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Two children dead after found floating in Perth river

Two children have died after they were found floating in Perth's Swan River by members of the public on New Year's Eve.

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A Harrowing Investigation Has Found Sexual Assault Is Rife In Australian Mental Health Wards

A 13-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Perth Children's Hospital. She's one of at least 1,500 people who were sexually assaulted or harassed in Australian mental health wards in the last six years.

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Hospital emergency departments can be difficult for people with autism, but Toni's helping to change that

Toni Grayson, 11, found going to the emergency department overwhelming — and by speaking up out about it, she has helped develop a new program to ensure other autistic kids don't have the same harrowing experience.

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Boy, 11, mauled by shark as he snorkelled had been enjoying 'trip of a lifetime'

Archie Blake had his leg torn into by a shark while snorkelling with his family on a "trip of a lifetime" in Australia that they had been waiting to take for four years

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Premier open to compo for family of hospital-death girl

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has revealed an ex-gratia payment was provided to the family of seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath after her hospital death.

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Aishwarya Aswath's family given ex gratia payment over death of daughter, premier says

The family of a seven-year-old girl who died of sepsis after waiting almost two hours to be admitted to Perth Children's Hospital has already received ex gratia support, according to Mark McGowan, but could receive more.

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Aishwarya Aswath's parents call for WA Health Department shake-up over daughter's death

The father of a girl who died of sepsis after waiting almost two hours to be admitted to a Perth hospital calls for clarification of the coroner's report on her death, and a new WA Health Department head.

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Grieving parents question slow pace of hospital change

The parents of Aishwarya Aswath say a coroner's report into the seven-year-old's death has vindicated their concerns about Perth hospital staffing.

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Cheaper gene screening makes for DNA data dilemma

Cheaper DNA sequencing promises a world of health benefits. But to realise these, careful and sensitive storage of DNA data is vital.

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Aishwarya Aswath inquest: 'Small chance' earlier treatment in Perth Children's Hospital could have saved her life, coroner finds

There was a "small possibility" seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath, who died of sepsis after waiting almost two hours to be admitted to Perth Children's Hospital, might have lived if she had received care sooner, the state's coroner has found.

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'Inadequate' staffing on night of girl's sepsis death

Perth Children's Hospital was inadequately staffed on the night doctors and nurses failed to notice Aishwarya Aswath was dying of sepsis, a coroner has found.

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WA woman accused of abusing her infant

A young Perth woman accused of impeding her seven-month-old child's breathing and making threats to kill has faced court.

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WA government and builder John Holland reach confidential settlement over $300m Perth Children's Hospital lawsuit

The McGowan government reaches a confidential settlement with construction company John Holland, three years after the firm launched a $300 million claim over what they said were outstanding debts.

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Parents accused of neglecting baby boy who died in Perth Children's Hospital granted bail

The couple is alleged to have failed to seek medical treatment for the baby boy, who died last week, after he developed a serious health condition in June.

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Australian Nursing Federation demands 10 per cent pay rise at stop work meeting in Perth

Nurses and midwives vote to demand a 10 per cent annual wage increase from the state government and threaten industrial action that could lead to bed closures.

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Mark McGowan defends WA health system but concedes it is under 'huge pressure'

Mark McGowan defends the state's hospital system amid a steady flow of complaints and concerns, revealed in leaked correspondence between doctors and nurses.

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The Loop: Zelenskyy announces criminal investigation into grenade launcher explosion, Canadian police searching for two suspects after 10 killed in multiple stabbings — as it happened

What Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories.

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Perth Children's Hospital leaked emails reveal dire staff shortages as nurse warns of 'another Aishwarya'

Leaked emails reveal Perth Children's Hospital is still battling staff shortages 16 months after the death of Aishwarya Aswath and that the shortages threaten to compromise the care given to seriously ill babies.

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COVID pandemic fuels eating disorders, with referrals almost doubling in WA

Charli is one of a million Australians living with an eating disorder – an illness that has nearly doubled in WA during the COVID-19 pandemic. At one point, she didn't know if she could make it through another day.

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Aishwarya's parents in court plead for change at Perth Children's Hospital as inquest wraps up

The parents of a little girl who died of sepsis after waiting two hours in an emergency department waiting room beg a court to take the "necessary steps" to ensure a similar thing doesn't happen again.

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'Missed opportunities' in WA girl's death

Staff at a Perth hospital missed crucial opportunities to escalate the care of Aishwarya Aswath and potentially save her life, the family's lawyer says.

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Perth Children's Hospital ED at 'crisis point' with patients waiting eight hours

As the Aishwarya Aswath coronial inquest nears its end, Perth Children's Hospital doctors are warning of a crisis after the emergency department was swamped with patients, sparking wait times of up to eight hours according to staff.

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WA girl's death 'disaster' in the making

An inquest into the death of Aishwarya Aswath has heard staff at Perth Children's Hospital were raising concerns about staffing months before the tragedy.

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WA girl faced 'perfect storm' of infection

Aishwarya Aswath's sepsis condition was so severe she may not have survived even with earlier treatment, an expert witness has told a Perth inquest.

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WA mum to fight attempted murder charge

A mother will stand trial after pleading not guilty in a West Australian court to attempting to murder her young daughter with the help of a doctor.

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