Justice
AFP deputy commissioner Ramzi Jabbour stood down amid internal investigation
AFP staff were informed on Thursday that Jabbour is facing a professional standards probe.
- by Fergus Hunter
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Crime
Magistrate indecently assaulted teenage boy in 'ritual', court told
Graeme Curran is facing nine charges of indecent assault relating to one boy between 1981 and 1983.
- by Georgina Mitchell
Religion
Hennessy wants priests to report sexual abuse or face charges
Laws compelling priests to break the seal of confession and report child sexual abuse to police are due in parliament before the end of the year.
- by Adam Carey
Justice
'You told a lot of lies': Six-year jail term for burying missing WA man's body
A Queensland man has been sentenced to six years imprisonment after he buried the body and assumed the identity of a man he met while travelling through WA’s Wheatbelt.
- by Hannah Barry
Justice
'Enormous waste of resources': Case against Carabooda farm brothers dropped
"What my father set up in 35 years and handed down to the family is ruined."
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Justice
'Too much is at stake': Why the Claremont trial is so important to get right
It's one of the biggest stories in WA's history, but the media landscape has changed drastically in the past decade. Here's all you need to know about the legalities of reporting on the trial of Bradley Robert Edwards.
- by Hannah Barry
Indigenous
Immediate action urged to help WA children in prison with FASD
Telethon Kids Institute research has found almost all of the children at Banksia Hill, who come from across WA, have severe cognitive impairment.
- by Emma Young
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Courts
Court finds it was wrong for government to take children, five years on
The mother attempted to be reunited with her children but the director-general fought to have the children remain with carers.
- by Kimberley Le Lievre
Crime
Proposal grows Canberra's prison, but in the nicest way possible
Located just beyond the double-wire fences of Canberra's prison, a new "reintegration centre" will prepare minimum security inmates for life on the outside.
- by Peter Brewer
Father of murdered Margaret River children launches foundation to 'keep kids away from the courts'
“I lost my kids because of our family law system, I believe. My strength will always be there to want to change the system.”
- by Sarah Makse
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Justice
Thrown, punched in the head: Doctor who tried to help bleeding man claims police turned on her
Melbourne doctor Kim Proudlove says she tried to help an injured man who was surrounded by police. She alleges police assaulted her and then tried to cover it up.
- by Nick McKenzie & Chris Gillett