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Genius Childcare director Darren Misquitt.

Administrators take control of national childcare chain

The struggling Genius chain of childcare centres has been forced into administration by creditors seeking payment of multimillion-dollar debts.

  • Noel Towell

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Perth daycares shut by mass walkout over unpaid wages, super

Families across Perth were left in the lurch on Monday after educators quit over months of late wages and unpaid super, with their union taking legal action.

  • Emma Young
Some parents have no option but a childcare centre.

To win parents’ votes, put their kids first – with childcare that hits home

There’s evidence that children aged under three are more stressed in childcare centres than at home. Working parents need options.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
A Mini Cooper in the foreground, and in the background a Ford Cortina Mk I (a car the author once owned in real life).

I love my toy racing cars, but I think they’re ruining my dating life

Is it a thing of beauty or a ridiculous relic? Karl Quinn just can’t decide, but he knows that slot-car racing set is just too damn big.

  • Karl Quinn
Rod and Deonie Fiford and Niamh with the rocket that rekindled his passion for building blocks.

A good toy can be the building blocks of a career, or just a way to skip church

Not all toys say “educational” on the box. Still, some can spark lifelong learning. Here’s what the experts put in toy boxes.

  • Jackson Graham
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
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Parenting has always been stressful, but now it’s different, experts say.

Has parenting really become too hard? Experts certainly believe so

Many parents are at the breaking point of stress, and some say parenting has become too hard. What can we do to bring the joy back?

  • Sarah Berry
Children playing at Gardiner Preschool, which faces closure at the end of next year.

Eighty-year-old kinder facing eviction as church eyes lucrative sale

Gardiner Preschool, which has been on St Andrews Lane in Glen Iris for 80 years, has been given notice by the Uniting Church to vacate by the end of 2025.

  • Noel Towell
All young children must be freely entitled to a quality early childhood education.

No medal for Australia in international childcare rankings

A study of childcare in nine developed countries found Australia’s system did little to incentivise services where they’re most needed.

  • Alex Crowe
Andy Lee at Richmond Primary School with his nephews Freddy Miles (left) and George Miles (right). The other students are (rear l-r): Nikolas Daglis, Cece Dragovic; (front l-r): Grace Miller, Manuela Valente, Theodore Ang.

Andy Lee’s books have sold 3.5 million copies. Now comes the TV series

The popular podcaster and TV host is turning his bestselling children’s books into an animated series.

  • Karl Quinn

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