WA's highest legal body urged an independent review of the state's youth justice system in a letter to the Cook government, saying repeated calls to improve it “have fallen on deaf ears”. In a letter sent this week to Premier Roger Cook and Minister for Corrections Paul Papalia, the Law Society of WA, the organisation … Read more
Notorious former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was taken from prison to the hospital to undergo emergency heart surgery.
After a four-week investigation that uncovered the most horrific details of the youth justice system in Western Australia, the state awoke on Friday morning to the tragic news that another child had died in custody.
Perth's development industry is facing acute challenges as land prices rise to levels not seen since the economic boom in 2007. Recent data from UDIA WA paints a grim picture of a deepening affordability crisis: the average price of a new property in Greater Perth has risen to $305,177, the highest level since December 2007.
Two western suburban students were hospitalized after eating gummy candies suspected of being laced with THC, prompting police to issue a warning not to consume them.
Labor's plan to solve the housing crisis “will not touch even the slightest detail”, the Greens' housing spokesman said as the smaller party attacked new Housing Minister Clare O'Neil. In an appearance on Sky News on Sunday, Max Chandler-Mather, housing spokesman for the Greens, described Labor's housing plans as a “bad joke”.
According to a commission, the criminal offenses for those who create or threaten to distribute digitally altered sexual images of a person must be simplified and new laws to combat deepfakes must be passed without delay. Deepfakes are digitally altered images of a person or their body. Using AI, for example, an image can be … Read more
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has reiterated her call for a ceasefire in the Middle East following talks with her US counterpart.