Despite leaders’ pep talks, there’s no doubt where this is headed
The only two people who say they are uncertain about the likely outcome of next month’s WA election are Premier Roger Cook and Liberal leader Libby Mettam.
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Cook brushes Basil from outset
Roger Cook has slammed Basil Zempilas as a ‘corrosive’ influence who would topple Liberal leader Libby Mettam at the earliest opportunity.
Woodside CEO home protester flags police complaint
An activist awaiting sentencing over his role in an attempted protest at the home of Woodside Energy’s CEO says he plans to lodge a complaint against WA police after an officer pulled a gun on him.
Woodside CEO protesters guilty but unrepentant
Four anti-gas activists behind a controversial attempted protest at the home of Woodside Energy CEO have pleaded guilty to a string of offences after prosecutors agreed to drop the most serious charge.
‘I never wanted any of that to be known’: Survivor quizzed over abuse silence
Dion Barber did not disclose the full extent of the abuse he says he suffered at the hands of his stepfather, father and grandfather even when making a claim for criminal injuries compensation
Choice for ward of state: ‘abuser or the street’
Dion Barber also described some of the sexual abuse he experienced from his father and grandparents during his time under the legal care of the state.
Survivor describes abuse after state returned him to predator
Dion Barber is seeking compensation over the abuse he suffered while a ward of the state, with a current WA government minister playing a key decision-making role in his care
‘Utterly extraordinary’: Labor MP lashed for returning boy to abuser
A judge has blasted the decision to return a ward of the state into the home of a child sex predator, and called for a rethink over whether WA wanted to fight a compensation claim against it.
‘Preferencing ALP not Goodenough’
A Liberal Party elder says it would be ‘unforgivable’ if disgruntled MP Ian Goodenough tries to send his preferences to Labor.
Pressure on Labor over child abuse case
Dion Barber had allegedly already been sexually and physically abused by multiple relatives when he came on to the radar of Don Punch and his Department of Communities colleagues.
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