An inquiry into the killing of a baby by her father at a popular reservoir concludes the death was preventable. Both outlets report that the inquiry describes the case as harrowing and identifies significant failures by authorities prior to the murder. The reports say the father’s actions resulted in the baby’s death at the reservoir and that earlier warning signs and/or intervention steps were not handled effectively enough to prevent the outcome. The West Australian and PerthNow present the same overall finding: that the killing could have been avoided and that shortcomings in the handling of the situation contributed to the tragedy. While the outlets agree on the core conclusion and the characterization of the inquiry’s assessment, the provided excerpts do not detail specific investigative or legal errors, timelines, or recommendations. The reports frame the inquiry as an examination of what went wrong in the lead-up to the killing and whether more effective action could have changed the result.