Emma is a Fairfax Media journalist, arts blogger and recovering bibliomaniac.
WAtoday.com.au journalist Emma Young was given the opportunity this week to tag along with Armadale police and see what impact their Thursday night crime crackdown focus was having in the oft-troubled suburb. Here is what she found...
Comment: It was a story about arts students. A group that reliably attracts gentle derision. Hell, even I make fun of arts students, and I was one.
A reader tells the harrowing tale of her mentally ill brother - too close not to try to help, too far gone to throw one's own life away attempting to support.