As Schoolies enters its second week around the country, another crowd is ramping up the celebrations. They’re older, wiser and definitely richer.

Welcome to the Moolies! The mums of school leavers who take idyllic trips at the same time as schoolies. While mums of schoolies isn’t exactly new, it’s on the rise and back in the headlines fuelled by mums embracing a new era and hotels and tourism groups identifying a cashed-up crowd ready to party. 

And in headlines today, Jetstar flights cancelled over software upgrade & passport processing issue caused delays in Melb and Syd; The final 5% of the federal government's 15 per cent pay rise package will hit early childhood educators' bank accounts from today; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel's president to grant him a pardon; More than one thousand people have turned out to pay tribute to the victims of Hong Kong's deadliest fire in more than 75 years; Nicole Kidman has spent her first Thanksgiving without Keith Urban doing a charity run; Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, made history on the weekend becoming the first PM to get married while in office

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