WA courts
Memo shows Wrights knew they had no right over Hope Downs, court told
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has attempted to deliver a fatal blow in the battle to guard its iron ore riches, unearthing a 34-year-old memo showing a rival mining dynasty knew it had no right to its royalties.
- by Jesinta Burton
Latest
‘He made me feel like a piece of meat’: FIFO rapist jailed for five years
Ryan Zabaznow, 38, was found guilty of raping a colleague at a Pilbara mine site in 2020 in a case that sparked a parliamentary inquiry into sexual assaults at mine sites.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Crime
Protesters planned to chain themselves to Woodside boss’ house, police allege
Police said Jesse Noakes and Gerard Mazza were planning to throw paint on the City Beach home that Meg O’Neill shares with her partner and daughter and chain themselves to a gate, barring her from leaving.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth mother faces jail after 12-week-old baby found with life-threatening levels of meth in system
The court heard the baby’s mother, Sarah Joanne Brice, 34, was breastfeeding her son while also using methamphetamine and cannabis.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Gina Rinehart
Bombshell letter from Lang shows Gina Rinehart knew she should share, court told
In a letter to his daughter Gina Rinehart, Lang Hancock outlined the division of assets and stipulated his company Hancock Prospecting was to retain East Angelas, now known as Hope Downs 4, 5, and 6, jointly for the partnership.
- by Jesinta Burton
Youths terrorising Westfield Carousel shopping centre, 12-year-old robbed twice in three weeks
Muggings, shoplifting, spitting at security guards and terrorising customers are becoming daily occurrences at WA’s biggest shopping centre.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Opinion
Juvenile justice
Will the Cook government put an end to the brutalising of children and young people in the youth justice system?
This week’s decision in the Supreme Court should immediately trigger a rethink of how youth justice works in Western Australia and an end to the ‘law and order’ approach to the issue.
- by Greg Barns SC
Vegan protester Tash Peterson charged over Fyre restaurant protest
The 29-year-old refused to leave John Mountain’s Connolly restaurant in Perth on June 30, the first of two disruption-style protests she held at the venue.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Exclusive
Police
Family outraged at driver’s drink-driving fine over crash that killed Perth woman
A 32-year-old woman who hit and killed a pedestrian in December last year has pleaded guilty to drink-driving, but did not face any other charges over the crash.
- by Sarah Smith and Daile Cross
‘Form of terrorism’: WA Police up ante in Woodside protest case amid bodily harm claims
WA Police have raised the stakes in their probe of a faux gas leak that shut down Woodside’s headquarters.
- by Jesinta Burton
Perth boy faces multiple charges over alleged Two Rocks school shooting
The 15-year-old boy WA Police arrested following a Perth school shooting on Wednesday has been hit with a series of charges, including discharging a firearm in a manner to cause fear and possessing a prohibited weapon.
- by Jesinta Burton