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Dion Barber talks to the media outside Perth Supreme Court.

Courts & JusticePremiumState appeal thrown out in $2.85m Barber compensation case

WA’s highest court has thrown out the State’s appeal against a former ward of the State’s landmark compensation claim, saying it would be an ‘inappropriate use of judicial power’ to hear such an appeal.

Hannah Cross

Judge's courtroom wig and gavel

WA news PremiumAppeal over sentence for ‘terrifying’ attack denied

James Cooper, 33, was sentenced last year to a total of six years and eight months behind bars for his part in a terrifying “premeditated” attack on a Kununurra couple in May 2018. 

Laura Newell

A WA court has released confronting vision, showing the exact moment a glass roof caves in and crashes onto a Curtin University construction site, killing an apprentice. 

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumCCTV shows moment uni roof caves in, killing apprentice

A WA court has released confronting vision, showing the exact moment a glass roof caves in and crashes onto a Curtin University construction site, killing an apprentice. WARNING: DISTRESSING VISION

Jessica Evensen

David Michael Hicks has been charged with a string of child sex offences.

Courts & JusticePremiumPrivate school teacher accused of child sex crimes pictured

Vile details about the crimes allegedly committed by a music teacher who worked across five private Perth schools have been aired in court.

Jessica Evensen

WA prison guards working in maximum security facilities are getting police-style body cameras in a major safety overhaul aimed at improving transparency and holding violent inmates to account.

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‘Dangerous places’: WA prison guards get body cameras

WA prison guards working in maximum security facilities will get body worn cameras in a major safety overhaul aimed at improving transparency and holding violent inmates to account.

Caleb Runciman

Defence attorney Kevin Reddington inside the courtroom during the high-profile Lindsay Clancy murder trial. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Courts & JusticeLindsay Clancy’s lawyer slams ‘horrific’ treatment of ex

Lindsay Clancy’s defence attorney has broken his silence on the online speculation of ex-husband Patrick Clancy’s involvement in his children’s murders.

Ella George

An electrician has been fined for completing electrical work she admitted she was not trained for.

courtsPremiumSparky fined for dodgy switchboard rewiring job in Mt Barker

An electrician has been fined after dangerous defects that could have caused electric shocks were found in a main switchboard she installed at a Mt Barker property.

Melissa Sheil

The 34-year-old is employed as a music teacher at several metropolitan private schools and also provides private music tutoring outside school hours.

CrimePremiumPerth music teacher charged over child sex crimes

The 34-year-old is employed as a music teacher at several metropolitan private schools and also provides private music tutoring outside school hours.

Caitlin Vinci

Ronald Houghton, 58, appeared in Albany Magistrates Court on Thursday, charged with producing child exploitation material.

courtsPremiumEx-childcarer’s husband avoids jail for sharing ‘fantasies’

A Ravensthorpe man who shared written child exploitation material and an explicit image online with multiple people, including an undercover police officer, has avoided immediate jail.

Jacki Elezovich

A Coolbellup resident was threatened with a replica firearm during an attempted home burglary on Wednesday as three men faced court over the terrifying ordeal.

CRIMEPremiumResident threatened with fake gun during attempted burglary

A Perth resident was threatened with a replica firearm during an attempted home burglary on Wednesday as three men faced court over the terrifying ordeal.

Caleb Runciman

Jonnie Hartshorn (left) was killed after falling more than 20 metres through a glass roof.

CrimePremiumHorror vision shows moment of fatal Curtin Uni roof collapse

Horrifying vision of the moment a glass roof collapsed onto a Curtin University construction site, killing a young apprentice nearly six years ago has been shown in court.

Jessica Evensen

News. Court. Christopher Michael Brown leaves court. Trial Day 1. Betting scheme promoter faces judge-alone trial over allegations he stole $500,000. Jackson Flindell

Courts & JusticePremiumJudge reveals when fraud accused gambler will learn fate

An ‘affable’ western suburbs businessman who allegedly scammed a Perth couple out of $500,000 under the guise of a short-term, high-return investment will soon learn his fate. 

