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How could he?PremiumChildren ‘found in beds’ after horror murder-suicide

Smiling sweetly seemingly without a care in the world, these are the innocent children whose lives were brutally taken from them by the very person who was supposed to protect them — their father.

Emily Moulton

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Heartbreaking tributePremium
The West Australian exclusive
‘I’ve been crying all morning’: Huntingdale babysitter

The babysitter of little Kohan and Lily said she had looked after the siblings since they were infants and was devastated when she heard they had been killed by their father.

Emily Moulton

Unspeakable crimeREVEALED: Identity of killer Huntingdale father

The Huntingdale father who committed the unspeakable on Friday by killing his own children before taking his own life has been named.

Emily Moulton

BreakingDad who killed kids in murder-suicide named

The father who killed his two children in what police say is a horror double murder-suicide has been named.

Ryan Young and Rebecca Le May

CrimeSack Qld housing minister: Opposition

The Queensland Opposition has called for the housing minister to be sacked, saying she misled parliament over a former state official's departure.

Laine Clark

Grim discoveryMum’s frantic phone call to police after kids failed to show

The mother of the two children who were killed by their father in Huntingdale frantically called police concerned for their welfare after they did not arrive at an agreed pick-up point.

Emily Moulton

Harassment chargePremiumPies star pleads guilty: ‘I apologise’

Collingwood star Jordan De Goey has pleaded guilty to a harassment charge over a New York bar brawl.

Megan Palin in New York

CrimeMan charged after Queensland shooting

Police have charged a man with a string of offences after an alleged shooting in Brisbane's north that left a man in a critical condition.

Laine Clark

Emotional tributesTearful family & friends pay respects to tragic children

Residents living in and around the Huntingdale street where two children were found dead along with their father in a suspected double murder-suicide have begun laying tributes near the scene.

Emily Moulton

Zhenya extraditedPremiumPerth’s Russian tech playboy extradited to the US

Perth tech playboy Zhenya Tsvetnenko has been extradited to the United States to face wire fraud, identity theft and money laundering related charges.

John Flint

Horrific sceneForensics comb for clues after dad and kids found dead

The quiet suburban street where two children and their father were found dead remains cordoned off this morning as police investigate the tragedy.

Emily Moulton

CrimePremiumFather, two kids dead in murder-suicide

A father and his two children have been found dead inside a Perth home in what police believe was a horror murder-suicide.

Ryan Young

CrimeFormer Trump aide called over Capitol riot

Former press aide to Donald Trump Judd Deere has been subpoenaed by the committee investigating last year's deadly Capitol riot, CNN reports.

AAP

CrimeMan arrested over death in Vic's southeast

Police have arrested a 30-year-old man after one man died and another was seriously injured in Sale on Friday evening.

AAP

CrimeExotic re-sentenced to 21 years in jail

A US judge has reduced Joe Exotic's prison sentence by a year despite pleas from the former zookeeper for leniency.

JILL BLEED and SEAN MURPHY (Associated Press)

CrimeCar hits Taylor Swift's building: police

Police say a man has been arrested for drunkenly crashing a car into Taylor Swift's New York City apartment building.

AAP

Baseball bat attackPremiumMan avoids jail for baseball attack on 17yo

A 19-year-old who admitted he felt ‘powerful’ when he beat a 17-year-old with a baseball bat in an act of revenge after being stabbed months prior has avoided immediate imprisonment.

Tegan Guthrie

Jail for manslaughterPremiumMan jailed for Kambalda manslaughter

A Kalgoorlie man who fatally stabbed a ‘peacemaker’ in the heart as he tried to coax him into dropping his weapons during an alcohol and meth-fuelled street fight has been jailed for seven years, six months

Tegan Guthrie

Huntingdale horror Dad believed to have killed son, daughter found in beds

A young girl and boy were found dead in the home when emergency crews arrived. The children were believed to have been discovered in their beds.

Daryna Zadvirna, Briana Fiore and Phil Hickey

Horrific tragedyTwo kids dead in suspected murder-suicide in Perth suburbs

A father and his two young children are dead in what is believed to have been a murder-suicide in Perth’s south-east.

Daryna Zadvirna and Briana Fiore

horrific injuries PremiumMan attacked with axe in home invasion in Perth’s south-east

A 21-year-old man has been hospitalised with a fractured skull after being attacked with a hammer in a ‘vicious and cowardly’ home invasion in Perth’s south-east - just a year after losing his younger brother. 

Briana Fiore

‘Serious misconduct’PremiumWA teacher suspended over romantic confession to ex-student

A media teacher at a prestigious private girls’ school has had his teaching registration suspended after he told a former pupil he had romantic feeling for her and ‘no boy will ever be good enough for you’.

Shannon Hampton

CourtINXS guitarist loses court battle

The guitarist of iconic Australian rock band INXS has lost a court battle over an accident that has left him unable to play guitar.

Rhiannon Tuffield

LATESTInside Aussie TV stars’ biggest falls from grace

From game show hosts to beloved sitcom stars, the past year hasn’t been kind to all of Australia’s biggest TV names. Here’s just who fell from grace.

Holly Hales