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Career after baby? What career?
You can skirt around the issue of returning-to-work after baby with whatever fancy, politically correct phrases you like, but when it’s reduced down like a Masterchef-style jus, the stress, the negotiation, the juggle and the guilt make the whole process, simply, crap.
Should you have a third child or not?
I thought our family had been complete with our two boys. I had no idea how much I needed my daughter until she was here.
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The initiative to help job-hunting mums explain the 'resume gap'
It's a common problem faced by mums returning to work after an extended period of maternity leave. How do I account for the gap that years at home caring for babies has left in my resume?
Microsoft's new parent policy sets new standard
Computer software giant Microsoft will set new standards by extending paid maternity leave to 20 weeks and providing four weeks of paid leave for employees to care for a seriously ill family member.
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Daddy, we still hardly know you
We all know about motherhood issues – motherhood being a proposition no one can oppose. But what about fatherhood? On this issue, it seems our society's views are more equivocal.
Fathers of newborns failing to take up paid leave scheme
It was designed to help dads connect better with their newborn children, but Australia's paid parental scheme is still leaving fathers behind.
Sleep deprivation spurs $30 million Love To Dream business
Struggling with her newborn baby provided business inspiration for Hana-Lia Krawchuk.
What should come first? The house or a baby?
Traditionally the expectation when we have children is that we'll pick up and move to a quarter acre block in the 'burbs.
How the penalty rates decision hurts women
The decision to lower Sunday and public holiday penalty rates in hospitality and retail will make the gender pay gap worse.
'Ikea effect': Aldi seeks grocery guinea pigs
Aldi is calling for people to join its testers' club, seeking to capitalise on the fervour of some of its shoppers.
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How to do your weekly shop for less than $50
With two baby boys, a half-built house, no job and only $50 a week for groceries, Queensland mother Jody Allen had to find a way to feed her family.
The winners and losers out of the Turnbull government's revamped childcare plan
The Turnbull government has moved closer to victory on its signature $3.5 billion child care package by watering down proposed cuts to family payments and extending the taxpayer-funded paid parental leave scheme.
How Centrelink has terrorised me over an ex-partner's debt
Threatened with having my wages held back to pay for a false debt, I feared my single-parent budget would fall to pieces.
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