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
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.
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
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.
A Liberal Party elder says it would be ‘unforgivable’ if disgruntled MP Ian Goodenough tries to send his preferences to Labor.
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.
Don Punch, now WA Disability Services Minister, allegedly agreed in the late 1980s and early ’90s to a plan to return a child to relatives who had been accused of sexually abusing him and who then allegedly went on to molest him again.
The fallout from the Liberal Party’s decision not to preselect incumbent MP Ian Goodenough is set to lead to a preferences stand-off that could jeopardise the Coalition’s last seat in metropolitan Perth.
For Mo Munshi and his family, the Australian government’s role in securing the release of the Bali Nine drug smugglers has only exacerbated their pain and frustration about the way it has handled his case.
Premier Roger Cook is keen to build on the ‘unprecedented success’ of WA’s Aboriginal ranger program, citing his commitment to improving Indigenous outcomes.
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