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The WA Supreme Court this week ordered that Sanella Krstic, formerly Sanella Naumovski be removed from the roll of legal practitioners.

Courts & JusticePremiumDisgraced lawyer struck off after stealing $160k from client

A Perth lawyer who infamously tattooed her bikie boyfriend’s name on her arm and was once charged with possessing a loaded handgun used in a brutal shooting has been struck off.

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The 41-year-old has pleaded guilty to 36 animal cruelty offences.

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‘Infuriating’: Puppy farmer sentenced over 100 starved dogs

Confronting photographs have been released of the dehydrated and emaciated dogs - including puppies as young as eight-weeks-old - neglected at Jia Xu Dong’s Canning Vale property.

Jessica Evensen

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & JusticePremiumMan admits to 20 charges after four are dropped

A 30-year-old man has admitted to driving an off-road buggy directly at police in dramatic footage captured by officers, and destroying evidence by ripping up a bag of meth.

Tegan Guthrie

Dozens of regional and remote courthouses will cease operating for at least three months, forcing accused criminals to travel hundreds of kilometres to have their cases heard. Pictured: Broome Courthouse.

‘CHAOS’CommentsPremiumJudges ‘extraordinary’ decision to close remote courts

The State’s top judges have made the extraordinary decision to axe hearings across regional WA for three months, claiming police will no longer provide courtroom security.

Brooke Rolfe and Cain Andrews

Lucas Martins Da Silva was sentenced to four years behind bars after he ran down and killed acclaimed author and UWA professor Brenda Walker on December 10, 2024.

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumJail for man who ran down and killed acclaimed Perth author

A District Court judge has described a man’s decision to get behind the wheel while tired as an ‘egregious lapse of judgment’ before sending him to prison for mowing down the author and UWA professor.

Hannah Cross

Police say a 30-year-old man was assaulted in the drive thru area of a fast-food restaurant in Girrawheen.

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumTeen accused of drive thru assault in Perth’s north

An 18-year old Perth man who allegedly bashed two men in separate incidents just 15 minutes apart has been charged. 

Brooke Rolfe

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumDrug charges laid after crash

Police allegedly found meth, scales and proof of drug dealing in the car and phone of a man after his car allegedly crashed with a truck at Mt Palmer, leaving himself with serious injuries.

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan accused of coaching ex into withdrawing claims to cops

A 44-year-old man allegedly called his ex-partner 95 times from custody to coach her into withdrawing her statement to police which alleged he repeatedly punched and kicked her in the head

Tegan Guthrie

Tianna Addison Diodato-Day went on an arson spree in 2024 with co-accused Dennis James Dear targeting cemeteries in Perth’s south.

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumMajor update in Perth cemetery firebugs’ court case

A serial firebug who burned a Karrakatta cemetery chapel to the ground caused $3.4 million in damage, a court has been told.

Hannah Cross

Benjamin Jack McLaughlin has been charged with murder after a body was found in the boot of a burnt out car near Cervantes.

CourtPremiumBizarre details emerge after accused killer found naked

A mobile phone being used as a torch has incidentally recorded an alleged murder that ended with the accused found naked on a castaway ship, a WA court has been told.

Emma Kirk

Luke Ritchie appeared in court on Thursday, one day after he dropped his fiancee's body off near an ambulance outside a cafe in Joondalup.

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumMan who dropped off woman’s body makes devastating admission

The man at the centre of the mysterious death of a woman dumped outside a Joondalup apartment complex has made a devastating admission in court.

Jessica Evensen

Gavel and law books.

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‘Grossly unfair’ charges discontinued for station owners

"Grossly unfair’ cattle related charges brought against Winderie Station owners Cameron and Teresa Tubby have been dropped after the State said there were no reasonable prospects for a conviction.

Georgia Campion

In September 2024, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission launched separate, but similar, proceedings against Coles and Woolworths, claiming both supermarkets jacked up prices on everyday items before offering discounts at prices higher or equal to the original shelf life.

RetailCommentsPremiumColes loses sham discounts fight but shoppers to pay price

Shoppers can expect higher prices for longer at the supermarket, experts say, after the Federal Court found Coles misled consumers with sham discounts in a landmark win for the consumer watchdog.

Cheyanne Enciso

Coles boss Leah Weckert.

RetailCommentsPremiumColes facing millions in penalties for ‘Down Down’ tricks

Coles is facing penalties likely to run in the tens of millions of dollars after it misled shoppers with illusory discounts on grocery staples like yoghurt, butter and toothpaste.

Cheyanne Enciso

Seized ark shells from illegal fishing activity.

WA news PremiumFishers cop fines after taking too many molluscs

Two Pilbara residents were ordered to pay more than $2,200 in Karratha Court this week after being accused of taking more than double the legal bag limit of ark shells.

Laura Newell

Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Michael Woodley.

MiningCommentsPremiumYindjibarndi leave door open to Fortescue compo appeal

The Yindjibarndi people have left the door open to a possible appeal of a court ruling that has ordered Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue to pay them $150.1 million in compensation.

Daniel Newell

Judgment in the consumer watchdog's case against Coles has been delivered in the Federal Court. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

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‘Not genuine’: Coles 'illusory' discounts misled shoppers, court rules

A court has ruled Coles misled shoppers with illusory discounts under its Down Down campaign in a landmark decision.

Duncan Murray

19yo South Perth basketball referee Jamie Winfield has been charged with sexual assault Unknown

Courts & JusticePremiumREVEALED: WA basketball ref charged with child sex crimes

A basketball referee faced court today charged with more than 20 offences, including allegedly sexually penetrating a child under the age of 16.

Brooke Rolfe

David Pye and Nick Martin.

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Mastermind behind assassination of bikie boss learns fate

The mastermind who ordered the assassination of former Rebels boss Nick Martin at Perth Motorplex more than five years ago has been jailed.

Jessica Evensen

Andrew Forrest at the Solomon iron ore mine celebrating FMG’s 20th anniversary in 2023. SoCo Studios

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‘I’d pay tomorrow’: Twiggy’s bold $150m compo call

WA miners should be ‘quietly celebrating’ court orders for Fortescue to pay the Yindjibarndi $150.1 million, compensation which Andrew Forrest wants his company to pay ‘tomorrow if given the opportunity’.

Adrian Rauso

Police have charged a second person with producing and distributing child exploitation material in connection with author Craig Silvey. Sources: iStock and Supplied. Artwork by Frank Ling. Ratio 16:9. For DIGITAL or PRINT.

CourtPremiumSecond person linked to Craig Silvey confesses to producing vile material

A man has pleaded guilty to child exploitation material charges in the second case linked to the criminal case involving author Craig Silvey.

Emma Kirk

A South West crabber has been fined for catching almost 70 undersize blue swimmer crabs in the Leschenault Estuary. 

CrabbingPremiumHarvey crabber fined for undersize catch

A South West crabber has been fined for taking close to 70 undersize blue swimmer crabs in the Leschenault Estuary.

Craig Duncan

Mr Michaels is yet to enter pleas to his charges.

CrimePremiumBindoon terror accused hit with child abuse rap

The first person charged with plotting a terror attack in WA has been slapped with six extra charges, including allegedly possessing child abuse material and bullet proof clothing.

Claire Sadler

Wright Prospecting's Angela Bennett, left, and Hancock Prospecting's Gina Rinehart had gone head-to-head in a multibillion-dollar legal battle over mining royalties.

MiningPremiumAppeal keeps fight over Hope Downs royalties alive

Gina Rinehart and Angela Bennett’s long-running court battle over Pilbara iron ore royalty riches may not be over quite yet.

Daniel Newell