National

Western Australia

Tourists are tasked with hauling the pot, and transferring them to a bucket.

Opinion

Tourism

Crayfish catch-and-cook trips and the changing face of Rottnest Island

Let me tell you: watching a gorgeous turned-out, tucked-in woman with pristine pants scream as an overzealous cray flapped its tail as she picked it up was a definite highlight.

by Hannah Barry

A record 1.2 tonnes of methamphetamine was seized

Drug Bust

A torn bank note sealed the biggest drug bust in Australian history

by Heather McNeill & Phil Hickey

Three people have lost their lives on WA roads in the past 24 hours.

Road safety

Horror day on WA roads claims three lives

by Heather McNeill

Missing person

'She died doing something she loved': Felicity Shadbolt's family speak

by Phil Hickey & Heather McNeill

Rio Tinto's iron ore shipments from the Pilbara rose 2 per cent last year.

Mining

Rio Tinto flags rise in Pilbara iron ore exports this year

by Nick Toscano

Opinion & Perspectives

24 years on, Shane Warne is still giving me grief

Tim Lane

This is a story about journalistic practice and how there’s not necessarily a shelf-life on the discomfort caused by careless reporting. Even in sport.

O'Dwyer was a champion for women but paid the price for it

Bevan Shields

Shock resignation has rocked the government and reopened a wound the Coalition is incapable of healing.

PM's preferred M-word is migrant, not multicultural

Tim Soutphommasane

This isn’t splitting hairs. There’s an important difference between saying we’re merely a migrant country and saying we’re a multicultural society.

Politics

Who is really going to benefit from the government's rock lobster policy?

Soft commodities

Call me cray, but there is something fishy about the 'cheap lobster' narrative

“Cheap local lobster, tourism and jobs”. What we are witnessing is a government intent on convincing us that everyone wins under this new policy.

by Jane Marwick

PEXA is an electronic conveyancing service for the real estate sector.

Metronet

WA government's PEXA sale money bound for Metronet projects

The state government will use $185 million from the sale of its stake in Property Exchange Australia for Metronet projects including the Morley to Ellenbrook train line.