Rebecca Trigger

Aboriginal families in Perth’s east are afraid to let their children walk the streets after an Indigenous teenager was allegedly bashed to death while walking home from school with friends. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following article contains images of a person who has died.

Homicide detectives are asking for help to establish the last known movements of 25-year-old Koongamia woman Helen Solomon Marsuk, after her body was found in a South Fremantle harbour on Sunday.

Family and friends of a WA Indigenous leader being held in Japan say she is the victim of a romance scam that resulted in her being arrested with drugs in luggage she was carrying.

Dr Anthony Bell is acquitted of assaulting his wife during an argument over another woman last year, as the judge suggests Rabia Siddigue had “engaged in a vendetta” against her husband.

The man who helped launch a fresh search for clues in a homicide investigation in the West Australian outback is hopeful his work might lead police towards answers.

The premier asks the attorney-general to review WA’s parole system, in the wake of recent incidents involving violent offenders on parole who allegedly went on to reoffend.

Roger Cook speaks publicly for the first time about the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl at Perth Children’s Hospital, saying he is confident the facility is now safe.

A wing foiler tells of the moment he came off his board and fell on a shark which promptly latched onto his leg at Wedge Island, north of Perth.

As US mining giant Alcoa says it will close its refinery in Kwinana in Perth’s south, an expert warns the hit to Western Australia’s economy will run into the hundreds of millions of dollars.

It’s hard to fathom the tragedy of a ten year old boy’s suicide in the keeping of the Western Australia Government. His death has raised concerns about the capabilities of the child protection system responsible for his wellbeing. Surging numbers of children have been taken into care over the past two decades in Western Australia.