Rania Spooner
After dabbling in law and earning her stripes reporting on Aboriginal affairs and courts in the Goldfields, this Walkley Award nominated news hound can be found around Perth’s court rooms.
Craft world mourns loss of 'giant'
Rania Spooner Outpouring of shock and grief over beloved craft blogger's sudden death off WA coast.
Family road trip becomes tragic nightmare
Rania Spooner The children of a missing man watched on as a 'nightmare' unfolded at a picturesque beach south of Coral Bay on Wednesday.
Journalist awaits fate of Hancock subpoenas
Rania Spooner A West Australian Supreme Court justice has retired to decide the fate of subpoenas compelling award-winning journalist Steve Pennells to reveal sources for articles Hancock Prospecting's lawyers...
'What happened?': father of boys found dead in bathroom
Rania Spooner Inquest could finally explain tragic mystery of dead baby brothers.
Teens charged with bashing murder face court
Pamela Mirghani and Rania Spooner The three teenage boys charged over the bashing death of Mandurah man Tauri Litchfield have been held in custody.
Baby Shorn's mysterious death not SIDS: inquest
Rania Spooner A Perth baby who died days after he was found face down in his cot and later discovered to have alcohol in his blood has been ruled out as a case of sudden infant death syndrome.
Frozen in silence: Mercanti case highlights domestic abuse
Rania Spooner Domestic and family violence experts explain why the domestic violence ordeal of former Finks bikie Troy Mercanti was far from unique.
Teen shot himself loading gun
Rania Spooner The gun shot related death of a teenage boy on a property north of Perth at the weekend is not being treated as suspicious.
WA election
WA stays with Barnett's Liberals
Rania Spooner West Australians have given Liberal leader Colin Barnett another four years at the helm in a commanding win the returning premier attributed, in part, to Federal Labor being "on the nose" in WA.
The Heng effect
Rania Spooner Who knew an internet sensation would be born when the West Australian election campaign crossed paths with a Christian music enthusiast and would-be campaign manager?
Grisly find
Slaughtered emus: a gruesome 'traffic barrier'
Rania Spooner Arranged in a gruesome public display a group of young emus have been found slaughtered and laid out on a road in Western Australia's South West.
Grandmother's tragic online dating death
Rania Spooner A widowed grandmother who travelled to South Africa to marry the man she loved has been found dead under suspicious circumstances in a Johannesburg guest house.
Medical breakthrough leads to murder acquittal
Rania Spooner The Nobel Prize winning medical breakthrough that saw a convicted murderer acquitted.
Mercanti's partner 'doomed to years of abuse'
Rania Spooner The estranged partner of Coffin Cheater turned Finks motorcycle club member Troy Mercanti has alleged more than a decade of psychological and physical abuse at his hands.
Legal Aid funded Rayney defence
Rania Spooner Taxpayers funded at least part of former Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney's multi-million dollar legal battle against allegations he murdered his wife.
Breastfeeding lowers ovarian cancer risk
Rania Spooner Women who breastfeed for two years of their lives are significantly less likely to develop ovarian cancer, according to groundbreaking West Australian public health research.
Rottnest head identified
Rania Spooner Police have discovered the identity of the man whose head washed up on Rottnest Island this week.
Davies parents call for investigation
Rania Spooner Liam Davies parents speak of loving son, call for investigation into his death.
Washed up head had beard, moustache
Rania Spooner The mysterious head that washed up on Rottnest Island this week belonged to a Caucasian man with a full beard and moustache, Police have revealed.
Power utility taken to court for teen death
Rania Spooner Western Power charged over teen's electric shock death.
