Greig Johnston

With local media in a frenzy over the West Coast Eagles top draft pick Harley Reid, Greig Johnston examines whether constant scrutiny of an 18-year-old yet to play a game is fair.

Australians are readying for the country's biggest-ever lotto jackpot, but the astronomical odds of winning have prompted experts to issue warnings to people dreaming of striking it rich.

Power is starting to return to Kalgoorlie-Boulder after a summer storm toppled massive transmission towers, causing extended outages to the city's water, fuel, internet and phone services. 

Firefighting services across WA are being stretched to the limit with dozens of blazes burning already, in a bushfire season the emergency services commissioner says is up to eight weeks ahead of schedule. 

Sam Kerr and the Matildas prepare for the challenge of the Philippines in Perth on Sunday, with the superstar revealing why it's taken her so long to return to full health. 

Western Australians were still lining up to cast their votes for more than an hour and a half after the national result was known – here’s how that played out.

The Western Australian Institute of Sport will part ways with CEO Steve Lawrence, who has been in the role for 22 years. 

Police say they are yet to identify the human remains found in a burnt-out car on Indian Ocean Drive near Nambung in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

One-punch victim Danny Hodgson launches a furious broadside at WA's justice system, as it emerges the teenager convicted of attacking him has been arrested over another alleged violent crime.

Almost 40 years after the America's Cup gripped WA like never before, the state is preparing to witness more sporting history as the Matildas play in the World Cup semifinals.

West Coast Eagles great Nic Naitanui announces his retirement from football, joining fellow veterans Shannon Hurn and Luke Shuey in hanging up the boots.

West Coast Eagles games record holder and 2018 premiership captain Shannon Hurn announces his retirement from the AFL.

Despite opposition from the local council, a WA-first children's hospice is a step closer to being built in a coastal Perth suburb after approval from the state planning commission.

The body of a man and woman were found in different Perth suburbs on Thursday morning, with police saying the pair was a former couple. 

A terminally ill WA man who moved to Australia when he was a baby has been reunited with his family after an intervention from the federal government stopped him being deported to the UK. 

Western Australia is the only state or territory in the country to have the top credit rating from both major international rating agencies, after Moody's Investor Services upgraded it to AAA today. 

The blowtorch trained on their cross-town rivals the Eagles has seen them escape massive scrutiny so far in season 2023, but Fremantle has questions to answer after their meek surrender to Carlton on Sunday. 

Dockers stalwart Nat Fyfe suffers a stress fracture in the same foot that he injured earlier this year, sparking fears he may have played his last game for season 2023. 

As the Eagles' nuclear winter drags on, the club says it is committed to staying the course — but can stalwarts like chief executive Trevor Nisbett and coach Adam Simpson survive?

Perth Glory coach Ruben Zadkovich quits the A-League club, with the Glory saying he is pursuing other opportunities. 

Mining giant BHP admits it has underpaid almost 30,000 workers, dating back to 2010, and it will cost more than $400 million to make amends. 

After spending the morning meeting with a key WA Labor faction, it is confirmed Roger Cook will be the state's new premier. 

WA Premier Mark McGowan urges Western Australians to be vaccinated against influenza as it emerges almost 200 children under nine have needed hospital treatment for the virus this year. 

The ABC cuts through the financial jargon to explain who will benefit most from another solid surplus in the WA budget, and who will miss out.

A witness describes the frantic moments after a young boy was bitten by a shark in waters off Exmouth in WA's north, one of two shark bite incidents in the state on Saturday.