The phone call between Perth bashing victim and the immigration minister

The phone call between Perth bashing victim and the immigration minister

The Perth grandmother bashed in her own home,allegedly by a former detainee,has taken on the Immigration Minister Andrew Giles over the chain of events prior to the attack.

  • byHamish Hastie andJamie Freestone

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Drug driver who ploughed into 21-year-old on Kwinana Freeway pleads guilty to manslaughter

Drug driver who ploughed into 21-year-old on Kwinana Freeway pleads guilty to manslaughter

Abbey Sheriff,pictured,was killed when Evie Butterworth drove high on drugs at speeds of up to 188km/h.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
WA police union calls for sweeping anti-knife laws
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WA police union calls for sweeping anti-knife laws

The premier has given the strongest indication yet that he will commit to laws allowing police to use metal-detecting wands in a wide range of public places.

  • byMichael Genovese
Detainee accused of violent home invasion wasn’t wearing an ankle monitor
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Detainee accused of violent home invasion wasn’t wearing an ankle monitor

A former detainee accused of a violent assault was not required to wear an electronic ankle monitor and had been bailed by police and courts multiple times this year.

  • byAngus Thompson,Heather McNeill andOlivia Ireland
Twelve WA officers face disciplinary action after anti-vax cop loses appeal

Twelve WA officers face disciplinary action after anti-vax cop loses appeal

WA Police Officer Ben Falconer refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 during the pandemic.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Man appears in court charged with murdering his mother in Yangebup
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Man appears in court charged with murdering his mother in Yangebup

Joan Drane’s worried neighbours called authorities after seeing a horrific crime scene that stretched to the outside of her Sandpiper Loop home.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andAmber Wilkinson
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Detainee released in High Court ruling stands accused of violent home invasion
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Detainee released in High Court ruling stands accused of violent home invasion

A man arrested at the weekend over a home robbery in Perth had been released from immigration detention in November following a landmark court ruling.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andHamish Hastie
Police investigate Perth cyclist who exposed himself to 11-year-old girl

Police investigate Perth cyclist who exposed himself to 11-year-old girl

WA Police have released CCTV footage of a person on a bike in Canning Vale and Thornlie as they investigate whether two separate incidents of indecent behaviour are linked.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Man charged after Dawesville service station fight turned deadly

Man charged after Dawesville service station fight turned deadly

A man his 30s was found unresponsive on Bailey Boulevard just after 3am on Friday morning. It’s believed he had been involved in an altercation with another man who has now been charged in relation to the incident.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
‘We are treating it as a murder’:Woman found dead in Warnbro house fire
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‘We are treating it as a murder’:Woman found dead in Warnbro house fire

Mother of four Erica Hay,30,has been identified as the woman whose body was found after a house fire in Perth’s south in the early hours of Friday morning.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andJamie Freestone
Cancer survivor bashed and robbed in Perth home recounts horror ordeal

Cancer survivor bashed and robbed in Perth home recounts horror ordeal

An elderly couple who were subjected to a horrific assault in their own home have spoken out about how three men pretended to be police officers.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt