Former WA teacher jailed following child sex guilty pleas

[WA Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, 21st May, 2019 PM News Update [A correctional officer has been charged over an alleged inmate relationship.]( [Former WA teacher jailed following child sex guilty pleas]( BY AAP A former teacher at a religious school who sexually abused two boys in Western Australia dating back up to 40 years has been sentenced to four years in prison. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Top stories [Clive Palmer's Mineralogy 'starved' for cash, court told in tenement dispute]( Palmer's representatives unsuccessfully argued in the mining warden's court that Mineralogy was so "starved" for funds it couldn't afford a $50,000 lease condition. [Mineralogy is Clive Palmer's private company.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- ['How's the rape and pillage going?' 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