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The Aussie workers set to get a $155-a-week pay rise

The first boost to pay cheques will come in late this year.

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Childcare and out-of-school-hours workers will soon get a 15 per cent pay rise locked in from the end of 2024. Stock image

Dozens of children rushed to hospital in mass button battery scare

Paramedics assessed more than 60 children aged between two and five.

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64 children have been taken to hospital in a mass button battery scare at a Queensland childcare centre.

Grim reality facing 700,000 Australian parents

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One in four Australians have severely limited access to childcare - many have no access at all.

Baby left alone in empty Perth daycare centre after staff go home

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A child has been left alone for more than 30 minutes at a Busy Bees childcare centre in Mirrabooka.

Children aged one and two escape QLD childcare centre: ‘Systemic failure’

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A Gold Coast childcare centre has been fined after two toddlers escaped the facility.

Thousands of Aussie workers to receive 15 per cent pay rise

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Taxpayers will foot the bill for a 15 per cent wage increase for early childhood education and care workers