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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.

Dead mother 'looked like a skeleton'

Andrew Devine leaves the coronial inquest.

Rania Spooner A woman with multiple sclerosis, who died in her Bull Creek home while being cared for by her nurse husband, looked "just like a little skeleton" in her final days, the West Australian Coroner's...

Eric Ripper finally gives up leadership

Eric Ripper.

Courtney Trenwith Labor leader Eric Ripper has agreed to stand down after losing the support of more than half of his colleagues, it is understood.

Holiday tragedy as two die on Penguin Island sandbar

Penguin Island

Aja Styles and Roy Fleming Two family members swept to their deaths off a notorious Perth sandbar were among 30 emergency rescues conducted by a tour company in treacherous conditions yesterday.

Boys, 11 and 12, on sex charges

Rape

Lucy Rickard Two boys aged 11 and 12-years-old are among a group of four charged with the sexual assault of at least six women over a 48-hour period.