Investigations underway after Perth man dies in Bali detention centre
Investigations are continuing into how a Perth man died while in custody in Bali on Friday.
Cameron Hughes, 39, was reportedly taken to an immigration detention centre on Friday, accused of breaching his Visa conditions after separating from his wife.
Hughes has lived in Indonesia for more than 15 years, and shared an eight-year-old son with his former partner.
9 News Perth reported he was taken into custody on Friday and hours later was found unconscious and unresponsive in his cell.
Local authorities are investigating whether he could have had a heart attack, or self harmed.
Across the nation and around the world
Here’s what’s making headlines across the nation and around the world today:
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Universities will be legally required to meet new standards to prevent racism and antisemitism and to strengthen complaints processes from Monday, as vice chancellors prepare to face the royal commission over their handling of hostility towards Jewish students.
- An explosive fire at a popular pub in Thailand’s capital Bangkok has killed 27 people in one of the deadliest such incidents in the tourism hub in recent years.
Welcome to our live news blog
Good morning and welcome to our live news blog for this Monday, the 13th of July.
Making headlines today, West Australian Premier Roger Cook will take on tourism while his deputy Rita Saffioti’s transport portfolio has been expanded to cover major infrastructure under a cabinet shake-up revealed yesterday.
The reshuffle, spurred by the resignation of former minister and Secret Harbour MP Paul Papalia at the start of last week, will also see first-term Landsdale MLA Daniel Pastorelli handed water, and the mines, petroleum and exploration portfolios.
Meanwhile, a young Perth doctor faces a manslaughter charge over the death of a 63-year-old man in Fremantle in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Christian Jack Joseph, 26, faced Perth Magistrates Court yesterday still dressed in a blue forensics jumpsuit a day after he was arrested when emergency services were called to South Terrace to find the older man unresponsive. He later died at Fiona Stanley Hospital.
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