Children's Health
Opinion
Child safety
Too young for TikTok, old enough for jail: How a meaner Australia treats its kids
Two worrying but contradictory laws affecting children passed last week in Queensland and Canberra. Both arose despite a lack of evidence to support them.
- by Sean Kelly
Latest
Behind the scenes of the starvation trial that gripped Perth
A Floreat couple who allegedly lived in squalor inside their multimillion-dollar mansion were found guilty of mistreating their severely underweight daughter.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Opinion
Parenting
I vowed my kids wouldn’t eat white bread. I lasted two weeks
Children are increasingly dictating the food environment, and it’s making them unhealthy. But which nutritional hills should parents die on?
- by Sarah Berry
This asthma drug is taken by millions. Now scientists have found it in the brain
The findings, presented at a conference in Texas last week, have raised pressure on Australian authorities to better warn patients about the risks of montelukast.
- by Angus Thomson
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Courts
Floreat parents found guilty of starving daughter
Two Floreat parents have spent their first night behind bars after being found guilty of starving their teenage daughter, as well as social, emotional and functional neglect.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Floreat mother denies she was concerned about emaciated daughter: court
The woman at the centre of a trial over the alleged malnourishment of her teenage daughter has been accused of cutting off family members who raised concerns about the girl.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Exclusive
Courts
Strangers’ intervention over Perth toddler’s cries lands mother in court
A Perth court has heard harrowing details of the events that led to a young girl being placed into foster care after her heroin-addict mother failed to get her simple medical treatment.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘It was a revolution’: The forgotten Australian whose medical breakthrough saved millions of lives
John Gorman is a miracle man whose discovery has finally been recognised by his homeland.
- by Andrew Probyn and Danielle Post
IVF babies have ‘significantly increased’ risk of serious heart defects
A study of 7.7 million babies has found those conceived with IVF have a 36 per cent higher risk of serious heart abnormalities than naturally conceived children, but parents have been told not to be alarmed.
- by Wendy Tuohy
Opinion
Biology
Myth busted: the idea the brain doesn’t fully develop until 25 is wrong
If we accept that we don’t just “tick over” into adulthood, the idea that 18 should be the default age to drink, buy cigarettes, drive, vote and gamble begins to seem arbitrary.
- by Daniel Cash
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Nutrition
‘Just a sweet drink’: Call for crackdown on sugary toddler milks and formulas
Baby formulas cannot be marketed, but toddler milks aren’t covered by the voluntary code. Health experts say that is not good enough.
- by Rachel Clun
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