Broome
Ex-Broome bishop to plead not guilty to new sex assault charges
Christopher Saunders faced Broome Magistrates Court on Monday for the first time since being charged with five more historical offences.
- by Cameron Myles and Jamie Freestone
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A white-hot Christmas? Not quite. But as for the weekend before...
Perth is staring down two days of 40-plus over the final weekend before Christmas even as coral bleaches in Broome – but then things take a cooler turn.
- by Cameron Myles and Emma Young
Former Broome bishop faces fresh sex assault charges
Christopher Saunders has been charged with five more offences of historical sex assault, allegedly committed against a 24-year-old man in 2016.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Airports
‘Might go watch it’: Shipwreck hunter who removed snake from plane has never seen the movie
The Virgin Australia flight was due to take off at 10.30am before a snake was found on the flight.
- by Hamish Hastie
Broome man had four break-ins before he cable-tied trespassing kids
Mat Radelic, 45, denies he committed the offence of assault after he cable-tied three young Indigenous children he found swimming in his backyard pool in March.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Amber Wilkinson
‘Residential dustbowls’: The Perth postcodes on an investor blacklist
Suburbs on Perth’s ever-expanding outer fringe feature heavily on a national list of the riskiest postcodes to invest. Investors are warned to avoid them.
- by Sarah Brookes
Lifeline for WA beaches under threat from rising sea levels
With 20,000km of coastline, Western Australia is facing a battle on all fronts against coastal erosion.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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War
WA nurse in Gaza: Smell of blood is unbearable as bodies lie everywhere
Broome nurse Rebecca Smith speaks from Gaza, where she is volunteering in a hospital packed with dead and injured women and children after heavy bombings.
- by Sarah Brookes
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The Kimberley
State swings axe on iconic Kimberley Horizontal Falls experience
All but one tourism operators in the region will not be allowed to take their boats through the falls from 2026 – and the experience will end completely in 2028.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Crime
Image of cable-tied kids shocks, but sadly we’ve been here before
The video has shocked Australia – small Aboriginal children sobbing, hands bound with cable ties as relatives hurl abuse at a strident white man.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Heather McNeill
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Violence
Broome man charged with assault regrets ‘tying up trespassing children in backyard’
The 45-year-old tradesman said he regretted his actions and said they were not racially motivated. “It didn’t come from a place of hate or nothing, just disappointment and a bit of anger”.
- by Heather McNeill and Brittany Hoskins
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