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Breaking the stigmaPremium‘This girl was me’: Brave WA woman’s story of DV survival

WA businesswoman Erin Tan has opened up on her personal experience with domestic violence — and what it will take to end the scourge.

Annabel Hennessy

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The West Australian exclusive
‘Final warning shot’VideoPremium
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New training for WA health workers to spot DV strangulation

Frontline health workers in WA are being trained to spot the signs of strangulation in domestic violence victims after research found offenders who strangle their partners are more likely to murder them.

Annabel Hennessy

Not running PremiumWhy Libby Lyons won’t contest Pearce seat

The former boss of the Government’s gender equality agency has ruled herself out of Liberal pre-selection for Christian Porter’s seat of Pearce.

Annabel Hennessy

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The West Australian exclusive
Legal PowerCommentsPremium
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Top barrister to help push for inquest into homeless deaths

A high-profile barrister will assist the families of two Aboriginal women, who died while rough sleeping on the streets of Perth, in their pursuit of a joint inquest into their deaths.

Annabel Hennessy

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Unstable supplyPremium
The West Australian exclusive
$8 for lettuce: Food rip off in Indigenous communities

A national strategy will be created to try to drive down extortionate food costs in remote Indigenous communities, with First Nations people suffering ill-health.

Annabel Hennessy Lanai Scarr

‘Well qualified’ PremiumFront-runner to replace Porter’s Pearce seat revealed

A former navy officer who ran for the Liberals in this year’s State election has confirmed she is intending to put her hat in the ring to replace Christian Porter

Annabel Hennessy

Shock studyCommentsStress of pandemic affecting students’ ability to study

COVID has overtaken the environment and discrimination as the no.1 issue young people worry about, with some saying they are so stressed about it they don’t know if they will meet university requirements.

Annabel Hennessy

Algorithm analysisPremiumSocial media giants to front parliamentary inquiry

Social media giants will be put in the hot seat by a new Federal parliamentary inquiry which will scrutinise how they intend to stop ‘toxic material’ on their platforms.

Annabel Hennessy

‘Enthusiastic yes’PremiumWhy NSW’s new sexual consent laws should be applauded

New South Wales’ new affirmative consent laws will make it easier for sexual assault victims to get justice - and there are hopes WA will soon enact reforms as well.

Annabel Hennessy and Jenna Clarke

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The West Australian exclusive
‘Offensive and wrong’Premium
The West Australian exclusive
WA Jewish leaders hit back at ‘ridiculous’ anti-vaxxers

A prominent member of the WA Jewish community says anti-vaccine protesters making references to Nazi Germany should go and visit a Holocaust museum so they can realise how ridiculous the comparisons are.

Annabel Hennessy

Federal probeCommentsInquiry into First Nations deaths ‘will shock Australia’

A Federal parliamentary inquiry will investigate cases of missing and murdered First Nations women and children, with one Senator anticipating the findings will ‘shock every Australian to their core’.

Annabel Hennessy

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The West Australian exclusive
‘Pattern of dehumanisation’Premium
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Plan to stop domestic violence against First Nations women

A national women’s leadership summit will be held in a bid to tackle the scourge of domestic violence and sexual assault against First Nations women.

Annabel Hennessy