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.

A Perth man has narrowly avoided injury after his Nissan Skyline was written off by a woman who ran a red light in Mount Hawthorn on Monday.

Hundreds of people are expected to tumble down Monument Hill in Fremantle later this month as part of the port town's inaugural cheese chase - inspired by the famous cheese rolling event held each year in England.

A crane has gone up in flames causing $500,000 damage at a building site in Perth's northern suburbs.

A Perth-based company claims it is on the verge of revolutionising sportswear in Australia using an innovative fabric that Test cricketers and AFL players will be wearing down the track.

Perth's beaches will soon be home to seals and sea lions as they rest before the breeding season, prompting a warning from the Department of Parks and Wildlife.

Former NBL and Harlem Globetrotters basketballer Kendal "Tiny" Pinder has been found not guilty of raping a young in Perth nearly 30 years ago.

314 drug charges have been laid against 18 people following an investigation into the sale of psychoactive substances at retail outlets across Perth.

This is one stick you hope your dog doesn't bring back...unless you want a hearty chuckle.

More than 9000 Perth households will have their daily travel movements tracked by carrying personal GPS loggers as part of a massive state government survey to find out where, why and how people travel.

Western Power will cut 175 jobs as its restructures its business ahead of a possible sale by the state government.

A WA woman is suing Woolworths after biting into a hot cross bun she claims contained a three centimetre piece of wood.

East Perth footballer Beau Chatley has showed encouraging signs of improvement almost four weeks after he suffered serious neck and spinal injuries in a WAFL reserve game

Police have revealed fresh information as they continue to search for the identity of a woman whose body was found inside a suitcase in the Swan River on July 2.

A pregnant woman has allegedly been caught driving with a blood-alcohol reading more than five times the legal limit.

Police have charged a West Swan man who allegedly committed a lewd act and defecated outside a Midvale hairdressing salon, while dressed in women's clothes.