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Child safety

Shocking 'sex ring' link to state care kids sparks independent review

Child Protection Minister Simone McGurk has ordered an independent review into WA’s child protection system policies and practices.

  • by Lauren Pilat
The use of illicit substances rose in Perth during the pandemic except for meth.
Coronavirus pandemic

Meth the outlier as WA cannabis, cocaine use soars during pandemic

  • by David Prestipino
Ben Cousins during his arrest in Victoria Park in April.
Courts

Cousins' ex claims she reported him amid fears kids would be removed

  • by Jacquelin Robson
Premier Mark McGowan's hard border success claims put to the test.
Coronavirus pandemic

McGowan prepares to scrap WA's hard border as MPs brace for fallout

  • by Nathan Hondros
Perth drag queen and friends show their feelings about Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas on stage at the Court Hotel on Wednesday night.
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LGBT

Push to move Pride out of Perth as Zempilas says sorry for 'radio banter' 

  • by Marta Pascual Juanola, Nathan Hondros and Fran Rimrod
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Politics

Premier Mark McGowan's hard border success claims put to the test.
Coronavirus pandemic

McGowan prepares to scrap WA's hard border as nervous MPs brace for fallout

Mark McGowan is preparing to drop WA's 'hard border' and unveil a timeline for quarantine-free travel to the state from every jurisdiction except NSW and Victoria.

  • by Nathan Hondros
WA Premier Mark McGowan.
Coronavirus pandemic

WA Premier Mark McGowan sticks to his guns as border pressure builds

Mark McGowan is not giving anything away about the state's hard borders, despite speculation they could be relaxed within days.

  • by Nathan Hondros
WA Premier Mark McGowan.
Coronavirus pandemic

Is Mark McGowan about to go soft on WA's hard border lockdown?

  • by Nathan Hondros
Attorney-General Christian Porter.
ALP

Labor targets Porter in redistribution, Liberals say Anne Aly's seat should go

  • by Nathan Hondros
St Mary's Cathedral, Perth.
Coronavirus pandemic

Holy stoush brews over lockdown restrictions on WA churches

  • by Nathan Hondros

Crime & Courts

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Education

Murdoch University's vice-chancellor Professor Richard Higgott is under investigation by Western Australia's Corruption and Crime Commission.
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Murdoch University

Murdoch Uni loses bid to freeze staff pay in what union slammed as 'exploitation with no job security'

  • by Aja Styles
University

'Australia performs rather poorly': Murdoch Uni leader calls for business link to help COVID recovery

  • by Lauren Pilat
Coronavirus pandemic

'We will not be viable': WA university leaders call for state borders to reopen

  • by Lauren Pilat

Health

Scarborough sales rep Rhianne Miller with pet dog Bruce.
Breast cancer

'I found my breast cancer getting a fake tan': A young Scarborough woman's story of survival

  • by Marta Pascual Juanola
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Indigenous

'I have to speak up for her now': 11-year-old who took own life 'failed' by laws that bailed alleged abuser

  • by Heather McNeill
Coronavirus pandemic

Another wait to ease restrictions in WA as 24 new COVID-19 cases detected on ship docked in Fremantle

  • by Daile Cross

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