Children
Fitzroy Crossing: Foetal alcohol project gives evidence
Fitzroy Crossing’s Liliwan Project has given evidence to a parliamentary enquiry into foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
Liliwan project leader Professor Elizabeth Elliot said FASD is more common in Aboriginal and remote areas, and advocates higher alcohol taxes.
She also wants women abusing alcohol to use contraceptives.
WAToday [read this story]
Push for alcoholic women to use contraceptives
A national health umbrella group wants alcoholic women to use contraceptives.
The Rural Health Alliance, which represents many health professional groups, is pushing for the move as part of a strategy to prevent Foetal Alcohol Spetrum Disorder (FASD).
Kununurra: Kids’ swimming lessons
Photo: Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley
Kununurra kids aged six months and upwards are invited to swimming lessons this coming school term.
You can read a shire media release here:
Kununurra: Night patrols for street kids
The state government is funding night patrols for Kununurra.
Save The Children will operate the patrols, to pick up kids roaming the streets.
You can read a government media release here:
Funeral for murdered St Mary’s girls
The funeral service for former St Marys (Broome) students Jane and Jessica Cuzens was held in Perth yesterday.
The girls were found murdered in Port Dennison earlier this month.
The Australian [read this story]
PerthNow [read this story]
People: Julie Ramsay
Julie Ramsay of Broome designed a giant plaster dinosaur when she was a schoolgirl 35 years ago.
The dinosaur slide is still popular with children at the “Dinosaur Playground” in Wanaka, New Zealand.
Otago Daily Times [read this story]
Derby: Near miss victim supports missing boy’s family
Jim O'Neill - (c) Janine Widgery
A Tasmanian man supports of the family of a missing Derby boy who want his case re-opened.
It has been 36 years since Tom Parremore narrowly escaped convicted child killer James Ryan O’Neill, who is suspected of abducting and killing Jimmy Taylor the year before.
The West Australian [read this story]
Balgo: Christmas present from pre-school kids
Children at a Sydney pre-school make a regular Christmas donation of books to kids at Balgo.
They also send a disposable camera, so Balgo kids can send back pictures of themselves.
North Shore Times [read this story]
Our Sponsors
Our Sponsors
