Disgruntled Como residents will have to wait another two months before State planners make a decision on whether to transform an old residential block into a two-storey childcare centre.
Jessica Evensen
Australia’s fertility rate hit a record low of 1.5 births per woman, the lowest since 1935. The number of babies born in 2023 was also at a 17-year low.
Rebecca Parish and Claire Sadler
The Bayswater City council unanimously voted in support of a ground release at Gibbney Reserve to open an out-of-school-hours childcare facility.
Nearly 40 years after Bob Hawke promised no child would live in poverty, campaigners have warned the Federal Government that children are the victims of the cost of living crisis.
Katina Curtis
Parents are still scrambling to find suitable alternative care for their children as the doors close on a beloved childcare facility for the last time.
Harriet Flinn
An Albany woman is in the running to be crowned Australia’s best family daycare worker after winning the title for the Great Southern last month.
Melissa Sheil
Because raising kids can be expensive, here’s how you can get ahead and financially prepare for this new chapter of your life.
David Koch
Applications for the inaugural National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioner will open within weeks, with the person set to start the job in mid-January.
Perth’s new $100 million children’s jail is a waste of taxpayer money that will do nothing to make the community safer, National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds has declared.
Most three and four-year-old kids are not exercising or sleeping enough and spend too much time on screens, an alarming global study has revealed.
Bethany Hiatt
Cuballing kids faced off in a spontaneous inflatable chicken race across the town oval for some school holiday fun on Wednesday at the Go for 2 & 5 Cuballing Kids Day.
Hannah Whitehead
‘These procedures are not without risks.’
Hayley Taylor
More children are being diagnosed with short-sightedness due to spending less time outdoors and more time on screens, according to a new global study.
Claire Sadler
The City of Wanneroo council has voted unanimously for its CEO to ask the Public Transport Authority to review school bus routes in the northern suburbs after the opening of Yanchep rail extension.
Erick Lopez
A secondary-school student will be allowed to identify as a wolf at school, citing ‘species dysphoria,’ a condition where one feels their body belongs to a different species.
Graham Grant and Paula Murray
A funding boost from the state government has helped a multimillion-dollar project to address childcare needs in the Great Southern pass its final hurdle.
Desperate calls for help from WA kids in crisis are going unanswered, with less than a third being picked up by counsellors based on the east coast, the Liberal Party says.
Jessica Page
WA Country Health Service’s Warren Health Service is launching the Positive Birth Program for expectant Bridgetown and Manjimup families from mid-September.
Anjelica Smilovitis
Australian teenagers who have vaped are five times more likely to take up smoking than those who have not, a landmark study reveals.
A spate of drowning and near-drowning incidents have prompted the Cook Labor Government to make summer holiday VacSwim lessons free this year.
Dylan Caporn
If you think Thor is strong wait until you meet Amon Holland, a Perth teenager with a rare condition who got the chance to meet Marvel star Chris Hemsworth thanks to a Starlight Wish.
Dance schools are set to play a major role in the reduction of drowning rates.
Gabrielle Becerra Mellet
A baby has been found dead at a home offering family day care in Brisbane’s south.
Peta Rasdien