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Former headmaster of Shore takes legal action against school
Tim Petterson left the school in July 2022 after a review of culture had found new leadership was needed.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Toowoomba
‘It’s OK’: Lehrmann allegedly consoled woman during Toowoomba rapes
Bruce Lehrmann has been committed to stand trial for rape after his barrister failed to have the case thrown out of court.
- by Cloe Read
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Mining
$3.8m brawl: The fraudster, the mining prospector and the fight over gold
Anton Billis was once so close to his friend, convicted fraudster Michael Giovinazzo, he was the best man at his wedding. But their 25-year friendship is now in tatters, and is being pored over in the Victorian Supreme Court.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Bail for former Home and Away star who stomped on woman’s head
Orpheus Pledger, who previously fled from a court-ordered hospital assessment while out on bail, will live with his father while awaiting sentencing.
- by Erin Pearson
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Crime
Alleged Karrinyup knife attacker re-offended hours after bail: police
A teenager alleged to have stolen knives at a shopping centre and taken part in stabbing two men allegedly went on a crime spree just hours after getting bail.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Alleged Perth train robbery baffles court
Prosecutors have been at a loss to explain how a dedicated student and talented sports player wound up allegedly robbing someone at knifepoint on a Perth train.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Former Wanneroo councillor cleared over election pamphlet smear campaign
A pamphlet intended to sully the reputation of a local government councillor backfired when the featured candidate won the seat.
- by Claire Ottaviano
A police officer was found not guilty of murder. Now a coroner will examine her death
Four and a half years after her death, a coroner will this week examine how an Indigenous woman known as JC was shot dead by a Geraldton police officer.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Trial by Water
‘I’m going to nail you for it’: Was Robert Farquharson’s prosecution a case of tunnel vision?
Police need to focus their efforts, but what happens if they miss clues along the way?
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
Albanese tears up over alleged threats to family
An alleged teenaged terrorist is said to have vowed to behead a Labor politician and professed admiration for the Christchurch mass killer.
- by Olivia Ireland and Perry Duffin
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Police
‘Oppressive and unjust’: WA Police slammed by CCC for wrongful arrest of 14-year-old girl
Officers were reprimanded after the heavy-handed arrest of a girl walking home from a friend’s house, but the CCC has criticised three internal investigations.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt