ABC FeedsBreaking: Former bikie guilty of orchestrating assassination of Nick Martin
By Andrea Mayes
A bikie who paid a trained sniper to assassinate a rival gang member at a Perth speedway in front of horrified onlookers is found guilty of his murder.
How a 'loner' paedophile hid in plain sight in the suburbs of Perth
By Andrea Mayes
"A regular sort of bloke," is how one of Jason Forbes's neighbours described the 39-year-old electrician — but inside the walls of his unassuming Baldivis home, he was hiding a dark secret.
#ChildSexualAbuse #Crime #Police #Courts #SexualOffences #AndreaMayes
Breaking: Boy's Triple Zero call to save family swept out to sea released
By Andrea Mayes
Police release the recording of the Triple Zero call made by 13-year-old Austin Appelbee after his marathon 4 kilometre swim through rough seas to save his family.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/austin-appelbee-triple-zero-call-released/106333174
#HumanInterest #MarineIncidents #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Police #Swimming #AndreaMayes
Invasion Day rally attempted bombing declared terrorist act
By Andrea Mayes and Callum Liddelow
The attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Perth's CBD last week is declared a terrorist attack by authorities.
#Terrorism #IndigenousAustralians #Crime #Police #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #AndreaMayes #CallumLiddelow
How a 13yo boy swam for four hours to save his family stranded at sea
By Andrea Mayes
Austin Appelbee, 13, has made international headlines after swimming for four hours in rough seas to save his mum, sister and brother stranded in the ocean. How did he do it?
#HumanInterest #MarineIncidents #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Swimming #Oceans #AndreaMayes
Police continue to probe Perth family's 'heartbreaking' murder-suicide
By Andrea Mayes
WA Premier Roger Cook says the deaths of a family of four at their Perth home in an apparent murder-suicide is both "heartbreaking" and "unimaginable".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-31/mosman-park-murder-suicide-update/106291350
Woman found outside Perth house with life-threatening injuries
By Andrea Mayes
A 44-year-old woman is rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after allegedly being assaulted at a home in suburban Perth overnight.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-31/woman-critical-after-woodlands-assault/106291092
What we know about the suspected murder-suicide of a Perth family of four
By Andrea Mayes
An entire family has been found dead in their own home — a mother, a father and their two teenage boys, with police describing the event as "highly distressing" and a "devastating tragedy".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-31/murder-suicide-for-perth-family-of-four-mosman-park/103234930
#Homicide #Suicide #MentalHealth #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Police #AndreaMayes
Gambling billionaire Laurence Escalante charged with family violence
By Andrea Mayes and Mya Kordic
Australian online gambling billionaire Laurence Escalante has appeared in a Perth court, accused of a slew of family violence, drugs and burglary offences.
#DomesticViolence #Gambling #Courts #Assault #AndreaMayes #MyaKordic
Video shows man throwing explosive device into Perth Invasion Day crowd
By Andrea Mayes and Cason Ho
WA Police have released CCTV that shows a man, dressed in black and wearing a black face mask, running through the crowd after throwing an object from a shopping centre balcony.
#Crime #AustraliaDay #IndigenousAustralians #Courts #AndreaMayes #CasonHo
