A prosecutor says a 21-year-old man accused of killing seven people at a US Independence Day parade has admitted he carried out the shooting.
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The grief-stricken family of a Year 12 student who took his own life is suing Education Minister Sue Ellery over claims the public school he attended failed in its duty of care.
Bethany Hiatt & Tim Clarke
A South West couple have been fined for jumping the WA border and criticised for “blatantly disregarding an order by police” under serious circumstances.
Carly Laden
A 49-year-old Mandurah man has been fined $4000 fine, payable to the man he headbutted during a South West soccer tournament.
A young Boyanup man has been warned not to send explicit pictures of himself to girls under the age of 18 after avoiding jail for sending one to a 14-year-old girl.
Troy Mercanti’s lawyer has adjourned his court matters ‘one last time’, promising that the notorious bikie will enter a plea at the next hearing.
Sarah Steger
SEE THE VISION: A motorcyclist on the run from the law was swooped on and arrested by officers as he tried to fuel his bike while under the watch of the police air wing.
Michael Traill
Cops patrolling Northbridge and the Perth CBD experienced one of their busiest Saturday nights so far this year at the weekend, with several dozen arrests made and about 50 move-on notices issued.
Phil Hickey
The infamous child abuser will soon be back on the streets of Perth after a court was told the ‘images’ he was accused of possessing were ‘innocuous’.
Emily Moulton
Former attorney-general Christian Porter is acting for underworld figure Mick Gatto in the country’s highest court as he bids for an appeal in his defamation action over a report about the Lawyer X controversy.
Shannon Hampton
Deputy Premier Roger Cook told officials he was unaware his senior electorate officer had been taking unauthorised leave when presented with the results of an investigation, a hearing has been told.
John Flint
Twelve people have been charged with murder for allegedly withholding a Queensland girl's medication for six days, and praying over her instead.
Marty Silk
A 37-year-old man has been fined $1200 for being armed with a knife and disorderly behaviour at Rockingham pub VAT 116.
Tyra Peters
The controversy surrounding Nick Kyrgios has spilled off the tennis court with the 27-year-old facing domestic assault charges over an incident involving his former girlfriend, according to a new report.
Aaron Kirby
Deputy Premier Roger Cook lost trust in his senior electorate officer after learning she’d only logged three days of annual leave in two-and-a-half years despite taking overseas holidays, a tribunal was told.
A key member of a steroid-selling syndicate, who brazenly used a website to illegally peddle the bodybuilding drugs around Australia, has been given a long prison term.
Tim Clarke
The ‘shocking’ state of Perth’s homelessness crisis has been laid bare with revelations that an 88-year-old woman was found sleeping rough on St Georges Terrace in bone-chilling 4.5C weather.
More than half of the nearly 300 cops who quit the force in the past year were senior officers with many years of experience under their belt – alarming new data reveals.
Phil Hickey and Josh Zimmerman
Bret Silvey — the brother of best-selling WA author Craig — has denied allegations that he conjured frauds worth tens of millions of dollars in loans for his trading business.
At least five young women were placed in the now-defunct Esther Foundation by the Department of Communities, it has been revealed in a submission to an inquiry focused on the Christian rehab facility.
Josh Zimmerman
Acting Premier Roger Cook is ‘not alarmed’ by a big surge in police resignations, insisting the force was falling victim to the same labour market shortages impacting a wide range of industries.
The man accused of repeatedly raping two homeless teenage girls in a hotel donga in Perth’s south has denied all charges and wants to be freed from custody ahead of his trial. WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT
Indigo Lemay-Conway
A “talented artist” defecated in her hands and wrote on a cell wall in faeces after being arrested for carrying a knife and slapping an IGA employee after stealing from the shop
Tegan Guthrie
A man who repeatedly punched a “sleazy” man out the front of a pub because he was behaving inappropriately towards his sister has been spared the conviction appearing on his record
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