WA news LIVE: WA to scrap good character references in court sentencings

Good morning and welcome to our live news blog for this Tuesday, the 25th of August. Making headlines today, fed up with inaction after his motorcycle was stolen from his property in the east Perth suburb of Stratton last week, a Perth father decided to do his own investigative work.Three days, dozens of community tips, and several social media pressure tactics later, Saadiq Regal not only recovered his own bike – he accidentally solved a theft involving a member of parliament and brought the region’s bike theft crime wave straight to government leaders.Meanwhile, West Australian students who come from advantaged backgrounds could be more than six years ahead of their peers when it comes to learning outcomes, new research suggests.