Police told to review handling of complaints about Brisbane childcare paedophile
Queensland’s police minister has asked for another review into how officers handled complaints into one of Australia’s worst paedophiles.
- by Cloe Read
Childcare rapist pleads guilty to hundreds of charges, families in tears
While the families of his victims cried in the courtroom, Ashley Griffith listened for almost three hours as the charges were read aloud.
- by Cloe Read
Is menopause killing women’s work, or is ‘garbage data’ trashing the brand? A Senate inquiry must decide
Claims that large numbers of women are quitting the workforce early because menopause is not supported are unfounded and being pushed as fact, risking women’s economic security, critics say.
- by Wendy Tuohy
The billion-dollar pay rise for childcare workers that comes with a catch
Low-paid childcare workers will get a substantial pay rise from the Albanese government just in time for Christmas – if their employers play ball.
- by James Massola
‘They would have stayed’: The crisis sucking the life out of regional towns
One-in-three Australians live in a place where this pervasive issue prevents essential workers contributing to their community.
- by Adrian Black
Opinion
Opinion
I’m a grandmother, not a child carer. I did the job the first time around
I long ago made it very clear to my adult children that while being a grandmother is something I might enjoy, I would not be participating in exhausting hours of tending to toddlers.
- by Avril Moore
Opinion
Family
I was barely around for my kids. As a Grananny I get a second chance
I’ve worked as a diplomat in war zones across Yugoslavia and the DR Congo but nothing prepared me for how tough and rewarding it would be to care for infants.
- by Jaque Grinberg
The job advert has been seen thousands of times. But no one has applied
A rewarding job in a stunning region is going begging despite the best efforts of the community to fill it.
- by Catherine Naylor
Analysis
Gadgets
We tried the $2000 baby tech dividing parents
We road-test the controversial Snoo smart bassinet: how much tech is too much for your baby?
- by David Swan
$10-a-day childcare should be ‘right there’ with Medicare, public schools
A think tank says the estimated $7 billion cost of providing free or low-fee early childhood education and care would be “more than offset” by other benefits.
- by Rachel Clun
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