Many parents are furious at the new Covid-19 back-to-school measures announced in NSW, with fears it will traumatise children.
Lauren Ferri and Kate Schneider
Victorian school students and teachers will return to classrooms on January 31. Here’s everything parents need to know about the plan.
Ellen Ransley
A loophole restricting the ability for child support to be recovered once a person turns 18 will be closed under a new government plan targeting 18,000 parents.
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Students across Australia will face vastly different plans for returning to school. Here’s everything you need to know.
Rhiannon Tuffield
One state sticking by its promise to send children back to school later this month will likely enforce a mask mandate.
Controversial religious discrimination laws have sparked anger and confusion, with letters to the government left unanswered.
Courtney Gould
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has revealed his stance on the pausing of IVF procedures after receiving widespread backlash.
Rhiannon Tuffield and Ellen Ransley
Parents could be called in to help in the classroom as schools begin to make their plans on how they will handle Covid outbreaks.
Australia’s two largest states are working on a back-to-school plan that could involve students having to use rapid Covid tests.
Catie McLeod
There has been a big change to the vaccine rollout for some children as Australia’s rollout adapts to the Omicron crisis.
A toddler has been killed after she was hit by a car in the driveway of her Broome family home on Friday evening.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Teacher unions have blasted Scott Morrison, accusing him of being “offensive” after he announced a new policy they’ve labelled a “failure”.
Ashleigh Gleeson
A popular baby product has been stripped from the shelves over fears it contains bacteria that could cause “serious infections”.
Erin Lyons
A primary school teacher was told her child was conceived in sin after she revealed she underwent IVF, an inquiry has been told.
Perth childcare centres have topped the list for the most expensive daycare fees in WA in 2021. SEE THE LIST.
Nadia Budihardjo
A girl who drowned in a pool at her foster home about a week before her second birthday was one of six children in the care of a couple in their seventies.
Cheryl Goodenough
As parents, students and teachers await advice on if the school year can begin as scheduled, medical experts have had their say.
A Victorian youth worker who showed his colleague footage of a child rape he found on Facebook has had his clearance to work with children revoked.
Gus McCubbing
Frustrated doctors have called for urgent changes to Australia’s vaccine rollout after tens of thousands were jabbed in one day.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is standing firm on getting children back to school as GPs struggle with vaccine supply.
Ellen Ransley and Catie McLeod
A childcare worker regularly played a tickle game with children until he was accused of inappropriate touching. Now he’s in the clear.
Melissa Iaria
Scott Morrison says children have suffered too much for another school year to be disrupted, but GPs say it’s inevitable given vaccine issues.
Hundreds of childcare services have been forced to close their doors as staff and children are forced into isolation or fall ill with Covid-19.
South Australia has reported another major spike in daily Covid figures, which have eclipsed 3000 for the first time during the pandemic.
Caroline Schelle
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