Latest Children stories on ABC Alice Springs

 

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  • Health services lacking for children
    The Western Australian Health Minister has backed parliamentary findings that children are waiting too long for health services, such as speech pathology....Photo iconVideo icon
    Thursday 11 March 2010
  • Some children arrived in the United States believing they were only visiting.
    A 7 year old Ethiopian girl is portrayed as destitute and in grave danger. She is in fact 13 and has been well cared for much to the surprise of her adopting family. Then there are the children told they're just visiting a foreign land who are in fact on a one way ticket. This is the powerful next ...Photo iconVideo icon
    Thursday 11 March 2010
  • Child restraints lined up for sale
    New child restraint and seatbelt laws come into force in Queensland today, but experts are warning that correct restraints are only half the story - they also need to be fitted correctly. Bruce Firth has been fitting child restraints for 22 years, and says he's only seen six in that time that didn't ...Photo iconAudio icon
    Thursday 11 March 2010
  • Artist Bill Henson is back in the spotlight with a new exhibition featuring video images of landscapes and adolescents to accompany some of Australia's finest classical musicians.
    The New South Wales Government says it will introduce legislation into Parliament this week to clarify what is art and what is child pornography. While some members of the arts community say they were initially concerned about the new laws, they now say the clarification could help artisits. ...Photo iconAudio icon
    Tuesday 9 March 2010
  • Dash Emerson's 'Emusaurus' is a winner, age 7
    Alice Springs kids release their dinosaurs and Dash wins with his distinctly Australian themed creatures......Photo icon
    Friday 5 March 2010