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The agriculture department says the number of deaths is below the reportable mortality rate, as authorities are continue deciding what will happen to the remaining stock.

A large tree branch in Perth's Kings Park has fallen on several people as thousands gathered there to watch the Australia Day fireworks display. 

Plummeting critical mineral prices have pushed WA's major industry players to mothball their mines, workers to lose jobs and the government to all but panic. What's the fallout and what comes next?

A former WA Department of Child Protection (DCP) district director is jailed for sexually abusing two children over a period of eight years. WARNING: The following story contains details that may distress some readers.

Hundreds of residents and businesses in the Perth Hills and WA's Wheatbelt have now gone almost a week with no power, leaving them counting the cost of the outage.

Mourners have paid tribute to Perth Olympic cyclist Melissa Hoskins who died after she was struck by a car allegedly driven by her husband on December 30.

One of two emergency bushfires burning north of Perth is downgraded, as firefighters battle several out-of-control blazes north of Perth.

At a time when most toddlers are just getting the hang of walking, 18-month-olf Lucy Brown has staked her claim as the youngest person to reach the Mount Everest base camp.

The chief executive of a peak body says the Kwinana industrial area in Perth's south must undergo drastic change if it is to meet state government emissions targets.

Two fires which threatened lives and homes on the outskirts of Perth are now contained, but only after the loss of more property.

A bushfire emergency that gutted at least two houses in Perth's hills eases, as blazes burning in Toodyay and Eaton are downgraded. 

West Australian teen Cleveland Dodd has been laid to rest, but his family still have questions about the circumstances surrounding his death. Four decades earlier, the relatives of 16-year-old John Pat had similar concerns after the boy died in police custody. 

The Director General of WA's problem-plagued Department of Justice, Adam Tomison, resigns after years of controversy.

The ABC this week revealed WA Police support widespread liquor restrictions across much of the state amid a doubling of alcohol-related family violence in parts of regional WA. But this information almost didn't see the light of day. 

Hundreds of mourners gather for the funeral service for the teenager who died inside WA's juvenile detention system.

After a morning of confusion and anguish, Cleveland Dodd's funeral has begun, with WA authorities reversing an eleventh-hour decision to block his incarcerated father from attending.

An ABC investigation finds authorities missed multiple opportunities to deport an NBL player and serial rapist, despite him sexually abusing and stalking multiple women and girls in Australia.

In the early 1990s, the Perth Wildcats were the sporting kings of the city. But that rockstar status may have helped a brutal sexual predator hide in plain sight. WARNING: This story contains details of child sexual abuse.

A fire that has been burning in Perth's north since Wednesday has been contained and controlled, after it was announced victims of the devastating blaze could receive some much-needed financial aid.

Relatives of two teenagers who were taken to hospital after self-harming at the notorious Unit 18 over the weekend slam the government's claim the facility is safe. WARNING: This story discusses incidents of self-harm and contains the image of an Indigenous person who has died.

First Nations advocates unite to call for the closure of Unit 18 and the establishment of on-country remand centres in regional WA in the wake of Cleveland Dodd's death.

The mother of teenager Cleveland Dodd, who became WA's first youth to die in custody, expresses disappointment with Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia over revelations uncovered by the ABC about what happened the night he was found unconscious in his cell.

A man who deliberately lit a gas canister on a four-wheel-drive track, which exploded and killed a young father-to-be, will spend at least the next four years in jail.

The public servant replacing Tim Marney, who was tasked with implementing a new model of care at WA's problem-plagued Banksia Hill facility, held a role overseeing children's wellbeing at Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre.

Police allege the man fired into a fully occupied vehicle, which drove off to escape, and he was later found with self-inflicted injuries more than 200km away.