AM briefing: Ex-child health chair speaks after Aishwarya’s death, top Perth lawyer sells Cottlesloe home

Debbie Karasinski, the only person to lose her job after the release of a report into the tragic death of seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath at Perth Children’s Hospital, says it was her decision to resign.

Speaking exclusively to The West Australian outside her home the day after her resignation as chair of the board for the Child and Adolescent Health Service, Ms Karasinski sidestepped a query about whether she was a scapegoat for the hospital’s failings.

“I think board chairs have to take ultimate responsibility for these sorts of situations — and I did,” she said.

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Aishwarya’s parents demand real change at PCH

The parents of Aishwarya Aswath — who died from a bacterial infection due to a litany of failures at Perth’s world-class paediatric hospital last month — say they are “relying” on the Health Minister to fix the system that cost their seven-year-old daughter her life.

A day after Roger Cook promised Aswath Chavittupara and his family that another child would not die in the same circumstances, an emotional Mr Chavittupara said he had no doubt his daughter would be “with me right now” had she not had to wait for medical attention for close to two hours on April 3.

“I think some of the staff were ignoring us ... they just didn’t want to even talk to us at some stage,” he said. “We found the staff were a bit rude and we found that the level of humanity they had was very low.”

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Pedestrian hit by ute in Leeming

Paramedics have frantically performed roadside CPR on a pedestrian who was hit by a ute on a suburban street in Leeming this morning.

Emergency services were called to Aulberry Parade just after 6am.

It is understood the pedestrian was hit by a white ute.

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Top Perth lawyer settles on $3.95m Cottesloe home

Top lawyer Steven Penglis SC, who previously represented ex-Perth lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi and WA mining billionaire Gina Rinehart, has nabbed a heritage western suburbs home for $3.95 million.

The prominent lawman settled the Claremont property last Friday for $3.95m through Vivien Yap, of Ray White Dalkeith/Claremont, after it was brought under the hammer in December last year. Settlement was understood to have been delayed by the seller.

The Federation-style home, on a 1012sqm corner block, was built about 1905 and features impressive high ceilings, black swan painted-glass windows and traditional finishings.

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The 10 WA male rising cricketers to watch

Another off-season, another potential interstate raid on Western Australia’s stocks.

As WA coach Adam Voges loses Fremantle batsman Jake Carder (South Australia) and fights to keep former Test batsman Hilton Cartwright (Victoria) and Josh Philippe (New South Wales), it’s time to take a look at the next generation of WA cricketers.

The current young crop is incredibly exciting – Cameron Green needs no introduction, and he’s well supported by fellow all-rounder Aaron Hardie, pace ace Lance Morris, left-armer Liam Guthrie and more.

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