A two-hour police chase through Perth's eastern suburbs ended with an arrest in East Victoria Park on Saturday morning.

Western Australia's drying climate is bad news for our western swamp tortoises, and scientists have moved fast in another bid to save them from extinction.

The WA Liberal Party has started its annual conference with attacks on coalition partners in the National Party, and Labor.

The state government has taken the first steps toward forcing drug addicts into rehab by setting up a consultation group which will include addicts. 

A pensioner in Maylands has been ordered to surrender dozens of pet cats after neighbours complained about the stench of urine and faeces, while inspectors deemed the house unfit for human habitation.

Could the answer to the Eagles travel woes lie with a routine employed by a former captain of their greatest rivals?

If WA Police think Pokemon Go and smartphones are dangerous habits for people on our roads, then one fool has taken driver distraction to the extreme.

A Perth taxi driver who fled to India a day after raping a passenger and indecently assaulting another has been jailed for five-and-a-half years.

Fiery Fremantle forward Hayden Ballantyne has joined superstar teammate Nat Fyfe in exploring trade options in an escalating fallout from a disastrous Dockers season.

Thieves have stolen an ATM in the northern suburbs of Perth after ram raiding a shopping centre with a stolen car, which later went up in flames.

Grandparents Keith and Marg Thomas weren't the only ones chilling in a quiet creek in WA's Kimberly recently.

The father of young Perth mother Peta Fairhead - who died after being dumped outside a Joondalup hospital this month - has spoken about the pain of burying his "beautiful kid" and a new struggle to support her three children.

Long-suffering Fremantle Dockers fans can rest easy there is a "rainbow" on the horizon.

Because of Pokmeon's success there will be more games that combine apps and virtual reality with being active in the real world

​"Miss T" says the words domestic violence don't capture the horror of being abused in your own home by a so-called loved one.

If you're up for a mid-winter camping sojourn in WA then this is the weekend to do it.

A primary school in Perth's southern suburbs has issued a Facebook alert to parents and students after an apparent case of whooping cough at a neighbouring high school.

The Eagles have made only one change for their crucial clash with away Greater Western Sydney with premiership player Sam Butler coming straight back into the team.

A drug rehabilitation facility that would have been the first of its kind in WA has been knocked back by the City of Busselton council.

Liza Harvey says Brendon Grylls' plans for a mining tax go against her DNA but insists she's happy to see him back as WA Nationals leader.

A 41-year-old man accused of unlawfully recording women and a child as they undressed at an Albany massage business has been charged with 78 offences, on top of a dozen laid last month.

It appears the Fremantle Dockers have put on the back burner their fishing expedition to see whether members would shell out up to $3000 to reserve a particular seat the new Perth Stadium.

Salt on the Beach, North Fremantle's iconic beachfront restaurant, is expected to reopen in October once significant renovations to the venue are complete.

The Department off Health is warning people not to eat shellfish caught in the lower part of the Swan and Canning Rivers due to a widespread detection of a potentially harmful algae.

Shark detections and sightings off the Western Australian coast have nearly tripled on this time last year but only half the sites of fatal attacks since 2000 have receivers nearby.

Commonwealth prosecutors are being urged to speed up their case against 14 Chinese and Malaysian nationals accused of importing $200 million worth of methylamphetamine into Western Australia.

Bacon. Who doesn't love chowing down on a slice of the smokey fatty goodness?

Radio 6PR's Karl Langdon has been filling in on the breakfast slot this week - so a trip to the Kingsley Tavern on Tuesday afternoon wasn't the worst way to get over the 3am wake-ups.

A Sydney 2000 Paralympic Gold Medal has been stolen from a a yacht club in Crawley.