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AP - Australian children's author, Mem Fox, created a storm of controversy recently by stating that daycare for young infants is a form of child abuse: "We’re going to look back on this time - with putting children in childcare so early in their first year of life - and wonder how we have allowed that child abuse to happen." This comment was made due to the fact that Australia is lagging well behind most of the world in legislating for paid maternity leave.

Surfer's Paradise City

October 6th 2008
Just back from Surfer's Paradise, Queensland. Paradise City. The Gold Coast. Australia's Miami Beach. We are here for a long holiday weekend at the Crowne Plaza, Broadbeach. Michelle is a presenter at the annual conference of the The Australian Council for Adult Literacy, on behalf of the Sioux Hudson Literacy Council. Her's was the session they were all 'buzzing' about. People continue t ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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