Hannah Cross

The 35-year-old faced Joondalup Magistrates Court for the first time on Wednesday, charged with 16 offences.

Court PremiumBody-dump fiancé locked up over alleged wild police chase

A man who dumped his partner’s dead body with paramedics outside a Perth cafe four months ago before running-off will remain locked-up over an unrelated alleged police pursuit.

Charlton Hart

The Perth brothers had been on a surfing holiday in Mexico when they were brutally murdered.

Courts & JusticeVideo‘We miss them every day’: WA dad’s emotional trial testimony

The father of the Perth brothers murdered while on a Mexican surf trip in 2024 has delivered a heart-wrenching hour-long testimony on the second day of the trial of three men accused of killing his sons.

Brooke Rolfe & Rob Scott

Family members and friends of Abby Shiozaki.

CrimePremiumMan charged with fatal Wandina crash appears in court

A Nanson man charged over a fatal crash in Wandina last year has appeared in court and is due to face trial over the collision that killed 20-year-old Abby Shiozanka. 

Sally Q Davies

Police launched an urgent hunt for Patryk Kamal Singh last week after he failed to appear in court in relation to several charges including armed robbery. 

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Ex-bikie accused of $20k knifepoint robbery of chaplain

A former bikie associate who sparked a manhunt last week is accused of stealing more than $20k at knifepoint from a volunteer chaplain.

Rachel Fenner

Martin and Debra Robinson with their sons Callum and Jake.

Courts & JusticeVideoPerth parents’ big question after sons killed in Mexico

The heartbroken parents came face-to-face with the men accused of killing their sons.

Brooke Rolfe

Attorney-General Tony Buti said the new regulations would protect abuse survivors and their compensation claims.

State PoliticsPremiumWA Government to draft abuse survivor compensation rules

Regulations to ensure survivors of historical child abuse at the hands of the Christian Brothers are compensated will be drafted by the State Government.

Hannah Cross

Germanas Joneliunas, 24, is one of five on trial in the WA Supreme Court over his alleged involvement to import 850kg of cocaine — worth half a billion dollars.

Courts & JusticePremiumTourist in alleged coke plot claims he was smuggling tobacco

A young European tourist charged over his role in a botched coke smuggling plot has made a stunning admission claiming he thought he was actually helping traffic a shipment of illicit cigarettes into Australia.

Jessica Evensen

Australians shopping for funeral and life insurance were misled by comparison site Choosi after it sold itself as a shortcut through the market while blasting television ads more than 300,000 times, the Federal Court has found.

ASICPremiumChoosi misled customers in $61m insurance fight, court finds

Choosi’s “Compare. Choose. Apply.” pitch has been found to have misled Australians shopping for funeral and life insurance by a Federal Court after its TV ads aired more than 300,000 times.

Ryan Johnson

Investigators into Ben Roberts-Smith have hidden the identities of 723 people named in the evidence against him with pseudonyms.

Courts & JusticeInvestigators suppress 723 names in Ben Roberts-Smith case

The decision by the Office of the Special Investigator suggests it plans a no-compromise approach to securing the conviction of the Victoria Cross awardee and seeking a life sentence.

Aaron Patrick

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & JusticePremiumMan avoids immediate jail for sleeperhold attack

A man who avoided further prison time for his involvement in a violent home invasion has again avoided more jail for putting someone in a sleeper hold until they passed out and leaving them on a road.

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse

Courts & JusticePremiumBusiness owner fined for storing guns in bush

A local business owner and licensed firearm holder kept his three guns in a bush in the backyard of a friend’s house because he “did not want them to be stolen”. 

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & JusticePremiumHeroin dealer fined for 6kg of mercury

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder heroin dealer and prospector who admitted 17 drug charges has been fined for possessing 6kg of mercury.

Tegan Guthrie