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The WA government confirms it will reject a plan to protect mature trees put forward by two Perth councils, and instead develop its own urban greening strategy.

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.

WA Police are investigating the death of a volunteer firefighter responding to a blaze in the Shire of Esperance in the state's south. 

West Australians are gearing up for a "very unusual" run of hot November weather, with the temperature tipped to reach the high 30s for the next five days. 

Businesses breathe a sigh of relief as the southern platforms at the new train station open, but there is still a long way to go to turn the inner-city Perth suburb into a major transport and housing hub.

A watch and act remans in place for a bushfire burning in parts of Coonabidgee and Granville in the Shire of Gingin, north of Perth.

September temperature records tumble across Western Australia today, including in Perth, as an unusual wave of scorching spring weather sets in over the state.

A fundraising effort to bring Ella Cutler home after she suffered life threatening injuries while holidaying in Croatia has reached its $500,000 target.

Perth has one of the most vibrant music scenes in Australia, but with the closure of another live venue, musicians are beginning to fear the worst. 

With a rocket part that washed up on a WA beach now under lock and key at a "secret" location, governments are in talks over what will happen to it, while experts warn of more space junk to come.

The man who snatched four-year-old Cleo Smith from her family's tent at a remote WA campsite and kept her captive for 18 days lodges an appeal against his sentence.

Athletes such as Lynette Lepore are given a second chance at life as they compete in the World Transplant Games, the largest sporting event raising awareness about organ and tissue donation.

Menopause is stifling the careers of tens of thousands of Australian women, costing them billions in lost earnings and superannuation every year, but a growing number are speaking out on this once taboo subject.

Western Australia is well positioned to withstand a possible worldwide recession, according to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA's economic outlook report, but it warns the state still faces a tough 12 months.

A new digital monitoring system is being rolled out to doctors and pharmacists across WA to help combat "doctor shopping" for prescription drugs.

One of Australia's biggest banks investigates after customers' personal data is discovered "floating down the street" after being dumped in a skip. 

Residents in remote WA communities hope their struggles will not be forgotten after a whirlwind visit by Federal politicians. They're calling for more support for young people to help address problems like alcohol abuse and crime.

An after school group has shown how to improve school attendance among Indigenous students, but there is still a long way to go to bridge the education gap. 

A former Santos employee accuses the oil and gas company of covering up the severity of an oil spill he alleges killed dolphins off WA's coast.

Donations flood in to fill shipping containers being sent to Türkiye to help those affected by the devastating earthquake, as sanctions complicate relief efforts.

Police rule out criminality in the disappearance of a dangerous radioactive capsule, as it emerges the fine for failing to safely transport radioactive materials in Western Australia is just $1,000. 

One expert says there is disbelief over how a dangerous radioactive capsule that disappeared in Western Australia "fell off the back of a truck", sparking an urgent warning and calls for tougher safety measures.

Two women have died — Debbie Burdon and Kylie Bazzo, the mother of West Coast Eagles youngster Rhett Bazzo — after a boat they were on crashed into a channel marker in an estuary south of Perth.

It used to draw crowds of more than 300,000, but Perth's Australia Day Skyworks has lost its lustre. Has the massive pyrotechnics show been extinguished for good? 

As more Kimberley residents are allowed home, WA's overheated construction market looms as the latest stumbling block in efforts to rebuild flood-damaged communities.