Perth News

Crossbench MPs have introduced a bill to restrict 'Brand Australia' labels on meat that is both grown and processed in Australia.

WA Seniors Card holders are outraged by suggestions the State Government may apply a means test, but welfare groups are welcoming a rethink.

A high-speed pursuit in Perth ends in the arrest of a man accused of firing 18 shots at four cars as he drove through the suburb of Beechboro, with police allegedly finding a loaded handgun in his vehicle.

The 1970s might not be renowned as a great culinary era in Australia, but it was a time when we excelled at not wasting food in the kitchen.

Mark McGowan refuses to rule out means testing the WA Seniors Card and warns of "pain across the community" in the lead up to his Government's first budget.

Detectives would not say how many people were in four cars that were shot at on Saturday morning but confirmed no-one was injured.

A bushfire mitigation forum being held next week is unlikely to achieve anything significant given no agenda has been set, says the head of WA's volunteer bush firefighters.

When Mike and Joan Gourley adopted an old cattle dog with cancer, they didn't know how much longer either they or their new family member would have, but they're planning on spending retirement together.

Police are searching for a person who shot at cars yesterday in an eastern Perth suburb; it is believed some of the cars were being driven at the time.

A growing number of small businesses call on the City of Perth to do more to help them survive Western Australia's economic downturn, with many saying the need for action is urgent.

Patrons have been asked if they want to buy drugs before they are even able to order a beer at some Perth venues, police say, amid a wave of raids on sellers across the city.

Dane Waites is running 4,000 kilometres across the country to raise funds for autism and and mental health charities.

Self-proclaimed Hutt River Provence sovereign Prince Leonard Casley and his son lose a Supreme Court battle against the Australian Tax Office and are ordered to pay millions in owed taxes after filing submissions described as "merely irrelevant to the bizarre".

A documentary set in an isolated outback town in WA is highlighting the line between no-nonsense country locals and city blow-ins.

The WA Department of Parks and Wildlife disrupts a major clandestine sandalwood processing plant at a property east of Perth.

Robbie Glendinning's baseball journey may have begun in Perth, but he is now planning to take his talents to Pittsburgh after being selected in the Major League Baseball draft.

A researcher in Perth hopes his tests in fibre optics to determine the impact of bushfires on seed survival will influence fire management and potentially reduce the incidence of devastating blazes.

West Coast sits fifth on the AFL ladder after beating Geelong 11.17 (83) to 10.10 (70) thanks mostly to a blistering first half.

Perth teenager Coby Antonio has the rare, life-threatening Morquio A syndrome and used to suffer a lot of pain simply walking to the shops — but an expensive treatment changed his life and it's set to be offered to Australian children for free.

Chinese tourism income will rise rapidly as millennials arrive prepared to pay for one-of-a-kind experiences, a new report says.

The man who stabbed a dog to death in a Perth park is given a suspended jail sentence, after telling the court he feared for his own dog's life.

While self-serve registers save businesses in staff costs, are those gains really worth the related pain?

Dozens of neighbourhood community centres providing help to some of the most vulnerable West Australians will be forced to close under a proposed new funding model, the sector warns.

Plans for a new inner-city high school in Perth could be forced through by the McGowan Government even if the City of Subiaco does not come on board — while the proposal has also left the future of the WACA Ground unclear.

The former head of the state's Child and Adolescent Health Service was "hung out to dry" after a damning review into staff morale at Princess Margaret Hospital, WA Opposition Leader Mike Nahan says.