Hey Emma, just came across this post. I believe Curtin is the only Uni that does a straight Midwifery degree.

ECU have recently changed their course structure to a double degree so you would end up with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Bachelor of Science in Midwifery at the end of 4 years (full time). The Nursing and Midwifery subjects are done simultaneously.

I'm pretty sure that you'd get HECS/HELP as it's an undergraduate course and you would probably be able to get some Austudy as well. Not sure how it works these days. Your best bet is to give the uni's a call about the HECS/HELP and Centrelink about the Austudy. The uni and TISC will be able to tell you about the TER/mature age stuff. I did uni when it was still TEE based so it's all changed and I have no idea how it works now!

As for daycare, that's entirely what you would feel comfortable with. I *think* some uni's have a creche so you could also ask them about that.

HTH.

Good Luck!