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‘Hacking is assumed now’: experts raise the alarm about added risk of surveillance cameras in childcare centres

As governments consider mandatory CCTV in early education, one big provider with cameras already installed is yet to formalise guidelines for how the footage will be stored and used

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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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New 60-bed aged care facility in the NT will not meet growing demand, advocates say

The Northern Territory is set to get 60 new aged-care beds, but advocates say it will not meet the growing demand.

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Will COVID-19 ruin Christmas? Why it's now harder to predict the pandemic's future

Experts say it's risky to make predictions about COVID-19 based on what's going on in other countries because the pandemic is different now than it was previously.

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Australia’s aged care workers win 15% pay rise and minister says it’s the ‘first step’

Fair Work Commission accepts that ‘feminised industries’ such as care work have been ‘historically undervalued’

The Guardian - AU

Unions warn WA wages campaign isn't over

West Australian public sector workers have gathered in large numbers outside Parliament House in Perth amid an ongoing dispute over public sector pay.

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Aged care sector warns ADF assistance not enough to address ‘stark’ staff shortages

Unions and providers welcome one-month extension of workforce support but say tens of thousands of aged care workers unavailable

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More than 1,000 active COVID-19 outbreaks in Australia's aged care sector, with Queensland second highest, taking toll on staff and residents

Aged care providers warn of rising COVID-19 outbreaks in the sector, with active cases now numbering more than 9,500 among residents and staff.

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Pauline Hanson struck down with COVID-19

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has contracted COVID-19 and will remain in isolation until after Saturday's federal election.

AAP

Scale of Australia’s aged care Covid deaths laid bare as staff prepare to strike

Analysis shows more than 1,400 deaths reported by providers so far in 2022, dwarfing the first two years of pandemic

The Guardian - AU

SA aged care workers use day off to rally for better work conditions after strike action delayed until after federal election

Hundreds of aged care workers in Queensland and Western Australia walk off the job in a stand for better pay and work conditions, but South Australian aged care staff remained diligently at work after the Fair Work Commission put off their strike until the day after the federal election.

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Thousands of shocking reports reveal extent of Australian aged care residents’ suffering due to understaffing

More than 6,500 reports of distressed and neglected residents and unsafe conditions the ‘tip of the iceberg’, union says

The Guardian - AU

Aged care workers across Australia vote to take industrial action

Union says vote overwhelmingly supports action that could include strikes and is likely to occur before federal election

The Guardian - AU

Aged care bodies and unions demand Coalition match Labor’s pledge to fund potential wage rises

Federal opposition says it will pay any increase ordered by Fair Work Commission but Coalition has stopped short of such a guarantee

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Will Smith Slap At Oscars Wasn't His First Famous Slap: Video

News of the Will Smith slap has captured the internet’s attention since the 94th Academy Awards aired Sunday on ABC, a unit of Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS). While this will likely go down as the most famous slap of Smith’s career, it isn’t the first captured on camera.

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"The View" says Will Smith needs therapy

Meanwhile, the actor's mother weighs in on her son's actions, and wife Jada Pinkett Smith calls for healing

Evening Standard

Will Smith’s shocked mum breaks silence after son slapped Chris Rock at Oscars

Will Smith’s mother has admitted she was shocked after her son slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars.

ABC News

Thousands of aged care workers have not got their promised bonus, union says

Many aged care workers are questioning why they are yet to receive a $400 bonus promised by the Prime Minister earlier this year.

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The Guardian - AU

Survey finds 97% of Australia’s aged care workers have not received $800 bonus

Staff across Australia take first steps towards industrial action as promised payments are caught up in bureaucratic delays

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As COVID-19 reaches WA nursing homes, aged care workers are bracing for Omicron's impact

With two cases of COVID-19 confirmed at a residential facility in Perth, the union for aged care workers is hoping lessons are learned from how the sector handled Omicron in the eastern states.

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