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Wrestling The Nanny State

Saturday June 14, 2008
Contentious but never contrite, Peter Saunders overturned his own beliefs before he started on society's. Michael Duffy farewells him.

Is Playtime Over?

Thursday May 29, 2008
When the nanny state takes over the playground, children's fun - and their development - is threatened. Katherine Kizilos reports.

The Part-time Paradox

Thursday August 23, 2007
Working women find new ways to keep their careers on track while juggling jobs and family.

It's A Crisis: We're All Doomed To Get Proper Jobs

Saturday March 31, 2007
MondayThe chill winds of autumn blew around the Phantom Day Traders' Syndicate as we huddled over a little picnic in the park, discussing our latest investment disasters.

Arriving At Platform Two Is Common Courtesy, If Not The Common Cold

Saturday July 22, 2006
"THERE'S no excuse for abuse," reads a CityRail poster plastered across Sydney platforms. "Some days don't go to plan," it earnestly explains, "but we all have the right to do our jobs without being: verbally abused, physically assaulted and spat upon."

Power Couples

Sunday September 25, 2005
Relationships can be hard work at the best of times but what happens when two people with demanding jobs fall in love? Annette Binger talks to four couples who have learned to juggle their high-powered careers and a happy marriage.

Profession Is Not Child's Play

Wednesday August 3, 2005
Sally Christensen is a woman on a mission. For the past decade or so, she has worked around the world as a nanny, confronting issues such as coping with twins and postnatal depression. She has even been a "super nanny" of sorts - a "troubleshooting" child carer who undertakes jobs of up to six months for families with a particularly difficult child or if a previous nanny hasn't performed well.

Mothers Struggle To Juggle Career . . .

Saturday May 14, 2005
There are pitfalls and prejudices for parents in part-time jobs, reports Julie Szego

Higher Learning For Early Childhood

Sunday October 3, 2004
"WANTED: Nanny to look after two preschool children on remote property. Must be be able to stimulate their development, understand their needs, ensure their health and safety and be able to identify illness, apply basic first aid and prepare nutritional meals."

Where Have All The Housewives Gone?

Saturday March 13, 2004
YOU might recall the scene in Mary Poppins when Winifred Banks returns home to find her children having a whale of a time with their nanny and the chimneysweep.

How Privacy Nanny Nixed Tv Series

Friday May 9, 2003
THE sudden departure of the NSW bureaucrat Chris Puplick won't bring on a flood of tears among members of the journalistic trade. As Privacy Commissioner and president of the Anti-Discrimination Board he was a state licensed busybody, who stuck his nose into all manner of enterprises that complainants regarded as being discriminatory and public.

Wanted, Part-time Work For Wasted Women's Skills

Sunday May 4, 2003
I HAVE just done a job search on the Law Society's online employment page. A general search for lawyers in a metropolitan centre came up with 1096 jobs.

Vows Of Celibacy

Saturday February 22, 2003
The modern marriage has it all two jobs, two cars, two children. But there's one thing missing, writes Caitlin Flanagan ... sex.

Australian Lives

Saturday October 26, 2002
She had seen the movie Reality Bites 100 times. He was worried about seven missing tracksuit tops. She kept ``all the scare inside me". The Australians who died in the Bali bombing had jobs, friends, families and futures. Today The Age begins a series celebrating their lives.

The Nannies Vs Park Avenue

Sunday May 5, 2002
It's only fiction, say the authors of a titillating satire about a nanny's ordeal with an overindulged high-society family. So why are New York's super-elite up in arms, asks George Epaminondas. The Nanny Diaries by Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin is published by Penguin, $21.

It's Whole, New World

Wednesday February 13, 2002
Taking a working holiday doesn't have to mean pub jobs in London. The opportunities for the modern backpacker are much more varied.

Thanks To Everyone

Friday January 25, 2002
IT ALL started on Christmas Eve when I was just sitting back and relaxing at my nanny's house.

When It Comes To The Budget, Which Is The Stronger Sex

Sunday May 20, 2001
The young family After working as a nanny and studying part-time, Simone Bye, 26, and her husband James, an engineering project manager, decided to have a baby. But three months after the birth of Joshua, she decided to return to work for a couple of days a week to ease increasing financial pr

Waiting For The Word On Welfare? Action Speaks Louder

Monday December 4, 2000
FOURTEEN months ago Family and Community Services Minister Jocelyn Newman declared that some people had a destructive and self-indulgent welfare mentality. It poisoned the system as they stayed at home and exploited the social safety net - despite the availability of jobs. Newman was setting the sce

Courses And Information

Wednesday August 4, 1999
Academic qualifications are not generally required for any of the carer jobs - it's a matter of getting on-the-job experience. For this, you could contact Home Care Service of NSW (02-9689 2666), church organisations, local councils or hospitals. Getting a basic qualification such as Australia

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