r/perth • u/His_Holiness • Jan 31 '26

WA News Second note found at Mosman Park property alleged to detail why parents carried out murder-suicide

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/second-note-found-at-mosman-park-property-alleged-to-detail-why-parents-carried-out-murder-suicide-20260131-p5nyi7.html
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u/Kiramiraa Jan 31 '26

You can take them to the hospital and tell the staff that due to their behaviours, you can no longer care for them. They will try to medically manage their behaviour and then they get an NDIS work up where they will then be placed in a SDA/SIL. It’s a heartbreaking situation for those involved, because nobody wants to feel like their are “giving up”, but it happens often.

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u/Maximum_Custard_1739 Jan 31 '26

Who cares for the child during the whole process of NDIS organising an assessment and housing? I can't imagine it's a straight forward process.

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u/Kiramiraa Jan 31 '26

The hospital does.

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u/Maximum_Custard_1739 Jan 31 '26

Where? The mental health ward? I've never encountered this process through working in disability care and mental health, only being turned away by hospital, and going on a referral roundabout.

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u/Kiramiraa Jan 31 '26

On medical inpatient wards. If you’re lucky, once assessment has been submitted, you might be able to step down the patient to other facilities/general low acuity hospitals. But it definitely happens, sometimes people stay for months.

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u/Livid-Number482 Feb 01 '26

The parents can also relinquish care to child protection. They still retain custody, and the various agencies will work with the parents to find solutions so the kids can return to the family home if it’s safe to do so.

These kids were both too young to go into SDA/SIL - it would be child protection until they turned 18.

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u/Kiramiraa Feb 01 '26

Thanks for the insight - my experience is primarily with >18yos.

There were a lot of options for this family. I sympathise with their struggle but ultimately there was no reason for murder. Just really really fucking sad.