WA telehealth startup BlinkLab reckons it has the answer to solving Perth’s paediatrician crisis that has left children with developmental and behavioural issues waiting years for help.
Cheyanne Enciso
The shovels were out in force as construction of Katanning’s Early Childhood Hub gathered pace last week.
Claire Middleton
The Cook Government will this week move to overhaul Working With Children checks, after it was revealed WA was the only State yet to act on changes recommended in the wake of a horror case of abuse.
Caitlyn Rintoul and Jessica Page
Childcare educators will be celebrating on Monday when the second stage of a 15 per cent pay rise lands in their pay packets as part of national attempts to stem the sector’s workforce crisis.
Katina Curtis
Australian researchers have found a drug that could overcome treatment resistance in a childhood cancer that kills 9 out of every 10 kids who experience a recurrence of the disease.
Claire Sadler
Playground bullying is a persistent topic of discussion, but we often focus on children when we should look to the parents.
Debbie Childs
The inaugural State of Australia’s Children report is the first of its kind to track wellbeing throughout childhood, delivering a bleak outlook, which is forecast to worsen without major reform.
Rhianna Mitchell
Australia’s longest-running literacy program, Better Beginnings, has marked its 20th anniversary with a new version of its Baby Ways board book.
Bethany Hiatt
A new Australian study has found that when used in an interactive way, screens can improve children’s wellbeing.
If it’s one thing your baby needs, it’s a skincare routine. At least that’s one of the dystopian nuggets that my daily Instagram doom-scroll served up this week.
Jerrie Demasi
An international autism expert says children who wait years for diagnosis miss a crucial opportunity to ‘reshape the brain’ through early intervention, as evidence suggests a diagnosis may not be lifelong.
Staff at an early learning centre in Perth’s north had no idea the boy had got out until a passerby spotted him wandering in the middle of a road.
Rebecca Le May
Two Great Southern childcare centres were temporarily shut down on Friday over safety concerns for staff after a senior employee’s husband was charged with producing child abuse material.
Melissa Sheil
Tweens have been found to be increasingly engaging in ‘risk-taking’ via adults only dating apps like Sugar Daddy, OnlyFans and FetLife, according to a new shocking survey.
Caitlyn Rintoul
If schools, parents, and GPs worked together more, I’d like to think we could build a culture where every child feels seen, safe, and supported.
Andrew Leech
Families turned out in record numbers in Burswood on Sunday to raise funds for supporting people dealing with or grieving from childhood-onset heart disease.
Desperate WA families are waiting more than four years to see a developmental paediatrician, with parents, doctors and therapy providers warning children are being left behind as the wait list hits 12,000.
A Forrestfield childcare centre has received a big fine after leaving a seven-year-old on a bus on a scorching hot summer day.
A zoo patron spotted the two boys and said they ‘appeared distressed’.
Harriet Flinn
Four teenagers have been charged with a litany of offences following a high-speed chase through Perth on Friday that injured a driver at a Burswood intersection.
Rachel Fenner
Three children have died around the country from swallowing button batteries and many more suffer from lifelong health problems, which is why WA parents should check props and costumes this Halloween.
In an unprecedented price jump, the value of childcare centres in Perth has more than doubled in the past two years.
Kim Macdonald
A regional family day care centre that provides crucial services across the State has been named a national finalist for its exceptional support for small-town educators, children and families.
Hannah Whitehead
