Albany
WA council meeting in disarray after residents call for sex education books to be restricted
City of Albany councillors will have to vote on whether or not they should restrict access to books from their local library that a group of residents has claimed are “sexualising children”.
- by Holly Thompson
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Lot release sells out in 48 hours as demand outpaces supply in WA
Seachangers and FIFO workers are snapping up land and homes in coastal towns in regional WA.
- by Sarah Brookes
Woman who ran Albany family day care charged with rape of young boy
A 61-year-old woman has been charged by police who allege she abused a boy aged four and five years old who was in her care in the 1990s.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Aged care worker who strangled 70-year-old WA woman to death had a fixation on serial killers
His own defence lawyer said it seemed extraordinary that someone with Jacob Hoysted’s background was left to care for vulnerable people.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
WA mum accused of attempting to kill disabled daughter, court told
The woman denies attempting to kill her disabled daughter after allegedly telling medical professionals the child was deteriorating and “nearing the end of her life”.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Annual WA food festival will make you taste the south afresh
Ever eaten kangaroo? No you haven’t – well, not like this, anyway.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
Perth stays the course as home values surge month-on-month
Perth home values rose more than $11,000 in January, continuing the capital’s trend of prices rising by more than 1 per cent a month, according to a new report released on Thursday.
- by Sarah Brookes
Albany grandma’s death could have been ‘thrill kill’, court hears
The 20-year-old cannot be sentenced until further proceedings to determine whether his crime was a premeditated “thrill killing” or an impulse born of “mercy”.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Regional house prices rising as more Perth city dwellers escape rat race
City dwellers are continuing to escape the hustle and bustle of metropolitan living for a cheaper and happier life in the regions.
- by Sarah Brookes
Peta went fishing on an Albany cliff with her husband in 1997. She has not been seen since.
According to her husband, the young Albany mother of two small children told him she was going to the toilet. Then she vanished into thin air.
- by Heather McNeill
Police probe Aboriginal death in custody in WA’s south
West Australian police are investigating the death of an Aboriginal man who was unable to be revived after being found in his prison cell.
- by Andrea Hayward
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