A failure to identify health and development issues in young Australians is costing $22.3 billion annually, described as a "wake-up call" for governments.
Maeve Bannister
A gap allowing childcare workers accused of offences to keep working in one state will be closed, with more than 170 people in the firing line.
Callum Godde
More than 13,000 Australian children sought homeless support last year, with three in four remaining homeless after receiving crisis help.
Blair Jackson
A popular baby food product sold at supermarkets across the country has been urgently recalled over an undeclared allergen.
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Education ministers have agreed to a national CCTV trial in childcare centres, a workers register and mandatory training as providers are warned to shape up.
Callum Godde and Farid Farid
The meeting of state and federal childcare ministers will focus on upping safety regulations at childcare centres, including a national worker register and tougher penalties.
Jessica Wang
A national trial of CCTV in childcare centres is expected to be discussed at a meeting of federal, state and territory ministers after a damning safety review.
Callum Godde and Samantha Lock
A Sydney mum’s terrifying close call with her two-year-old has sparked a crusade to change retail safety standards across Australia.
George Al-Akiki
Almost a year after an attack that shocked a nation, the mother of a baby badly burnt by a stranger's coffee is still seeking justice for her recovering son.
Fraser Barton and Savannah Meacham
A chilling review by one state has blown the lid off problems in the childcare sector, revealing a system so broken it puts children at risk.
Andrew Hedgman
A rapid review of a state childcare sector has been released after high-profile abuse allegations exposed gaps in the system.
A review triggered by shocking allegations of abuse by a childcare worker has called for a national CCTV trial, more inspections and improved staff ratios.
Despite Australia’s birth rate struggling to recover to pre-Covid levels and it’s clear impact on an issue the government is desperate to fix – one thing is off the table.
The federal government has launched compliance action against 30 childcare centres in the wake of shocking allegations of sector-wide child safety failures.
Duncan Evans
Urgent reforms on working with children checks - including a “banned in one, banned in all” approach - could take up to a year to fix, with the delay slammed as “unsatisfactory”.
Nathan Schmidt
Hospitals in one state have admitted 34 schoolchildren with flu in the past week alone as health officials reveal an alarming reason for the surge.
The ‘temporary suspension’ of over 100 courses will affect both domestic and international students at one of Australia’s biggest universities.
Alexandra Feiam
The Wiggles’ former chief executive has launched legal action against the children’s entertainment group just months after departing the role.
Blake Antrobus
The state’s acting Early Learning Minister says the “days of pretending to improve while nothing is done are over” in the childcare sector.
Albany’s specialist care nursery for premature babies was deemed open for business on Friday, more than eight months after it reached practical completion.
Melissa Sheil
The baby girl was “unlikely” to have died if she had been born in hospital or if the homebirth had appropriate midwife support, an inquest has found.
As more than 50,000 teachers strike, one industry has been flooded with families responding to the union’s call to keep children out of school.
Emma Kirk and Andrew Hedgman
The King’s School headmaster has extended his leave while allegations he clipped a student’s head during a biblical studies class are investigated.
Childcare providers call for more information about their staff's history to protect kids from predators after another worker was accused of abuse.
Tom Wark and Farid Farid
