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Virginia Giuffre’s shock death by suicide was confirmed on Saturday.

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Virginia Giuffre’s ‘anxious, hostile’ separation revealed

Sad details of the final months of Virginia Giuffre’s life have emerged, with court documents revealing the break-up with her husband involved hostility and anxiety.

Rebecca Le May

Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is claiming a miscarriage of justice. NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Courts & JusticePremiumBen Roberts-Smith: Ex-wife’s friend ‘you owe me beers’ message read in court

A message allegedly sent to a reporter ahead of the disgraced war veteran’s defamation trial has been revealed in court.

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Tahira Shaheen told reporters she was sorry and it was an accident.

Courts & JusticePremiumSchoolgirl’s hit-and-run driver says ‘It was an accident’

The mother of a girl who was seriously hurt in a hit-and-run outside a Perth school is angry the driver’s sentencing has been held up by a finding she has problem-solving skills of a six-year-old child.

Rebecca Le May

A Bremer Bay man has been fined for trespassing without lawful excuse on Shire of Jerramungup property.

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Man fined for illegally releasing dogs caught by ranger

A Bremer Bay man has been fined for trespassing on Shire of Jerramungup property to release his dogs after they were caught by rangers and for threatening to punch staff.

Melissa Sheil

Brodie Palmer is on trial charged with the murder of Cassius Turvey.

CourtsPremium‘Palmer not aware of co-accused’s murderous intent’: Lawyer

A lawyer for one of the men on trial for the murder of Cassius Turvey has told a court there was no evidence his client knew of his co-accused’s ‘murderous intent’ on the day.

Emily Moulton

A man has pleaded not guilty to three charges.

Courts & justice PremiumMan to fight machete to throat DV allegations

A man will fight allegations he held a machete to the throat of his partner, assaulted her and impeded her breathing. 

Tegan Guthrie

Sino Iron magnetite mine in the Pilbara

MiningCommentsPremiumSuits on the ground in CITIC’s fight for survival

A football team’s worth of lawyers joined CITIC Pacific’s fight with Clive Palmer for the future of its $20b Sino Iron project in the Pilbara.

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The tragedy happened at WA Salt Supply in North Coogee in June 2022.

WA News PremiumSalt refinery behind worker death used cardboard to fix belt

A local salt processing company has been fined $875,000 over the death of a worker at a North Coogee refinery in 2022.

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The violence erupted after the pair had been cellmates at Hakea Prison for one week.

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Ex-prisoner allegedly blinded cellmate in brutal attack

A former Hakea prisoner has gone on trial after allegedly blinding his cellmate in one eye in a vicious, unwitnessed attack.

Rebecca Le May

Details of the funding deal are subject to secrecy orders, but documents released by the court reveal liquidators had been privately haggling with tax officials since June 2023 over allegedly unfair preference payments.

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The liquidators chasing the tax office for $3.8m of payments made while former Mrs Mac’s Pies company allegedly broke in 2022.

Neale Prior

Luke Timothy O’Diam, 29, was arrested a short time after a team of Gang Response and TRG officers boxed in the car as it travelled down the highway and brought it to a stop.

Crime PremiumMongols bikie arrested in wild chase after standoff with TRG

Police have charged a Mongols bikie with possessing a gun after a dramatic pursuit in Perth’s northern suburbs.

Sarah Steger

An Albany man who was caught driving at more than 45km/h over the speed limit on Albany Highway has been fined.

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WA man caught driving at 157km/h while under influence fined

An Albany man caught driving at more than 150km/h on Albany Highway while under the influence of alcohol has been fined and had his licence disqualified. 

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Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan jailed for garden shear threats

A man threatened to “cave in” the head of his family friend and kill her before brandishing garden shears and continuing to abuse her, all in front of her nine-year-old daughter, a Kalgoorlie court was told.

Tegan Guthrie

Zacheaus Wells was granted home detention bail for a grievous bodily harm charge.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan, 19, accused of violently stabbing uncle bailed

The 19-year-old who allegedly bragged to his mates after police said he stabbed his uncle in the street — puncturing his lung — has been released on strict bail.

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A Sri Lankan pizza shop owner who dodged deportation for threatening two men with a gun over a drug debt again faces the prospect of having his visa revoked.

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Drug dealer faces deportation after second WA jail term

A Sri Lankan pizza shop owner who dodged deportation for threatening two men with a gun over a drug debt again faces the prospect of having his visa revoked, after being sent back to prison in WA for dealing.

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Michael Slater leaves the Maroochydore Watchhouse after being sentenced on a raft of charges.

Courts & JusticePremium‘You killed me’: Slater’s disturbing downfall

Michael Slater has admitted to violently assaulting his ex-partner in a series of jealous rages by choking her and threatening to kill her.

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The chilling details of Clive Sydney Hart’s crimes were revealed as he was sentenced for the horrendous violence and sexual violation he unleashed on a stranger in 2021.

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Chilling details behind man’s terrifying attack on woman

A man who was 19 when he launched a nightmare attack on a young woman as she walked home through a dark Cannington park has been jailed, with chilling details of how his mind works revealed in court.

Rebecca Le May

Linda Reynolds is suing the Federal Government over the $2.4 million settlement it reached with her former staffer Brittany Higgins.

Courts & JusticeOutgoing Senator sues Commonwealth over Higgins payout

Linda Reynolds is suing the Federal Government over the $2.4 million settlement it reached with her former staffer Brittany Higgins over its handling of her alleged rape at Parliament House.

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Simon Khalil, 56, and his son Brendon Khalil, 29, have both been sentenced to imprisonment in WA for their involvement in a 2022 plot to import and distribute 56kg of cocaine from Switzerland.

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A father and son from Sydney have been handed hefty jail termsfor taking part in a Lebanese gang’s plot to sell 56kg of cocaine hidden inside car tyres.

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John Leonard Lance Yates has pleaded not guilty to claims he threatened to ‘bash and kill’ his pregnant partner last year.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan to fight claims he threatened to ‘bash and kill’ partner

It is alleged he deliberately crashed his pregnant partner’s side of a car into a tree after repeatedly punching her and threatening to ‘bash and kill’ her.

Tegan Guthrie

Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan (left) has been released from prison after he allegedly bashed Ninette and Philip Simons in their Girrawheen home

courts & justicePremiumGirrawheen couple live in fear as attacker released on bail

A former immigration detainee who caused outrage when he allegedly bashed an elderly couple in their Girrawheen home has been released from prison while his alleged victims live behind bars of their own.

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A 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty to stealing two cars with young children inside last month and was sentenced on Thursday.

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Boy who stole cars with kids inside admits ‘messed up’ crime

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder teen who stole two cars with children inside immediately asked about their welfare when he was arrested and is now deeply remorseful, a court has been told.

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A judge has described the police officers who rushed into the burning house to rescue seven people as ‘absolute heroes’.

COURTS & JUSTICEVideoPremiumJail for man who set fire to home while ex, kids were inside

WARNING: CONFRONTING FOOTAGE. A judge has described the police officers who rushed into a burning house to rescue seven people during a shocking case of domestic violence as ‘absolute heroes’.

Emily Moulton

A Gingin man has been charged with rape, sexual assault and stealing during the Easter long weekend in Broome.

COURTS & JUSTICEPremiumMan accused of sexually assaulting three women in Broome

A Gingin man has been charged with sexually assaulting three women during a gathering after a night out at a pub at the weekend in Broome.

Cain Andrews