Kinder will be made free for all three and four-year-old children from next year and a new “Pre-Prep” created under an overhaul of Victoria’s early childhood system that will also tackle cost of living. 

The national electricity market has been completely suspended for the first time in an extraordinary intervention to ensure the lights stay on. 

New research has revealed Six in ten young Australians have been smacked repeatedly by their parents, and are nearly twice as likely to develop anxiety and depression as other teens and adults.

A study has found newborn babies of teenage mothers who smoke are the most likely to not have vaccine protection against the flu or whooping cough. 

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