Brittany Higgins has broken her silence after Bruce Lehrmann lost his defamation case against Lisa Wilkinson and Channel 10. On Monday a judge ruled that it was “more likely than not” that Mr Lehrmann did rape Ms Higgins in Parliament House in 2021. On Thursday evening Ms Higgins posted aContinue Reading
The Yes23 campaign for an Aboriginal Voice to Parliament has been pinged by the AEC for putting up official-looking signs at polling places that could be “potentially misleading” as part of what the No campaign has called a “cynical ploy” to sway votes. On Monday, social media users noted thatContinue Reading
A man has emphatically admitted in a Perth court to killing a fellow prisoner before he could have his day in court on child sex charges. Evan James Martin, 43, appeared in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court via video link from Casuarina Prison on Wednesday to enter a plea on aContinue Reading
The man convicted of kidnapping Cleo Smith in Western Australia’s Pilbara region has lodged an appeal against his sentence. Terence Kelly was found guilty of snatching the then four-year-old girl from her family’s tent near Carnarvon on October 2021. The 37-year-old held Cleo at his Carnarvon home for 18 daysContinue Reading
Another two more construction companies in Western Australia have gone under due to labour shortages and increasing construction costs. WA Housing Group, founded in 2019 and focused on custom builds and remodelling, was forced into liquidation on December 7, while Individual Developments WA (IDWA), which had prior agreements with theContinue Reading