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Former WA Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan and former Fisheries Minister Dave Kelly have appeared in court.

Federal Liberal MP and Member for Canning Andrew Hastie has appeared in court in a defamation case brought about by Perth property developer Greg Poland.

On Thursday, an Aboriginal man who cannot be named for legal reasons told the court that he went to the bishop’s Broome home with a group of other young men for a barbecue when he was a teenager.

The Dockers (17-2) will be almost uncatchable in the race for the minor premiership if they can secure victory over the Western Bulldogs (12-7) in Friday night’s blockbuster at Optus Stadium.

A 46-year-old man died three days after he was allegedly assaulted on a Koondoola street corner earlier this month.

The eight-storey proposal on William Street is the first approved under the City of Vincent’s new planning framework.

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Dennis John McKenna sexually abused 29 boys while they boarded as students at St Andrew’s Hostel in Katanning between 1975 and 1990.

Plans for a sex-positive, LGBTQI+ exclusive club in Perth have been rejected by council, with councillors arguing the venue belongs in an entertainment precinct.

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James Sinclair Thomson was arrested by police and appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Monday, where he was released on bail.

The defendants in a defamation trial more than seven years in the making have called for a covert recording to be admitted as evidence, arguing that “a journalist doesn’t get a better source than the plaintiff’s own voice”. 

A proposed eight-storey building has sparked fears of overdevelopment in a historic pocket of Perth, as residents accuse council of failing to protect its past.

A British YouTuber and musician accused of violently raping a fan after a gig in Perth was an entitled semi-celebrity who cared little for his alleged victim, a jury has heard.

The prime minister and premier travelled to the Pilbara for the announcement while visiting Perdaman’s $6.45 billion Project Ceres urea plant on the Burrup Peninsula.

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The business owner behind a covert recording at the centre of a defamation trial has admitted he decided to record a meeting with the Peel Development Commission because he had concerns he was “getting set up”. 

The 29-year-old has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and appeared in the Supreme Court of WA for the first time on Monday where her legal team foreshadowed an application for a judge-alone trial.

Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, better known as Yung Filly, is accused of biting, slapping, strangling and raping a 20-year-old fan after a gig at a Hillarys nightclub.