The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

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.

The third cold front in as many days sweeps across Western Australia's south coast, bringing a swell of more than seven metres, and wind gusts topping 80 kilometres per hour at Albany.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Western Australia has released a new report, which shows a decline in confidence and profit margins for regional businesses.

The longest-serving president of Western Australia's children's court has slammed the state's youth justice system as "broken" and "a basket case", following the recent transfer of teenage boys from Banksia Hill Detention Centre to an adult prison.

Western Australia's government is set to face further pressure from public sector workers despite having offered them an improved wages deal.

Perth airport hit by power outages after strong gusts on Tuesday night as eastern states put on alert

The Bureau of Meteorology officially declares yet another climatic phenomenon off the coast of Western Australia, which is likely to add to unrelenting rain on Australia's east coast.

Anthea Corbett says she would have been spared severe emotional and psychological trauma after her leg amputation had she had a place to go and recoup. A new program is bridging the gap for homeless people recovering from hospital stays.