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A Perth woman whose careless driving caused the death of her twin daughters in a crash in country WA has successfully appealed an immediate term of imprisonment. Rachel Van Oyen, 32, was behind the ...

Four West Australian police officers, two ­pilots and one plane awaited Brenden Abbott when he arrived in the hangar of the ...

A plot by inmates to riot and take hostages at a prison in regional Western Australia has sparked further questions about pressure on the state's corrective services system. WA's Prison Officers Union ...