The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

Western Australia's coastal holiday hotspots Broome and Busselton are experiencing surging house prices, with real estate agents reporting increased interest in regional living from city dwellers.

The recent transfer of a “difficult cohort” of teenagers to a maximum-security adult prison in Western Australia raises familiar questions about Australia’s prison system.

Western Australia’s Cottesloe and Peppermint Grove the top-earning area while five of the lowest are in regional NSW

Nationals MP Vince Catania's departure in the seat of North West Central officially triggers the process of holding a by-election — leaving both sides of the Liberal-National Alliance to compete for votes.

A wintry mix of hail, blustery thunderstorms and even snow flurries is on the cards for Western Australia as the south-west corner of the state, including Perth, braces for what could be its coldest day of the year so far.

More than 15,000 e-cigarettes have been seized from retailers in Western Australia as the state cracks down on their illegal sale.

Overseas travellers returning to Western Australia are urged to monitor for symptoms of monkeypox after the state records its first case.

The man charged with the alleged murder of German backpacker Simone Strobel is free to return to Western Australia as a magistrate says there doesn't appear to be any evidence connecting him to her death.

Women are participating in the workforce at a higher rate than ever before in Western Australia but they still face the biggest gender pay gap in the country, a report finds.

The recent decision to transport juvenile offenders into an adult maximum-security prison in Western Australia shows the youth justice system is in crisis. The findings of the Don Dale Royal Commission, and the landmark Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody were uncomfortably similar, even though being held almost three…

Western Australia's biggest challenge in addressing homelessness is getting money out of the door in a heated construction market, the housing minister says.