More than half of WA kids’ calls to helpline were dropped last year

Questions posed in the WA parliament have revealed over half of the calls made to the Kids Helpline last year were dropped.

• Hannah Barry
• WAtoday

Greens MP Alison Xamon asked the question of Minister Sue Ellery in parliament in May this year, regarding how much the state government had committed to service provider Yourtown between 2012 and 2017, how many calls were made by WA young people to the helpline and…

Ms Xamon received answers during a Legislative Council sitting on June 26, where it was found around 56 per cent of calls made to the…

• More than half…