A Perth mother charged with the alleged kidnapping and assault of a 17-year-old girl is in a category 2 offence – meaning she was already on bail for other serious crimes, a Perth court heard. The 35-year-old woman and her daughter have been charged in connection with the alleged kidnapping in Port Kennedy last weekend.
According to media reports, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to hang up his hat as an independent US presidential candidate.
West Australian sports editor Jakeb Waddell won the prestigious Kennedy Award for best headline for his back-page joke. Waddell was shortlisted for three AFL-related headlines, including the headlines “AH KANE HAS DONE IT AGAIN, NO CHANCE IN VFL, MOVES TO NO.1”.
A Western Australian-born Olympic champion has become Australia's highest-earning gold medallist, while the disparity in prize money between different countries has been exposed.
Australia's haul of seven athletics medals in Paris was its highest since the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.
After winning the gold medal in Paris, Nina Kennedy's next challenge is to break a record that only three women have previously achieved.
“I rolled so hard, put every single egg in the basket and thought to myself, 'Why not me? Someone has to win, why can't it be me?'” Western Australian golden girl Nina Kennedy has spoken about the mental demons and physical toll that has come with her transformation from hyped junior to Olympic champion.
Pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has won a record 18th gold medal for Australia at the Paris Olympics.
GREAT MEDAL HOPES FROM AUSTRALIA ON DAY 12 OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN PARIS * Australia's Tokyo champion Matt Wearn is assured of a gold or silver medal in the men's dinghy event at the Paris Olympics after the gold medal race was postponed due to bad weather conditions.