Regional and rural childcare centres are offering fly-in fly-out positions, accommodation and relocation incentives to attract staff amid a critical worker shortage which is forcing some centres to shut down.
Rhianna Mitchell
Ben Elton, who begins a series of stand-up shows at the Astor Theatre this week, said big-tech companies had been allowed to operate without appropriate checks and balances and were destroying childhood.
Alison Wakeham
Australia’s leading after-school care service was slapped with a series of fines after it was revealed several children had managed to leave the premises without anyone noticing.
Harriet Flinn
An eight-year-old girl from Donnybrook has been recognised for her dedication to ending bullying in her school community.
Sofia Fimognari
Kids who skip breakfast are more likely to have poorer NAPLAN results than their breakfast-loving counterparts, new research has found.
Hannah Cross
Children exposed to their mother’s cannabis use during pregnancy and after birth are three times more likely to develop behavioural problems, new Curtin University research has revealed.
Claire Sadler
Half of Australian children and teenagers will be obese or overweight by 2050, an alarming study reveals.
Artemisia Blythe
The former political advisor shared the news on Sunday evening.
Ella Loneragan
A sneak peek of LEGO’s highly awaited Bluey series has just been released months before the range is set to hit shelves.
Zach Margolius
Every parent knows how important your kid’s choice of friends can be.
Kate Emery
Parents overwhelmed by messages telling them they are doing ‘screentime’ wrong should ditch the term and look at what their kids are doing on their screens - not how long they are on them.
Researchers are examining the potential link between low iron levels and conditions such as ADHD after data from 10,000 babies born at Joondalup Hospital has revealed concerning iron deficiencies.
Liam Murphy
Cost of living pressures are forcing more WA families to send their children to school without lunch, with one charity reporting a 77 per cent rise in the number of kids asking for food.
Dylan Caporn
Vance was four and a half years-old when a garden statue fell on him in a friend’s backyard, leaving him with tetraplegia. Now six years old, his family are fundraising for other sick kids.
Hundreds of children were injured, unaccounted for and locked in or out at WA childcare centres, with serious incidents at early learning centres soaring 50 per cent in five years.
Prolific sex offender and serial flasher Niaz Ahmed Ali will be released from prison in March despite using his dog to lure children to him at a playground in Mandurah.
Rachel Fenner
Returning to school can be scary and anxiety-provoking for many children and in recent years, there’s been an increase in parents experiencing ‘school refusal.’
Cher McGillivray
WA drivers are being reminded of the dangers of leaving children in cars with new figures revealing kids and pets getting locked in cars was a daily occurrence in 2024.
Children are spending more and more time on social media, with TikTok and Instagram the most popular, a report reveals.
Bethany Hiatt
The groundbreaking initiative involves an eight-week personalised exercise program to boost both the mental and physical health of WA kids living with chronic conditions.
Becka Hume-Cook first suspected her son had an addiction when he was seven years old. Two years later, she dreads the short, one-word answer she gets when she asks how his day was.
Albany welcomed its first baby of 2025 on Wednesday, making Sonny Aldous the city’s first member of generation Beta.
Georgia Campion
Move over Oliver and Isla - there are new baby names in town.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Child abuse squad detectives have released an image of a man who inappropriately touched a 15-year-old girl at a southern suburbs park on Sunday.
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