Andrea Mayes

A mother accused of starving her daughter tells a Perth court she thought the orange marks around her mouth were due to the teenager's appetite for carrots and pumpkin, not because she was malnourished, as a doctor advised.

The case of the malnourished teenager and the parents whom police have accused of deliberately starving her has been aired in public for the first time in Perth's District Court in recent weeks.

It's been 14 years since the body of 21-year-old apprentice Josh Warneke was discovered by a Broome roadside, and a long-awaited inquest into his death has provided little clarity on what happened.

As the inquest into Josh Warneke's death comes to an end, Ingrid Bishop says she is unable to grieve for her beloved son due to a lack of answers.

Police identified 850 witnesses during their investigations into the death of a 21-year-old man found dead in Broome, an inquest into his 2010 death hears, including more than 15 suspects.

Brittany Higgins and her husband's true colours are on display in a series of text messages that mocked Senator Linda Reynolds after she was hospitalised with heart concerns, a WA court hears.

The Linda Reynolds-Brittany Higgins defamation trial is all over bar the outcome. As Justice Paul Tottle retires to consider his verdict, we take a look back at the trial's five biggest moments.

Senator Linda Reynolds's lawyer tries to eviscerate Brittany Higgins's defamation defence by painting her as a deliberate liar who tried to ruin her former boss's career and bring down the Morrison government.

Brittany Higgins's lawyer finishes her closing submissions in the defamation case launched by Senator Linda Reynolds, and these are the key ways the former staffer is defending herself against the allegations.

Senator Linda Reynolds did not always believe Brittany Higgins had been raped and even attempted to "smear" her former staffer to cast doubt on her credibility, a court has been told.