Perth mum accused of feeding baby bleach 'needed help', friend says

[WA Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, 14th January, 2019 PM News Update [Perth mum Brooke Lucas and her son.]( [Perth mum accused of feeding baby bleach 'needed help', friend says]( BY staff writers An online friend of the Perth mum who has been accused of feeding her chronically ill baby son bleach said she believed the woman adored both of her children and needed help. --------------------------------------------------------------- Top stories [Traffic tragedies: Five lives lost in series of WA crashes]( WA's road toll has had a sharp spike after five people died in traffic crashes on the state's roads in the past week. [Police lights generic]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rio Tinto ore shipments disrupted in WA port fire]( Mining giant Rio Tinto's exports of iron ore have been disrupted after a fire engulfed a section of one of its ports in WA's minerals-rich Pilbara region. 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