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‘We told you he would murder us’: Police failed to stop Floreat murders

An internal report has found police took insufficient action before Mark Bombara killed two women, despite multiple warnings, with the state’s most senior officer acknowledging system failure.

  • Claire Ottaviano

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Lusk, 46, filmed himself raping multiple women.

Perth man gets nearly 30 years’ jail for raping 12 women

Adam Lusk, 46, drugged and raped the women between April 2020 and January 2022.

  • Holly Thompson and Andrew Du
Floreat parents will be sentenced over starving their daughter.

Perth girl at the centre of starvation trial attends court to support parents

The girl, who is now almost 21 years old, arrived at court on the day her parents were due to be sentenced over years of neglect that almost killed her.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Edward Whisson was the skipper of the Falls Express that crashed into rocks at Horizontal Falls in May 2022.

Horizontal Falls skipper, boat company fined over horrific crash

Edward Whisson was the master of Falls Express, a tour boat with 25 passengers on board in May 2022, when it hit rocks at the popular tourist destination. On Thursday he and the company he worked for were fined over the incident.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Mark Bombara.

WA Police officers ‘face job losses’ over handling of Floreat killer’s DV complaints: report

A damning final report into the murders of a mother and daughter in their Floreat home allegedly claims police failed to take domestic violence concerns from the killer’s family seriously.

  • Holly Thompson
The State Administrative Tribunal in Perth.

Perth doctor banned after sexually harassing employee

For nearly two years Akinyemi Freeman repeatedly made sexual advances towards the woman, telling her ‘I don’t give up easily’.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
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The woman took to the stand to give evidence on Tuesday.

Sailor who raped 14-year-old Perth girl has sentence increased on appeal

The Navy recruit claimed he was lonely after being posted to WA and forced to stay during COVID, leading him to seek casual sex with women online.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: Members of the National Socialist Network (NSN) during a counter protest on North Terrace and East Terrace on January 26, 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. Australia Day, formerly known as Foundation Day, is the official national day of Australia and is celebrated annually on January 26 to commemorate the arrival of the First Fleet to Sydney in 1788. Many indigenous Australians refer to the day as ‘Invasion Day’ and there is a small but growing movement to change the date amid broader debate on the day’s significance. (Photo by Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)

‘Parent your kids’: WA’s top cop has a message for the families of neo-Nazi boys

Three West Australian men were arrested in Adelaide after taking part in an organised neo-Nazi rally on Australia Day.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
There are pitfalls to avoid when entering aged care.

WA elderly woman accused of murdering aged care home roommate

A WA woman, 75, has been charged with murder over the death of an 88-year-old woman she was sharing a room with at an aged care home.

  • Heather McNeill
A Triumph motorcycle is impounded by police after it was allegedly clocked travelling over 100km/h ovet the speed limit.

‘Over 100km/h over the speed limit’: Perth learner driver’s expensive start to long weekend

A 17-year-old and a 24-year-old have been arrested and charged by police in separate incidents where they were caught driving at speeds of more than 100km/h in a worrying start to the long weekend.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt

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