Western Australia

A proposed wave park on Perth's Swan River that would be one of the biggest ever built in Australia has sparked the ire of local residents, who say the surrounding environment will be irreversibly damaged and foreshore access cut.

An explosion on a 42-foot boat in the Mindarie Marina, 35 kilometres north of Perth, causes $300,000 damage.

Did you know Australian pearl farms, every now and then, produce an elusive golden pearl?

Relations between staff and inmates at Greenough Regional Prison in Western Australia's Mid-West fall to such a low level they emerge as a new security risk, a report finds.

WA's Cat Haven re-homed more than 5,500 cats last year — more than ever before — but carers say there are hundreds more still looking for homes.

The head of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight is likely north of the area where the search is now suspended, but the Australian Transport Minister says no one knows for sure.

A bushfire warning is downgraded in the Albany suburbs of Orana and Milpara, in Western Australia's Great Southern.

West Australians snatch up sought after crustacean in trial designed to drive up access to lobster.

Forty years on from the first sighting in Western Australia, authorities continue to battle the European wasp as nest discoveries double in recent years.

Manta ray numbers off the Western Australian coast are on the increase at the same time over-fishing is threatening populations around the world, according to new research.

The Malaysian Government backtracks on its offer of a reward to find missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and its 239 passengers, as search vessel Fugro Equator docks in Fremantle.

Nyabing farmer Leo Tuffley is dusting off the headers for the last time after 70 years in the business.

The researchers behind a new WA study say it could be that allowing parents to decide when their child is ready for school prevents ADHD misdiagnosis.

Western Australia continues to have the worst performing economy in the nation, with house prices tumbling alongside economic growth and investment contracts.

Solo sailor Lisa Blair will face heavy storms as she attempts to become the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica non-stop in under 100 days.

Bruce Springsteen takes time out from his Australian tour to talk Donald Trump.

The isolated Aboriginal community of Groote Eylandt left reeling after a recent spate of suicides, will benefit from a $10 million boost to funding for a support service.

As "The Boss" launches his latest Australian tour in Perth, he says his band will form part of the "resistance" against new US President Donald Trump.

Sea lion pups living on islands off the WA coast are the focus of a new survey by wildlife officers to find out why their numbers have not increased in recent years.

There are growing calls for a bush-based detention facility in northern WA, with young offenders, police and politicians agreeing children are returning from detention in Perth hardened and more criminally inclined.

Queensland sailor Lisa Blair sets off from Western Australia's south coast town of Albany to attempt a world record circumnavigating Antarctica.

WA Labor is trying to draw federal issues such as GST and NBN into the state election campaign in the lead up to the March election.

Skippers planning to see the Australia Day Skyworks from their boats should do a full safety check before going on the water, says the WA Department of Transport.

Drivers in Western Australia who try to flee a police pursuit will be automatically jailed under a new policy promised by the Barnett Government ahead of the March election.