A former voice coach at a prestigious private girls’ school has avoided jail for a second time despite testing positive to methamphetamine while on a suspended prison sentence for drug possession.
Shannon Hampton
Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the late accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been arrested by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation in New Hampshire.
Gabriella Borter
After two days of painful separation from Paua — a six-month-old English Staffordshire pup — Perth boy Devantea was woken on his fourth birthday today by licks and cuddles from his beloved pooch.
Michael Traill
A man who approached two young girls at a Mandurah playground before dropping a note reading ‘want more follow me’ with a $1 coin and an open condom packet stuck to it — has walked free from court.
The ex-student of a former Guildford Grammar teacher who admitted sending her sexually explicit messages says the ordeal has left her so traumatised she is physically unable to attend university.
Emily Moulton
Detectives have charged three people over a violent home invasion in Gosnells but say two more suspects remain on the run and could be armed and dangerous.
Rourke Walsh
A South Australian police raid on 19 properties has netted more than $6 million worth of cannabis and cash, with three men charged with drug offences.
Emily Cosenza
Police Commissioner Chris Dawson has fired off a warning shot to career criminal Troy Mercanti for his trip to NSW to attend a bikie funeral, saying it was getting ‘full attention’ from WA Police.
Michael Traill and Josh Zimmerman
A FIFO worker charged over the death of his mother at the family home in Caversham has appeared in court barefoot, after spending the night in custody.
Sarah Steger and Daryna Zadvirna
Guy Sebastian's former manager has been charged and granted bail in NSW over alleged frauds totalling $1.15 million over seven years.
Gus McCubbing
A group of bystanders has rushed to the aid of a woman after a man allegedly attacked her with an axe in the Brisbane CBD and tried to force her into his car.
Robyn Wuth and Aaron Bunch
Homicide Squad detectives have charged a 44-year-old man with murder after a woman was found dead in a Caversham home yesterday.
A puppy that was ‘snatched’ from out the front of a family’s Huntingdale home has been found and reunited with his owners after a tip off to Crime Stoppers.
Michael Traill and Kate Phillips
Skip bins, tilers and expensive house fixtures were a common sight outside an otherwise ordinary looking home at the centre of an alleged $1 million fraud scheme running out of Fremantle Port.
Phil Hickey and Sarah Steger
Notorious bikie Troy Mercanti managed to successfully change his bail conditions so he could fly over east to attend the funeral of a Mongol bikie named Santa, The West Australian can reveal.
Ben Harvey
REVEALED: Four former City of Perth councillors and two staff members are being investigated by Financial Crimes Squad detectives following referrals from an inquiry into the dysfunctional council.
Phil Hickey & Josh Zimmerman
The Perth-based diving firm accused of sending elite divers to record depths at excessive speed — causing seven of them to suffer ongoing brain injuries — is being prosecuted over the disaster.
John Flint
The construction watchdog is investigating after two union workers were allegedly set upon while visiting the job site of a controversial Melbourne developer.
Benita Kolovos and Christine McGinn
An amateur footballer has avoided a prison sentence for a hip and shoulder bump that could have killed a fellow player in Perth.
Angie Raphael
Five institutions could lose federal funding and tax concessions, including their charitable status, for failing to join the child abuse redress scheme.
Matt Coughlan and Rebecca Gredley
Police have started a complicated process to get a Fremantle Ports worker and his wife arrested in South Africa over a $1 million fake invoice scandal. Find out what their neighbours said about them.
Sarah Steger and Phil Hickey
Police Minister Michelle Roberts has hit out at the ‘inadequate sentencing’ of a man whose inattention behind the wheel caused the death of former Fremantle star Hayden Ballantyne’s brother.
Steve Butler
Prisoner Patrick Gore pleaded guilty to breaking out of the Wyndham Work Camp, walking 6km into town and making a phone call — before returning around 3am this morning.
Peter De Kruijff
A Perth family is pleading for the return of their beloved four-month old English Blue Staffy after it was allegedly stolen in a drive-by “theft” yesterday.
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