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CCC report accuses hero Cleo Smith cop of misconduct in ‘relationship’ with journalist
The WA detective who made international headlines for rescuing kidnapped girl Cleo Smith has been accused of misconduct by the Corruption and Crime Commission.
- by Heather McNeill and Jesinta Burton
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Big Perth
The man who sold the sprawl: Inside the mind of Nigel Satterley
There are few West Australian business titans more formidable than veteran developer Nigel Satterley. But there’s more to one of this sprawling city’s founding fathers than some might think.
- by Jesinta Burton
Diary lays bare birth of Pilbara mining dynasties’ royalty row
Diary entries unearthed in court during a high-stakes legal stoush have laid bare Wright Prospecting’s frantic effort to determine whether it had been swindled in Gina Rinehart’s joint venture deal with Rio Tinto.
- by Jesinta Burton
The 220-kilometre city: Why Western Australia is giving up on infill
Mining billionaires might have made the state wealthy, but it’s developers’ decades of wheeling and dealing that continue to have the most impact on daily life.
- by Sarah Brookes, Hamish Hastie and Jesinta Burton
‘Déjà vu’: Basil Zempilas defeats Sandy Anghie for second term as Lord Mayor
Prominent media personality Basil Zempilas has defeated rival Sandy Anghie to secure a second term as Lord Mayor of the City of Perth.
- by Jesinta Burton
‘They’ve made their bed’: Gina Rinehart’s lawyers slam kids’ legal attack
The mining magnate’s lawyers have levelled a scathing attack against her eldest children for claiming her absence from the high-stakes Hope Downs battle implied guilt.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Deaths in custody
Family wants answers after boy dies following suicide attempt at notorious WA prison
The family of 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd has pleaded with the state to “act now, today” to prevent another youth dying needlessly and tragically in detention.
- by Hamish Hastie, Holly Thompson and Jesinta Burton
‘I thought I was going to die’: Perth hotel hit with fine over mislabelled nut-laden tart
Pan Pacific Perth has been fined for a mistake which could have cost a woman her life.
- by Jesinta Burton
Perth magistrate lashes state for ‘coercive’ laws to sideline her
Lawyers for Magistrate Catherine Crawford have scrutinised laws the state government claims empowered her Children’s Court boss to forcibly relocate her.
- by Jesinta Burton
Minister admits notorious WA juvenile prison ‘unacceptable’, but says there’s no alternative
A letter has surfaced which flagged concerns for a teenage Aboriginal inmate two weeks before he attempted suicide at the Unit 18 youth wing of Casuarina Prison.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Voice to parliament
‘Disappointed by landslide’: WA follows emphatic national no vote
WA’s no vote was trending toward 60 per cent an hour after counting began.
- by Hamish Hastie and Jesinta Burton