Nine WA stories you must read on Tuesday, August 13 Gold miner Newcrest has taken reported a $5.78 billion loss. NEWCREST takes a heavy hit, police probe a senseless attack and exciting news for Maserati fans. All the WA news the need to know. Heavy hit: AUSTRALIA'S largest gold miner Newcrest Mining has reported an annual net loss of $5.78 billion for the 12 months to June 30. Senseless attack: DETECTIVES still need help in their investigation into the assault and abduction of a 20-year-old man in Margaret River last month. Children failed again: THE cover of Peter Blaxell's St Andrew's Hostel Inquiry says it all: "How the system and society failed our children" but those same children are being failed again, writes Lisa Quartermain. Real estate record: Mosman Park has played host to Australia's most expensive home since 2009 but is the title about to head east? See it first in Perth: IT'S eight months away from its worldwide launch but Perth this week gets an unprecedented preview of Maserati's most affordable car. Battle of the bulge: IT'S the competition that nobody wants to win - which WA towns are among the nation's fattest? Team of the Round: TWO West Coast players made the Team of the Round but there was no room for any Fremantle despite their 113-point victory. Reality check: COLIN Barnett has been reminded that a big election victory does not give him authority to enforce unfair and mean laws on the people who voted him in, writes political editor Joe Spagnolo. We'll take it: WEST Coast ruckman Dean Cox says he'd happily play finals at the expense of Essendon should the supplements scandal result in the Bombers losing all their points.