'Seeking connection': The unseen children who roam the streets at night
By Keane Bourke

Youth Beat workers take to Perth streets at night to help young people who have nowhere else to go.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-13/charity-youth-beat-helps-disadvantaged-young-people-in-perth/106783634

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The unseen children who roam Perth's streets at night

Youth Beat workers take to Perth streets at night to help young people who have nowhere else to go. 

Breaking: Damning report finds WA prisoners subjected to 'cruel, degrading treatment'
By Keane Bourke

WA prisoners are being subjected to "cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment" because the state government has allowed prisons to become "almost fundamentally broken", according to the Inspector of Custodial Services.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-09/damning-report-released-on-wa-prisons/106775446

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Damning report finds WA prisoners subjected to 'cruel, degrading treatment'

WA prisoners are being subjected to "cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment" because the state government has allowed prisons to become "almost fundamentally broken", according to the Inspector of Custodial Services. 

New leader, old problem for WA Liberals as Zempilas flirts with One Nation
By Keane Bourke

As Basil Zempilas flirts with One Nation, will the right-wing populist party drag the WA Liberals down again, or will it become a life raft on the way to a political resurrection?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-09/one-nation-question-returns-for-basil-zempilas-and-wa-liberals/106772882

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New leader, old problem for WA Liberals as Zempilas flirts with One Nation

As Basil Zempilas flirts with One Nation, will the right-wing populist party drag the WA Liberals down again, or will it become a life raft on the way to a political resurrection?