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[Link] Bush retreat organisers fight to keep 'illegal' parties alive despite threats from council
Read: 3/4/2022 www.abc.net.au
Last weekend, the Mindful Earth Sanctuary was due to hold an event on a property in Karridale, 300km south of Perth, in the Margaret River tourist region.
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[Link] Man wrongly identified as Cleo Smith accused reaches settlement with Seven Network
Read: 16/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
The man wrongly identified as Cleo Smith’s alleged kidnapper by the Seven Network has had a victory in the Western Australia supreme court, after suing the network for defamation.
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[Link] Cleo Smith's alleged abductor due back in court amid fresh charge of assaulting police officer
Read: 23/1/2022 www.abc.net.au
The man accused of abducting four-year-old Cleo Smith is due back in court today in the WA town of Carnarvon and will, for the first time, also face a charge of assaulting a police officer.
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[Link] Doctors say Flight Centre should ‘pull its head in’ after legal threat to WA borders
Read: 8/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Medical professionals have lashed out at Flight Centre’s threat to launch legal action against the Western Australian government’s ongoing border restrictions, calling on the company to “pull its head in”.
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[Link] The weight of a nation's relief hangs heavily on Cleo and her family
Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The one anxiously peering from the gate as your child freewheels away on their bike, just as they should. You remind yourself of the entire days you spent as a child away from your home, so far from your parents' view.
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[Link] Cops Tell Biker Gangs to Wear Makeup as Harsh New Laws Ban Face Tattoos
Read: 15/10/2021 www.vice.com
Members of outlaw motorcycle gangs in Western Australia have been advised to hide face tattoos under make-up and plasters, as the state rolls out harsh laws banning people from showing off “prohibited” patches and insignias.
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[Link] Optimum distance to use a taser 3-4 metres, police shooting murder trial told
Read: 13/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The murder trial of a police officer who shot and killed a woman armed with a knife has been told the best distance to deploy a taser is from 3 to 4 metres — around the same distance some witnesses put him at when he fired his gun.
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