WA faces the ‘real risk’ of further childcare centre closures in the coming months as falling occupancy rates, child safety scandals, regulatory failures and an oversupply threaten viability.
Rhianna Mitchell
WA mum Belinda Lotsu was wishing for just one daughter after having a miscarriage but instead became pregnant with quadruplets in a shock to both her and her husband.
Claire Sadler and Brooke Rolfe
Childcare giant G8 Education will close about 40 childcare centres around Australia - and 12 in WA - with ‘horrific’ child sex abuse charges against a former staffer partly blamed.
Rebecca Le May
Next month’s Conquer Cystic Fibrosis Gala Ball will raise vital funds to give children like Charlie, pictured with sister Matilda, the best chance to live long and happy lives.
Childhood is becoming sanitised and over-scheduled to the point that some kids are fearful of germs and dirt, with experts warning of lifelong mental and physical health impacts.
A Perth expert has warned that recent research and health warnings linking vaping to cancer do little to deter young people from picking up a vape.
Claire Sadler
The holidays are half over, the Easter Eggs are gone, and the kids are bored already – here’s our list of entertaining options for the second week of the school break.
Meet five-year-old Frankie. He is one of a growing number of Australian children and teens diagnosed with a little-known eating disorder, ARFID.
The Easter bunny made an early visit to the Manning Road Farmers Market, handing out chocolate eggs to all the little boys and girls.
Caitlin Vinci and Claire Sadler
A southern suburbs childcare centre will have to pay a massive fine after failing to remove a rope that caught a child around the neck as they used a slide.
Rachel Fenner
Hillcrest Primary School students will swap their school uniforms for superhero costumes next month as they rally behind a local charity born from the legacy of one remarkable little boy.
Sophie Gannon
Childcare advocacy groups are warning the government that it must take a breath before barrelling on with the push to universal care, as urgent reforms to safety risk further entrenching a piecemeal system.
Katina Curtis
Fragmented maternity care can often leave women feeling isolated as they enter motherhood, but a first-of-its-kind centre in Perth is working to bridge the gap with postpartum care.
Parents of children attending a Perth childcare expect to get highly-sought answers after their local council announced it would release confidential documents and push back meetings.
About 100 young ninjas stormed the Pingelly Recreation and Cultural Centre to be one of the first to try the town’s new ninja course last week.
Hannah Whitehead
Children as young as five will be the target of a new trial aiming to get troubled kids in Armadale and Geraldton back to class, and away from a cycle of crime.
Jessica Page
A critical childcare shortage in regional WA is forcing working parents to take unpaid leave or turn down job opportunities, while others are commuting to Perth or neighbouring towns to access care.
A series of “lacklustre” designs for the upgraded Middleton Beach toddler playground have come under fire by local parents, who believe none of the five proposed concepts are accessible for young children.
Melissa Sheil
A Wheatbelt town’s new family daycare centre opening has been stalled after heavy rain caused substantial structural water damage, delaying the much-needed service’s inauguration.
Girls are being ‘driven out’ of public outdoor spaces in WA, with a new survey of parks, playgrounds and recreational areas finding just 6 per cent of users were teenage girls.
An Albany child care provider has been fined by the State Administrative Tribunal after a young autistic child was found wandering at a nearby school, having been missing from the centre for half an hour.
The Opposition is exploring a voucher-based childcare model that would enable parents to direct subsidies towards nannies and other flexible care arrangements.
Caitlyn Rintoul
After the shocking sexual abuse of a student by a teacher at a Mandurah private school, parents are all asking the same question - how do I keep my child safe?
A WA man who allegedly paid a mother in the Phillipines to sexually extort her young children on livestreams has been charged following a major investigation involving the US Department of Homeland Security.
Caleb Runciman
