She previously worked from home but the school rejected her request to do it again.

The parents of a baby girl suffering from Croup have praised an online first-aid organisation for helping save their one-year-old's life.

Brad and Samantha Hill first knew something was wrong with little Harriet when she showed difficulties breathing.

The one-year-old was rushed to hospital and appeared to be improving the following day, when doctors said she could go home.

But Samantha wasn't convinced and just 30 minutes later Harriet took a massive turn for the worse. 

"My child was turning blue," Samantha told 9News.

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"She's not breathing. I don't know what to do.

"Within seconds, there was a whole medical team and they put her in an induced coma, just to put a breathing tube down her throat.

"She just could no longer breathe on her own. Her airways had completely shut."

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Samantha said waiting that 30 minutes as she was concerned Harriet was still not alright likely saved the little girl.

She learned the signs to look out for from an online first aid course run by Tiny Hearts and has thanked them for educating her.

"We teach them about choking, we teach them about CPR, we teach them about lots of different things that are commonly faced by little ones and emergencies in the home," Tiny Hearts Co-founder and chief executive Nikki Jurcutz said.

"As parents, we know our children best and when we are assessing little ones, it actually can be really difficult for us as parents, but also medical professionals can miss things."

Harriet spent three days in an induced coma and was diagnosed with Croup – a condition caused by a viral infection that leads to swelling of the voice box and windpipe.

She has since recovered and is happy and healthy back at home.

Hone Ronaki was deported from Australia in October 2018.

‘There’s never been an election where the main polling companies have got it wrong’.

Born completely deaf, Katya knows how hard it is when you lose a speech processor.

The vote was 9-3, with one councillor calling the decision ‘totally wrong’.

Australia's gender pay gap has decreased to 13 per cent with women earning an average of $13,000 less than men each year.

New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed the nation's gender pay gap now sits at 13 per cent which is a 0.3 per cent decrease on February's figures.

On average, for every $1 men earn women make 87 cents.

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The ABS said the reduction is due to an improvement in the income of women in typically lower-paid female-dominated industries like education, training and healthcare.

But Workplace Gender Equality Agency CEO Mary Wooldridge said even with the slight reduction, now is not the time for the nation to "rest on its laurels".

"Employers have a key role to play in addressing the entrenched gender norms and stereotypes that are a barrier to women's progression or full participation in the workplace," she said.

"With dedicated, intentional action to address the gender pay gap in their organisation, Australian  employers will contribute to accelerating progress to close the national gender pay gap."

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The ABS data also showed the gender pay gap increased in a number of industries in the last six months including mining, financial and insurance services, real estate and retail trade.

There were some significant decreases in health care and construction.

An Australian surfer who was missing off the Indonesian coast for two days has thanked the public for their support in an Instagram post.

Elliot Foote was missing for two days after the boat he and his friends were on sank in bad weather during a surf trip for his 30th birthday.

Foote swam to the shore alone to get help, not knowing if his friends and the Indonesian tour guides who accompanied them were alive.

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"The last few days have been something that I cannot comprehend. My emotions are incredibly mixed; elation, guilt, complete adrenaline, anxiety, pure joy and happiness," Foote said in an Instagram post.

"From the moment the boat went under until the time we were reunited on Pinang Island, uncertainty was the only certainty."

"The 'lucky' four. True grit and determination in a life and death situation, paddling for hours on end with nothing but a hunch. I love you guys."

Foote's partner Steph Weisse and friends Will Teagle and Jordan Short were found on Tuesday morning on their surfboards in the ocean off Tengku Island, part of the Bankyaks, after 36 hours stranded at sea.

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Foote was found 90 minutes later on a nearby island.

Their Indonesian guide, Fifan, has not been found.

"My deepest thoughts are with the family of Fifan," Foote said.

"Our joyful young guide who hasn't been found. I wish there was more we could have done to help you, and that will stay with me as a burden to bear.

"I understand the loneliness you must've felt in those hours by yourself, and my condolences to your family."

"(To) the greater global community who reached out… thank you, it means so much to me. I'm truly moved and am filled with love and gratitude for life."

National’s KiwiSaver diversification proposal has been met with scepticism.

The goal is to prevent mis-scans at the checkout, Woollies says.