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School holidays to start early in Victoria
Victoria will be the only state in the country where school holidays will be brought forward due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison...
Events in Casey cancelled due to coronavirus
Casey’s customer service centres have been closed and many events have been cancelled or postponed due to coronavirus.
The federal government has banned non-essential gatherings...
Cardinia events canned, libraries shut in coronavirus crisis
Cardinia libraries have been closed and popular events - including the Pakenham Show - have been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Some sporting competitions...
Kids and coronavirus – what you need to know
Should you send your children to school? Should you be worried if you are pregnant or have a newborn at home?
Here, maternal and health...
Basketball Elite Basketball Camp
Envision Basketball has just launched the Next Xtraordinary Talent (N.X.T.) Elite Camps, designed for advanced players between 12 - 18 years of age, who...
Mum’s mission after daughter’s horror button battery ordeal
Six-year-old Shaylah Carmichael is lucky to be alive.
For months, a deadly button battery was stuck inside the little girl’s oesophagus.
Mum Kirra long suspected something...
Mum’s fun career change
Pakenham mum Sarah Fenton was working part-time in an office when she decided to embark on a new and somewhat noisy adventure - opening...
Mum gives birth day after last uni exam
Buddhini Wickramarathne was determined to finish university before having her second child and she did - with one day to spare.
The Cranbourne mother gave...
Mum’s seatbelts for special needs kids go viral
Worried about what would happen to her daughter in a car crash, Natalie Bell made a personalised seatbelt cover to make her little girl’s...
A groovy event for kids
If you think underage discos went out of vogue in the 1990s, you’re wrong.
It’s a Friday night and more than 300 kids are streaming...
Games to get the party started
Pass the parcel
A classic game kids of all ages get excited about. Beforehand, buy a main prize, a few inexpensive toys and a pack...
Advocating for a child with a disability
Parents of children with a disability often find they have to take on the role of advocate as well.
Here, Toni Kilgariff, from disability services...
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Switching suburbs
Moving house is a daunting prospect at the best of times, but throw kids in the mix and you’re in nightmare territory.
So how do...
