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WA minister defends actions after teen died in custody

A West Australian government minister has blamed his advisors for the information he gave media after a teen self-harmed in detention and died.

AAP · Nov 6, 2023

Indigenous boy fighting for life after custody incident

A 16-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after he was found unresponsive in his cell at the Unit 18 detention facility in Western Australia.

AAP · Oct 12, 2023

WA opposition blasts government after CCC investigation of Phil Edman's laptop ends without even a whimper

Phil Edman's laptop was the most feared electronic device in WA politics — but the CCC quietly ended its investigation into it almost a year ago, and found it didn't live up to the hype.

ABC News · Mar 17, 2023

New WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam moves to quash influence of factional powerbrokers

Libby Mettam vows the internal dysfunction caused by The Clan, which she said had turned voters off the party, would not be a feature of her time at the helm.

ABC News · Jan 30, 2023

WA Police no longer responding to urgent calls that St John Ambulance could not reach in time

The WA government will not reveal how many times its police officers were dispatched on calls for St John Ambulance, as the months-long arrangement comes to an end.

ABC News · Nov 30, 2022

WA Police to keep G2G pass data for 25 years before handing over to State Records Office

Apply for a G2G pass during the pandemic? It has been revealed WA Police will keep that data for a quarter of a century before handing it over to another government agency to keep indefinitely.

ABC News · Oct 12, 2022

Kimberley juvenile crime puts all eyes on WA government as communities wait for long-term solutions

Premier Mark McGowan wants his government to help break the cycle of crime and dysfunction in the Kimberley, but residents are in the dark about how it intends to start.

ABC News · Apr 17, 2022