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Sep 17, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Lauren Smith

    WA police officer pleads guilty to assaulting his five-week-old baby (opens the original)

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    A Western Australian police officer has pleaded guilty in a Perth court to assaulting his five-week-old baby. Nickolas Wayne Peake, 30, appeared at the Midland Magistrates court today charged with aggravated common assault. In a statement, WA police said detectives from the Child Abuse Squad laid the charges on Sunday after the assault, and the baby was taken to Perth Children's Hospital as a precaution. Police said Peake, a serving officer, had been stood down. He was released on bail after ple

  2. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Lauren Smith

    Police say woman assaulted in days before death, man charged with murder (opens the original)

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    Police investigating the death of a woman in the Perth suburb of St James have charged a man with murder in an alleged case of domestic violence. Younis Qambari is accused of assaulting Kah Ming Tan in the days before she died, leaving her with extensive injuries that led to her death. Mr Qambari will reappear in court next month after he faced Perth Magistrates Court and was remanded in custody. A 38-year-old man has faced court in Perth charged with murdering a 28-year-old woman in what police

  3. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Lauren Smith

    Chicken sales plummet amid bird flu spread, Perth butcher says (opens the original)

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    A Perth butcher says he has seen a decline in his otherwise stable chicken sales in recent weeks which he attributed to unfounded public anxiety about the threat of bird flu. As parts of Australia grapple with H5 bird flu with the wash-up of dozens of infected migratory seabirds, Tom Randolph said his Mt Hawthorn business had seen chicken sales plunge. "Chicken has been one of the most reliable and stable product lines that we have," he said. "Over the last five or six weeks, we've seen the sale

  4. Article · Aug 15, 2026 · Lauren Smith

    Resources Minister King weighs in on WA GST furore (opens the original)

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    Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King has reassured Western Australians that the government will not change the GST deal. The minister was speaking a day after an explosive report by the Productivity Commission recommended cutting the state's share of the tax. WA Premier Roger Cook said he also received similar assurances from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King has slammed as "unbalanced, highly speculative and clearly incorrect" an interim report that

  5. Article · Aug 15, 2026 · Lauren Smith

    Resources Minister King weighs in on WA GST furore (opens the original)

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    Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King has reassured Western Australians that the government will not change the GST deal. The minister was speaking a day after an explosive report by the Productivity Commission recommended cutting the state's share of the tax. WA Premier Roger Cook said he also received similar assurances from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King has slammed as "unbalanced, highly speculative and clearly incorrect" an interim report that

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