Courts
Rinehart, Rio discussed royalty ‘liability’ ahead of Hope Downs deal, court told
A court has heard letters between Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting and Rio Tinto show they armed themselves for the possibility others may come knocking for royalties from the mining project they were striking a deal over.
- by Jesinta Burton
Latest
Perth mother faces jail after 12-week-old baby found with life-threatening levels of meth in system
The court heard the baby’s mother, Sarah Joanne Brice, 34, was breastfeeding her son while also using methamphetamine and cannabis.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Young Perth father found guilty of killing newborn
A Perth father has been found guilty of killing his newborn daughter after medical experts testified she was likely “vigorously shaken”.
- by Heather McNeill
Hancock-Wright deal clause ‘no golden bullet’ in battle for mining billions, court told
The mining dynasty waging a multibillion-dollar war for a slice of Gina Rinehart-led Hancock Prospecting’s royalties is accusing the miner of hiding behind a clause buried in a 40-year-old partnership deal.
- by Jesinta Burton
Opinion
Media & marketing
‘Leave them alone!’ Do the rich and famous deserve their privacy?
The pushback in WA against the interest in the separation of Andrew and Nicola Forrest is oddly out of sync with our obsession with celebrity scandal. What’s going on?
- by Mark Naglazas
Wright heirs unearth letters in battle for Hope Downs’ billions
More than 30 lawyers have filled a courtroom specifically remodelled for the long-awaited showdown between the rich-lister descendants of West Australian mining pioneers Peter Wright and Lang Hancock as the trial over their most lucrative find begins.
- by Jesinta Burton
Succession showdown: WA’s iron ore heirs face off over multibillion-dollar deal
More than two dozen lawyers for two of WA’s richest families will go head-to-head on Monday in a bid to settle a row over late magnate Lang Hancock’s most lucrative legacy.
- by Jesinta Burton
Man who allegedly snatched girl near Perth primary school appears in court
Police vehicles rushed to the scene to search for the missing child about 8.45am on Friday as her mother put desperate calls out to friends online.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt, Mia Egerton-Warburton and Holly Thompson
Davey fights secrecy bid in defamation row over ‘sexual misconduct’ claims
Matador Capital boss Grant Davey has fought court orders protecting the identities of two women alleged to have accused him of sexual misconduct.
- by Jesinta Burton
Melbourne man fined after being Tasered three times on Perth flight
Three Australian Federal Police officers were called onto the plane to de-escalate the situation after the man refused to sit in his designated seat.
- by Heather McNeill
Perth racing identity jailed after bikie cash found buried in backyard
Kellie Kersley claimed at trial she thought the cash was just her bikie friend’s hard-earned savings, however a magistrate didn’t buy her story.
- by Heather McNeill and Ashtyn Hiron