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‘remarkable result’PremiumFormer AFL star charged after trafficking drugs into Perth

A former AFL player could be facing jail time after being charged with trafficking large amounts of illicit substances following a police drug bust.

Kellie Balaam

Watchdog’s bitForex liquidators plot clawback of $20m ASIC fine

Forex Capital Trading liquidators consider litigation to claw back $20 million paid to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission the day before the investment flogger collapsed.

Neale Prior

Bail Granted VideoPremiumBullied student faces court for alleged assault on classmate

A 14-year-old student who allegedly brandished a knife and threatened a classmate at Gilmore College has faced court.

Tyra Peters

Blame gameCommentsPremiumJohn Poynton admits Crown catastrophe was a ‘real fail’

Ex-Crown Burswood chairman John Poynton has admitted some blame for the corporate catastrophe which has befallen the gambling giant but placed most of the responsibility on ‘governance failures’.

Tim Clarke

Struggling to cope CommentsPremiumDamning report reveals staff woes leaving prisons vulnerable

An audit of WA prisons has uncovered ‘systemic failures’ in staffing that leave them open to poor culture and ‘highly vulnerable’ to fraud. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

COVID breacher PremiumShareholders want disgraced Power on Strike board: Poynton

The millionaire businessman has said disgraced friend Nev Power is still on the board of Strike Energy because major shareholders want him there — and definitely not because of their personal relationship.

Tim Clarke

Smash and grabRam raid in Manjimup’s town centre

Police are urging witnesses to a  Giblett Street ram raid to come forward to help identify the perpetrators of the reckless act.

Jacinta Cantatore

Repeat offender Rivervale gasfitter Abdul Raouf Mohammadiah fined $3000

A licensed gas fitter has been fined $3000 and ordered to pay $500 in costs for not lodging compulsory notices with WA’s energy safety regulator, 10 years after being convicted for the same offence.

Tyra Peters

Left to diePremiumMan fined for leaving cancer-riddled dog to suffer in pain

A WA man has been fined thousands of dollars for leaving his cancer-riddled dog to suffer for months without proper food, water or medical attention. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT.

Sarah Steger

Investigations ongoingPremiumSilencer, ballistic vest found in eastern Perth police raids

Police have charged a 51-year-old after they allegedly found unlicensed ammunition, a suppressor and a bulletproof vest at his home and a second address in Perth’s eastern suburbs.

Sarah Steger

Extraordinary revelationsVideoPremiumNew details emerge of WA’s massive $128m cocaine bust

Police have vowed to hunt down the interstate and overseas organisers of a massive WA cocaine seizure as new details emerge about the huge bust made over the weekend.

Phil Hickey

Operation Ironside PremiumBikie boss’ mum accused of laundering has bail extended

The mother of Comanchero boss Ray Cilli has returned to court, after her legal team was handed the details of how police say she attempted to launder almost $1 million of the gang’s drug proceeds.

Tim Clarke

courts and justicePremiumBoyanup man admits to four year stretch of indecent acts

A Boyanup man has admitted to committing a series of indecent acts against a child known to him in a four year stretch between 2016 and 2020.

Luke McPherson

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Gang links to massive $120 million Pilbara cocaine bust

More than $120 million worth of cocaine has been seized in Port Hedland after an investigation into an alleged organised crime syndicate - who may have transported the drugs on a bulk shipping carrier.

Tim Clarke

High-profile casePremiumPorter returns to law as Yangebup gun heist trial begins

Former Attorney-General Christian Porter has made his official return to the courtroom defending one of the men accused of a ‘highly-sophisticated’ firearm heist in Yangebup.

Emily Moulton

‘Doing it for all Australians’PremiumHedland council to sue McGowan Government over vax mandates

A Pilbara council is set to take the WA Government to the Supreme Court to challenge the State’s ongoing vaccination mandates.

Sam Jones

See the pictures PremiumFreshly tattooed bikie Brajkovich pleads not guilty

Dayne Brajkovich — the bikie whose changing tattoos have been made infamous — was all smiles at his latest court appearance, after his not guilty plea set up a showdown with as many as eight police.

Tim Clarke

bail bidPremiumDad accused of murdering daughter to apply for bail

A Carnarvon father who was charged with murder 16 years after he allegedly inflicted permanent and catastrophic injuries to his two-year-old daughter is mounting a bid for bail.

Shannon Hampton

Fatal brawlPremiumKallaroo murder accused to make plea offer over mate’s death

A man who is due to stand trial charged with murdering his mate at a house in Kallaroo will offer to plead to a lesser charge.

Shannon Hampton

Anthonisz-Whyte scandalPremiumPhysio in WA’s worst public sector fraud denies charges

The physiotherapist accused of helping a high-ranking bureaucrat to carry out WA’s biggest case of public sector fraud has formally pleaded not guilty to more than 500 counts of corruption.

Shannon Hampton

Long wait PremiumTime running out for prosecutors in Wooroloo fire case

Prosecutors have been warned they have just weeks to finalise their brief of evidence against the man accused of causing the Wooroloo bushfire which destroyed 86 homes and scorched more than 10,000ha.

Tim Clarke

‘Extensive damage’PremiumAlleged drunk driver lucky to have escaped serious injury

An alleged drunk driver crashed into a parked car in the early hours of Monday morning.

Brianna Dugan

‘Self-destructive behaviour’PremiumWoman ‘lucky to be alive’ after trio of drink-driving days

A woman was told she was lucky she had not killed herself or someone else when she drove with a blood alcohol reading more than four times above the legal limit three days in a row.

Tegan Guthrie

Historic chargesPremiumMan pleads not guilty to 1995 sexual penetration of child

A 56-year-old man has pleaded his innocence after being charged with two counts of sexual penetration of a child under 13 dating back to 1995

Tegan Guthrie