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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 10, 2026
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Jul 13, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Samantha Goerling

    Detectives say Perth music teacher produced child exploitation material (opens the original)

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    Police have charged a Perth music teacher with producing child exploitation material and indecently recording a child after seizing several electronic devices from his home. David Hicks is employed at several private schools and also conducts private tutoring. The police prosecutor told the court Mr Hicks's devices were being further examined. A music teacher employed at several private schools in Perth has appeared in court, charged with producing child exploitation material and indecently reco

  2. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Samantha Goerling

    'Taking away my rights': Resident to fell giant tree before council rule change (opens the original)

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    A home owner in Perth’s south plans to cut down a 20-metre tall “beast” of a tree in order to beat the introduction of a local council policy to protect large trees, despite the dwindling tree canopy across the city. City of Melville resident Susan said she would fork out $10,000 to remove the Norfolk pine from her backyard while the council worked on a draft policy designed to retain trees on private property. Susan, who asked for her surname to be withheld, said she promised the former owners

  3. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Samantha Goerling

    Mother of teen allowed to leave hospital before suicide calls for change (opens the original)

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    Hailee Hildebrandt took her own life in January this year after she was allowed to leave Fiona Stanley Hospital, despite having attempted suicide shortly before she left. The teenager also made "explicit statements" that she planned to take her own life before going on planned overnight leave, a report said. Hailee's mother Stacey Hildebrant told 102.5 ABC Perth she should not have been allowed to leave the hospital, and has called for improvements to the system. WARNING: This story contains det

  4. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Samantha Goerling

    CCTV captures moment deli worker dragged by car in alleged handbag theft (opens the original)

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    CCTV footage has captured the moment a lunch bar worker was dragged by a car after chasing an alleged thief accused of stealing a handbag in Perth's east. The footage shows a hooded person entering the Wynyard Street lunch bar in Belmont shortly before 5am on Tuesday, going behind the counter and grabbing a bag before running outside. A staff member follows the person and is then seen approaching the front passenger side of the white Holden Commodore sedan. The woman appears to try to stop the c

  5. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Samantha Goerling

    Overcrowding triggers 'gratuity' payments to prisoners sleeping on floors (opens the original)

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    Prisoners are receiving 'gratuity' payments as compensation for having to sleep on the floor due to overcrowding across WA's prisons. Judges are also handing down reduced sentences due to the "significant and inhumane" overcrowding. The Inspector of Custodial Services has called for adequate staffing and a clear strategy to manage population growth. Prisoners are receiving financial compensation to sleep on the floor in overcrowded Western Australian jails, the ABC can reveal. The overcrowding a

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