Andrea Mayes

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Gary Adshead |Andrea Mayes |Joshua Cahill

The City of Nedlands, one of Perth's wealthiest western suburbs enclaves, could be placed into administration for its "repeated poor behaviour", Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley has warned. Ms Beazley told ABC Radio Perth she was "at the end of my tether" at the council's "very obvious dysfunction", including compliance and transparency issues, and its failure to get enough councillors to attend meetings so resolutions could be passed.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Andrea Mayes

Labor has retained its dominance in the west with yet another emphatic federal election result, picking up an extra seat from the depleted Liberal Party who failed to reverse their significant losses from 2022. And teal independent Kate Chaney is predicted to retain the blue-ribbon seat of Curtin from Liberal challenger Tom White, according to the ABC election computer. Labor has snatched the seat of Moore from the Liberals.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Andrea Mayes

You can't blame West Australians for waking up with a sense of deja-vu this morning, as we prepare to vote in our second election in just eight weeks. Those who haven't already voted, that is, either by post or at a pre-poll station — and more than 400,000 of us have taken that option. In March, we voted to re-elect Labor to government in WA, with Premier Roger Cook winning a comfortable majority.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Andrea Mayes

Jack Brearley, one of four people accused of murdering Perth teenager Cassius Turvey, has denied using an axe to cut the handles off shopping trolleys on the day the boy was attacked. It's alleged a pole ripped from a supermarket trolley was used to inflict the fatal blow. Mr Brearley blames one of his co-accused, Brodie Palmer, for the fatal assault, although he admits punching Cassius Turvey in self-defence after claiming the schoolboy stabbed him.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | David Weber |Andrea Mayes

Jack Brearley, who is one of the four people accused of murdering Perth teenager Cassius Turvey, will take the stand in the WA Supreme Court. He is accused of bashing the 15-year-old with a metal pole in the eastern Perth suburb of Middle Swan in October 2022. Mr Brearley is set to give evidence on Thursday afternoon. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains an image of a person who has died, used with the permission of their family.