Lucy Martin

Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas announces he will be seeking WA Liberal Party preselection in Churchlands, as party leader Libby Mettam welcomes the "high-quality candidate". 

The production of engineered stone will be banned in most Australian states and territories by mid-2024. Perth stonemason John Santoro says it should've happened years ago. 

A devastating blaze in Perth's north is contained but not controlled, as a warning is issued for a blaze burning in WA's Wheatbelt. 

A man has been shot in the head in an incident which forced a town east of Perth into lockdown for four hours, but police say there is no longer an immediate threat to public safety.

Everyone has a legal right to access childcare, but very few facilities have the staff or equipment to cater to children with a disability. That may soon be about to change. 

A 70-year-old man has been charged over what police allege was an unprovoked attack on an elderly man south of Perth.

A security guard at a Perth quarantine hotel has become Western Australia's latest case of COVID-19, separate from a recent local cluster sparked by a backpacker.

Perth's mask mandate and hospitality COVID-19 restrictions will remain for another week, with Western Australia recording one new case linked to an infected French backpacker.

Western Australia has recorded one new case of COVID-19 — detected in a person who attended the Perth Mess Hall event and who had also been staying at the Fremantle hostel linked to the cluster. 

Business confidence is up but supply issues and staff shortages continue to hinder the ability of retailers like bike shop owner Wayne Evans to meet demand from shoppers who want to splash their savings over Christmas.

Here's what you need to know about travelling out of WA when the hard border finally falls on February 5, from testing to vaccination to insurance. 

Regan has hardly seen her fiance since taking a job in Melbourne at the start of the pandemic. Now they will finally be reunited when WA's hard border falls on February 5.

Foodbank warns of a 'terrifying and sad' surge in demand for assistance, as cost-of-living pressure take a toll.

A two-year-old boy dies after undergoing a medical procedure — believed to be a circumcision — at a registered medical centre in Perth's southern suburbs.

A relative of a teenager who has pleaded guilty to attacking Perth soccer player Danny Hodgson in Perth's CBD apologises for the 17-year-old's acts in front of court.

WA police officers are among tens of thousands of Western Australians who are required to have had one dose of a vaccine by Wednesday.

Perth soccer player Danny Hodgson is moved out of the intensive care unit at Royal Perth Hospital almost three months after he was attacked on a night out.

Jan Flynn hasn't seen her ailing UK-based parents in almost three years and her greatest wish is to put her arms around them at Christmas, but that's looking unlikely to happen.

A second man is charged in connection with the sniper-style murder of Rebels bikie boss Nick Martin in Perth last year.

The investigator leading the search for Cleo Smith says more than 200 possible sightings of the missing West Australian girl have been reported to police and, while they have proven "unfruitful" so far, he is encouraging the public to continue coming forward with information. 

Western Australian Greens MP Brad Pettitt will today introduce a bill into state parliament that would cut WA's net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 per cent of 2005 levels by mid-2030.

Senior federal Liberal figures urge the beleaguered WA party to embrace "rock bottom" and fight for a return of the Morrison government at next year's federal poll.

Concerns have been raised that Perth's Crown casino is not doing enough to prevent vulnerable gamblers being taken advantage of on the gaming floor.

Crown Perth received approval from the casino watchdog and WA Police to open the Pearl Room when its main gaming floor was closed due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Perth Casino Royal Commission is told.

While China's scathing reaction to Australia's nuclear submarine deal is unlikely to translate into short-term trade sanctions, experts caution some exports — including iron ore — may come under threat in the long term.