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Erin Erceg’s Little Grots kindy was going to mesh learning with the onsite farm.

Kindy stoush upsets hundreds of families in Perth’s south-east

Hundreds of families on the waitlist for a kindergarten in one of Perth’s fastest-growing areas have been left devastated after its owners were forced to abandon the venture.

  • Hamish Hastie

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Children who go missing from residential care are often targeted

Blue Cards in spotlight after ‘horrendous breach of trust’ in childcare rapist case

The premier slammed the Blue Card system, which allows people to work with children, as “broken”.

  • Cloe Read

Labor can’t make a thing stick to Dutton, the Mr Teflon of empty politics

Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy is riddled with holes. But it may be that credibility on the details is simply not what matters about Dutton: his image is of toughness, not policy smarts.

  • Sean Kelly
The prime minister will build on the government’s childcare agenda with a promise to end the activity test.

Albanese signs up to $1.3b childcare fix economists have recommended for years

Anthony Albanese went to the 2022 election promising childcare fee relief. On Wednesday, he will promise more assistance as part of a second-term plan.

  • Shane Wright
A 16-year-old girl alleges her residential care unit is like “jail” after being removed from her foster parents over an allegation she says is untrue.

The 16-year-old, the sex abuse allegation and the $3k-a-day accommodation

When Kate sent a terrifying message to her friends one evening, things rapidly spiralled out of control.

  • Amber Schultz
Ashley Paul Griffith has been sentenced to life in prison.

Life term for ‘depraved and violent’ childcare rapist

One of Australia’s worst paedophiles has been jailed for sex offences he committed over 19 years in childcare centres. Warning: distressing content.

  • Rex Martinich
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Ashley Paul Griffith faces life in prison.

‘True horror’: Push for childcare rapist to be jailed for life

Ashley Paul Griffith has pleaded guilty to 307 offences, including sexual abuse and making child exploitation material, against nearly 70 victims beginning in 2003.

  • Rex Martinich
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hailed the government’s success on two housing bills after the Greens agreed on Monday to support the Help to Buy and Build to Rent schemes.

Albanese vows to leave ‘nothing on the field’ in bid to defeat Coalition

The PM’s promise comes as Labor is set to gain Senate approval for laws to ease student loans for three million Australians by scaling back the indexation of their debts.

  • David Crowe and Mike Foley
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese framed improvements to childcare reform as an economic reform.

Childcare subsidy won’t deliver for children, families or taxpayers

It’s safe to say the cost of childcare may come in as a close second in deterring parents-to-be from starting a family.

  • Georgie Dent

Bigger family, bigger problems? Not so, say these mothers

Australia’s fertility rate is at an all-time low, but blaming it all on the cost of living is short-sighted, say these parents who love their larger families.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/childcare-5vp