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According to Statewide policy, schools are required to follow a traffic light system of 60 per cent “green” food, 40 per cent “amber” food and no “red” food.

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Traffic light food system at WA schools obscures real issues

I recently discovered a problem with the family tradition I had passed down from my school days when Fridays meant Chiko rolls and Ovalteenies from the school canteen.

Rhianna Mitchell

Rhianna Mitchell

‘Many rescue cats - if given the chance - would provide the same joy, companionship and comfort that Barnaby has given us,’ writes Rhianna Mitchell.

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Why adopting a kitten one of best decisions my family made

Many rescue cats - if given the chance - would provide the same joy, companionship and comfort that Barnaby has given us. 

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Rhianna Mitchell

The West Australian senior reporter Rhianna Mitchell spent weeks speaking with teens and writing thousands of words on the teenage social media ban. Here’s what those kids taught her about her phone addiction.

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What Perth teens taught a journalist about phone addiction

The West Australian senior reporter Rhianna Mitchell spent weeks speaking with teens and writing thousands of words on the teenage social media ban. Here’s what those kids taught her about her phone addiction.

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Rhianna Mitchell

Too many WA families are left feeling helpless as their child struggles at home and at school with developmental and behavioural issues, write Rhianna Mitchell.

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Perth’s paediatrician shortage is completely unforgivable

Too many WA families are left feeling helpless as their child struggles at home and at school with developmental and behavioural issues. All because they can’t access a public health system beyond capacity.

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Rhianna Mitchell

Recent NAPLAN data has shown that WA kids are getting left behind.

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WA kids behind the NAPLAN data are getting left behind

We now have three years of stagnating data to tell us that too many children are falling behind. It will require will, collaboration and money to make a change. 

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Male educators make up less than 4 per cent of the early childhood workforce. 

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Banning men from working in childcare is not the answer

The national outcry we have seen this week is justified, and parents are rightly fearful. It is terrifying that a monster allegedly slipped through the net. 

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Rhianna Mitchell

Perth Children's Hospital.

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One family’s pain showcases gaps in eating disorder care

Eating disorders claim more lives than road accidents. To help those in crisis we must hear their stories

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Rhianna Mitchell

Jordan King and Luke Eiffler just after they rescued a man and woman at Trigg Beach on Monday, January 20.

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Why I’ll be enrolling my kids in Nippers next summer

They could so easily have been missed. Shouting, waving and in desperate trouble about 150m out to sea, the young couple were hard to spot in the glare of the setting sun and its reflection in the churning sea.

Rhianna Mitchell

Rhianna Mitchell

Andrew Leech works at the coalface with adolescents and their families and has shared his insights with readers today in a bid to inform and prepare parents embarking on this season of change.

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Why every teen needs one safe person to talk to

Andrew Leech works at the coalface with adolescents and their families and has shared his insights with readers today in a bid to inform and prepare parents embarking on this season of change. 

Rhianna Mitchell

Rhianna Mitchell