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Courts & JusticePremiumTragedy as father’s alleged high drive kills two daughters

A young father was allegedly high on nitrous oxide when he ploughed his car into a tree, killing his two young daughters and seriously injuring their mother, a Perth court has heard. 

Jessica Evensen

Community members arriving at Federal Court ahead of the decision.

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Yindjibarndi people awarded record $150.1m compensation

The Yindjibarndi people have been awarded the largest-ever payout for economic and spiritual loss after more than a decade of Fortescue mining iron ore on native title land in the Pilbara.

Hannah Cross

Justice Stephen Burley (centre) will deliver his judgment on the Yindjibarndi compensation claim. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

MiningCommentsPremiumIndigenous leaders braces for decision on $1.8b Fortescue claim

An Aboriginal community will learn whether it will be compensated for the alleged cultural and economic destruction caused by a huge mine on its land.

Aaron Bunch

Peter Moiler (pictured right).

Courts & JusticePremiumMonster who set wife on fire loses appeal, gets more jail

A Perth man who was jailed for 11 years for setting his wife on fire in a ‘callous’ act of domestic violence has lost his appeal against his conviction — and ended up with more prison time. 

Jessica Evensen

Troy Mercanti.

CrimeVideoPremiumNotorious Perth bikie learns fate over violent pub brawl

Mongols figurehead Troy Mercanti has learnt his fate over a violent bikie brawl in Perth’s south.

Jessica Evensen

West Australian writer Craig Silvey was charged with distributing and possessing child exploitation material in January after he was allegedly caught actively communicating with other paedophiles on the internet. 

crimeVideoPremiumDisgraced author wrote of teen assault & exploited young boy

Disgraced WA author Craig Silvey published novels that included scenes of a teenager being sexually assaulted by her father, and an underage boy trying to arouse elderly men before he was arrested.

Hannah Cross

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan who stole $1200 cash from burger place left DNA behind

A young man who stole $1200 cash from a local food business was caught after he left blood on the cash register.

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan breaks silence when told bail will not be granted

A man broke his self-imposed silence in a courtroom when he learnt bail was likely to be refused for a spate of allegations spanning WA, and was then told to stop talking by his lawyer.

Tegan Guthrie

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

ConstructionPremiumNo ‘tarmac arrest’: Warrant for Victor Goh, with a catch

A Supreme Court judge has issued an arrest warrant for businessman Victor Goh but the Elizabeth Quay developer has been given a ‘final chance’ to comply before it takes effect.

Matt Mckenzie

Barry Wayne Lawrence

Courts & JusticePremiumMore teen sex assault charges for child protection staffer

An award-winning former child protection employee who cared for some of WA’s most vulnerable kids is facing a raft of new charges of assaulting two other alleged victims.

Rachel Fenner

The Trump administration has lost in court again, with a ruling against ten per cent global tariffs. (AP PHOTO)

tCommentsPremiumUS trade court rules against Trump's latest global tariffs

The US Court of International Trade has ruled in favour of small businesses that challenged President Donald Trump's ‌global tariffs.

Dietrich Knauth

The 41-year-old, who was a vocal survivor of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein , took her life last year in WA.

Courts & JusticePremiumEstranged husband, daughter join Giuffre estate battle

Virginia Giuffre’s estranged husband and daughter have formally been added to the looming legal battle for her estate.

Hannah Cross

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumTrespass upgraded to stalking charge

A man has been accused of stalking a person in Kambalda and committing an obscene act in a police station.

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan burned ex’s doll in frying pan while listening to Toto

A man who burned his ex partner’s porcelain doll in a frying pan while listening to the Toto song Rosanna has been fined after one of his charges was downgraded.

Tegan Guthrie

Geraldton courthouse

Courts and crimePremium‘Harrowing incident’: Man jailed for assault, weapons

A 37-year-old Geraldton man has been sentenced to three years behind bars for subjecting his partner and daughter to a “harrowing incident” which included multiple weapons.  

Imogen Wilson

Warren Elzer, a ‘predatory’ FIFO worker who raped and groomed young girls 20 years ago, has been sentenced to nearly two decades behind bars.

CrimePremiumFIFO worker jailed over historic child exploitation offences

A ‘predatory’ FIFO worker who raped and groomed young girls 20 years ago has been sentenced to nearly two decades behind bars.

Jessica Evensen

TelstraSuper has been found to have left hundreds of members waiting too long for answers to their complaints. 

Your MoneyCommentsPremiumSuper fund left complaints waiting 100 days, court finds

TelstraSuper has been found to have left hundreds of members waiting too long for answers to their complaints. 

Ryan Johnson

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth nurse who worked while high on meth identified

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Hannah Cross

Adam Simon McGovern pictured leaving court.

courtsPremiumNurse jailed for sexual abuse of suicidal teenage patient

A former mental health nurse has been put behind bars for more than a decade after being found guilty of grooming one of his vulnerable young patients into a sexual relationship that began when she was only 14.

Melissa Sheil

A Floreat resident’s bid to take the Ocean Village redevelopment to WA’s high court has drawn community backing.

PropertyVideoCommentsPremiumResident takes $200m Perth development to Supreme Court

A Floreat resident’s bid to take the Ocean Village redevelopment to WA’s high court has drawn community backing — but the developer insists the legal battle will not derail the $200 million project.

Harriet Flinn

A 52-year-old man was jailed for sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s 10-year-old daughter 24 years ago.

Courts & Justice PremiumJail for sexually assaulting girl 24 years ago

A man who groomed and sexually assaulted his girlfriend’s 10-year-old daughter nine times in six months after he returned home from working nightshift at a local mining company has been jailed.

Tegan Guthrie

Ten men have been charged after authorities disrupted a massive crypto money-laundering drug ring worth $57 million, stretching from Vietnam to Perth’s southern suburbs. 

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumAFP bust crypto-heroin ring sprawling from Vietnam to Perth

Ten men have been charged after authorities disrupted a massive crypto money-laundering drug ring worth $57 million, stretching from Vietnam to Perth’s southern suburbs. 

Rachel Fenner

Jason Alan Taylor leaves Albany Magistrates Court on April 30.

courtsPremiumDenmark cafe owner sentenced for fight over paedophile claim

A Denmark business owner who chased a man out of his cafe after he accused him of being a paedophile and came to blows with him on a public street has been handed a suspended fine for disorderly conduct. 

Jacki Elezovich

A 56-year-old man will appear in a WA court on Friday accused of trying to bribe a witness in an ongoing police investigation. 

Courts & JusticeVideoCommentsPremiumMan charged with bribing a witness over police investigation

A 56-year-old man will appear in a WA court on Friday accused of trying to bribe a witness in an ongoing police investigation. 

Rachel Fenner