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'Ever present': help for families after infant loss

'Ever present': help for families after infant loss

An online program is helping rural families navigate their grief after stillbirth, with hopes expanded services will break down stigma surrounding infant loss.

Free childcare, more subsidies urged for those in need

Free childcare, more subsidies urged for those in need

Free childcare, more subsidies urged for those in need

Free childcare, more subsidies urged for those in need

About half of Australian families will benefit from more subsidies and free childcare if the federal government pursues a sustainable path to universal access.

Acquittals leave mystery of missing teen mum unsolved

Acquittals leave mystery of missing teen mum unsolved

Acquittals leave mystery of missing teen mum unsolved

Acquittals leave mystery of missing teen mum unsolved

The fate of a teen mother who vanished decades ago will stay unsolved after a couple accused of her murder were acquitted.

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Mother charged with murdering her two sons fronts court

Mother charged with murdering her two sons fronts court

A mother charged with murdering her two sons has fronted court for the first time on two domestic violence murder counts.

Mums and dads to get super on their parental leave

Mums and dads to get super on their parental leave

Superannuation payments will be paid on top of government-funded paid parental leave from July 2025 for an estimated 180,000 families.

Landmark settlements for children detained in Nauru

Landmark settlements for children detained in Nauru

Two children held in offshore detention in Nauru have secured settlements with the Australian government over harm caused to them in a protracted legal battle.

Childcare shortage crippling country families' finances

Childcare shortage crippling country families' finances

Eighty-six per cent of families in regional, rural and remote communities are struggling to access childcare, creating financial stress, a report has warned.

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Woman charged after injured baby found outside home

Woman charged after injured baby found outside home

Woman charged after injured baby found outside home

Woman charged after injured baby found outside home

A baby boy remains in hospital with serious injuries as a 25-year-old woman is charged with two serious offences for allegedly injuring the newborn.

He's still out there: mum's plea over coffee attack

He's still out there: mum's plea over coffee attack

He's still out there: mum's plea over coffee attack

He's still out there: mum's plea over coffee attack

The mother of a badly burnt baby is pleading for help to identify a man she believes doused her son in hot coffee, saying she is having panic attacks.

Baby found with life-threatening injuries outside home

Baby found with life-threatening injuries outside home

Baby found with life-threatening injuries outside home

Baby found with life-threatening injuries outside home

Police have appealed for information after discovering a newborn baby with life threatening injuries outside an address in Melbourne.

Apology, reform after landmark birth trauma inquiry

Apology, reform after landmark birth trauma inquiry

Apology, reform after landmark birth trauma inquiry

Apology, reform after landmark birth trauma inquiry

All recommendations from an inquiry into birth trauma, which highlighted ways maternity care can be improved, have been accepted by the NSW government.

'Considerable failure' in policy leads to newborn death

'Considerable failure' in policy leads to newborn death

'Considerable failure' in policy leads to newborn death

'Considerable failure' in policy leads to newborn death

A baby's preventable death during Melbourne's lockdown should prompt changes to Medicare eligibility for children of migrants, a coroner has found.

'Torture': mum's horror at hot coffee thrown over baby

'Torture': mum's horror at hot coffee thrown over baby

'Torture': mum's horror at hot coffee thrown over baby

'Torture': mum's horror at hot coffee thrown over baby

The mother of a baby burnt after a stranger poured hot coffee on the boy says she wishes she was the victim and keeps having flashbacks of the incident.

Closure for patients as Monash IVF settles for $56m

Closure for patients as Monash IVF settles for $56m

Closure for patients as Monash IVF settles for $56m

Closure for patients as Monash IVF settles for $56m

Monash IVF has agreed to a $56 million settlement over a landmark class action regarding the destruction of embryos during non-invasive genetic screening.

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Super on parental leave to reduce 'motherhood penalty'

Parents will get an extra $3000 in their super balance while on government-funded paid parental leave under laws introduced to federal parliament.

How a call helped an Aboriginal mum find connection

A Wiradjuri mother is sharing her experience with perinatal anxiety, as a national helpline reports increasing calls from Indigenous people.

'Many times over': childcare pay rise to reap dividends

A pay rise for childcare workers has been praised by the sector and unions but there are calls for more funding for the industry to retain staff.

Childcare's staff crisis revealed in new survey figures

More than 60 per cent of early childhood educators plan to leave the sector within three years as mounting staff turnover continues to plague the industry.

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Childcare desert sucking the life out of regional towns

Psychologist Tegan Podubinski knows her regional city needs more mental health support but she and other essential workers need the childcare crisis fixed.

Baby drought as house prices push parents out of cities

Australians are having less babies and the fertility plunge is being blamed on high housing costs with analysis showing parents are being pushed to the fringes.

Appeals locked in for William Tyrrell ex-foster parents

Missing boy William Tyrrell's former foster parents will face separate appeal hearings after being convicted for the assault and intimidation of another child.

Traumas of birth untold no longer as mums in pain speak

A mother left haunted and suffering PTSD after the birth of her first child hopes awareness of trauma leads to better care for families.

'Nightmare continued' after man exit-trafficked wife

A woman who was exit-trafficked to Sudan by her husband has told a court her "nightmare continued" when she tried to reunite with her young children.

Photos of Aussie kids scraped, used by popular AI tool

Child safety advocates have called for greater online privacy protections after Human Rights Watch identified photos of young Australians in an AI dataset.

Acquittal of William Tyrrell foster mum may be appealed

Prosecutors are weighing up challenging a finding that missing boy William Tyrrell's ex-foster mum did not intimidate another child.

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