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Detective Senior Sergeant Cameron Blaine.
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Cleo Smith hero detective quits police force as CCC report looms

The WA detective who made international headlines after rescuing kidnapped child Cleo Smith has quit the police force ahead of the release of a CCC investigation into his conduct. 

  • by Heather McNeill
Shark fishers at swimming beaches in Kwinana, south of Perth, leave body parts behind after they are finished.
Sharks

Shark fishing to be banned at all Perth beaches to make swimming safer

  • by Holly Thompson
Bozena Knapinski is accused of trying to murder her husband by poisoning him.
Crime

Perth woman denies attempting to murder husband by poisoning water

  • by Rebecca Peppiatt
John Burdon has been charged with two counts of manslaughter.
Crime

Skipper pleads not guilty over fatal Mandurah crash

  • by Rebecca Peppiatt
Papalia said ...
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Banksia Hill

Unit 18 staff member suspended over teenager’s death in custody

  • by Holly Thompson
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The moment Cleo was rescued by Western Australia Police Force
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The moment Cleo was rescued

The moment Cleo was rescued by Western Australia Police Force

Cleveland Dodd, 16, (inset) died after self-harming in his cell at the youth Unit 18 wing of Perth’s maximum-security Casuarina Prison.
Juvenile justice

‘They failed this boy’: Prisons watchdog lashes WA government over Unit 18 death

Inspector of Custodial Services Eamon Ryan warned care needed to be improved for the other youth detainees in the unit at Perth’s maximum-security adult men’s prison.

  • by Hamish Hastie
WA Premier Roger Cook, Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas.
Liberal Party

Cook fires warning shot over Perth lord mayor’s political ambitions

  • by Hamish Hastie
WA Premier Roger Cook and Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson are facing increasing pressure on the location of the new women’s and babies’ hospital.
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Hospitals

Yet another leaked report flags Perth women’s and babies’ hospital concerns

  • by Hamish Hastie
ANFWA secretary Janet Reah at the nurses rally in November last year.
Hospitals

WA nurses union inches closer to entering 2025 election fray

  • by Michael Genovese

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