Another blow for Melbourne childcare staff left in the lurch
Devastated childcare workers who haven’t been paid for weeks have been dealt another blow, with a third Genius Childcare subsidiary entering administration on Wednesday afternoon.
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‘Troubled’ Victorian childcare centres lose $200m, hundreds fail safety standards
Leading childcare companies which operate hundreds of centres in Victoria are haemorrhaging money as they fail to meet national safety and quality standards. See which centres make the list.
Grieving family prepare for inquest into NT childcare centre death
The grieving parents of a little girl have released a heartbreaking photo of her, ahead of the coronial inquest into a fatal medical incident at a Top End childcare centre.
56 family daycare centres in Victoria closed under emergency order
Authorities have ordered the interim closure of dozens of centres while compliance and sleep risk assessments are carried out following the death of a baby in Melbourne’s southeast.
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‘Miss Purr’ not at work after widespread backlash
A teacher who referred to themselves as a cat, asked students to call them “Miss Purr”, hissed and licked the back of their hands is no longer working at the school after widespread condemnation.
Meet the talented young artists from ARTEXPRESS 2025
The annual art exhibition which shows some of the most outstanding and exemplary artworks across NSW by HSC visual arts students has opened. Meet the students and see their amazing works.
The ‘lifechanging’ development coming to Victoria’s kinders
Children with disabilities will have more freedom and independence at kinder than before, thanks to ‘lifechanging’ upgrades and renovations taking place at more than 400 centres.
Back to school: Territory kids excited to return to the classroom
‘Very excited’: About 34,000 students and 3500 teachers returned to the NT’s 153 government schools, including more than 150 new teachers starting their teaching careers in the Territory.
Gallery: 2025 Toowoomba prep students reveal dream jobs
School’s in for 2025, and some of Toowoomba’s tiniest students have revealed what they’d like to be when they grow up as they head to class for the first time this week. Our mega-gallery here:
NT community fights to keep popular preschool program
A popular preschool trial has been quietly scrapped by the CLP, leading to members of a rural community to fight for it to be reinstated.
How much you’ll really pay for 13 years of private schooling in Brisbane
New research by McCrindle has revealed the total cost parents are forking out on school fees and auxiliary costs like uniforms, transport and devices across 13 years of schooling in Brisbane.
Eye-watering costs families set to fork out for 13 years of schooling
Prep students starting private school this year are tipped to cost their parents the equivalent of three average house deposits in fees over 13 years, forcing many to sacrifice holidays and work more hours to foot the bill.
New demountables arrive early for Top End school with growing pains
A Palmerston primary school that exceeded its built capacity by 13 per cent last year, despite only opening in 2020, will have six demountable classrooms this year, with the department promising an end to makeshift learning spaces.
Revealed: How Queensland’s biggest schools performed in ATAR
The Year 12 ATAR results of some of Queensland’s biggest schools can be exclusively revealed in yet another magical milestone for the Class of 2024. SEARCH THE TABLE
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