A Perth childcare centre has been slapped with a hefty fine after a toddler was accidentally locked inside a hot shed. The incident occurred at Mercy Community Services Limited’s centre in Heathridge in Perth’s north on March 7 last year, with a tribunal ordering the company to pay a $15,000Continue Reading
Every child under five years old will have access to three days a week of high-quality early childhood education and care, should the proposals of a landmark report be adopted. But the recommendation, outlined alongside a suite of other measures submitted by the Productivity Commission to improve the accessibility andContinue Reading
The insane annual salary of staff working for Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has been revealed, along with her jaw dropping forecasted spend of $47 million over the next decade. The almost $50 million budget exceeded Sydney’s entire affordable housing plan and would account for the salaries of 22 fullContinue Reading
A fiery exchange between The Project star Hamish Macdonald and beloved entertainer Kamahl has shone a fresh light on the billions of dollars spent on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people each year. A central argument of many opponents of the Voice to Parliament is that a huge amount ofContinue Reading
My son is busy, curious and active. When he was very young his pediatric specialist said to my husband and I: “Don’t let them tell you this child has ADHD”. That doctor was right to warn us. We faced pressure from various childcare services to get him diagnosed over theContinue Reading
Nearly half a million jobs were created in the first year of the Albanese government, the strongest start on record according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers. As Treasury and the Reserve Bank alike predict that the unemployment rate of 3.6 per cent will tick up in the months ahead as theContinue Reading
Politicians are split on whether the wording of the proposed constitutional amendment to enshrine the Indigenous Voice should be changed before the referendum. The parliamentary committee investigating the Voice to parliament and the executive government released its report on Friday, which revealed a divide along party lines. Labor and theContinue Reading