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A woman dies but her two children are saved by a neighbour smashing a window as a blaze guts a house in Roleystone in Perth's south-east, with police saying the fire is not suspicious.

Crews are continuing restoration works for thousands of customers in blackout conditions, as power to Kalgoorlie is restored.

From trading biscuits for phone chargers to being forced to throw thousands of dollars worth of food and medical supplies, locals tell of the chaos widespread power outages have caused in regional WA.

One of two emergency bushfires burning north of Perth is downgraded, as firefighters battle several out-of-control blazes north of Perth.

The state government officially rejects a City of Perth-backed solution to reopen a critical overnight shelter which closed last year, prolonging a stalemate directly affecting vulnerable women.

Patients are thinking twice about going to the doctor, as a survey finds just 24 per cent of clinics Australia-wide offer bulk billing.

Something as simple as a hot meal often becomes a luxury when you are sleeping rough. But for one night a month, those doing it tough are being invited to enjoy a burger on the house. 

A woman and baby have been found dead inside a home in Perth's inner north, as major crime detectives investigate.

Yawuru traditional owners have welcomed home the remains of an ancestor stolen from their lands and held in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC.

A 25-year-old man faces court charged with the alleged murder of a 63-year-old woman, and the attempted unlawful killing of her daughter, in the Perth suburb of Beckenham on the weekend.

Children at WA's only youth detention centre are being locked in their cells for extended periods due to staffing issues that have emerged after the high-profile death of a 16-year-old boy in custody, a regional court has heard.

A 35-year-old man has been charged with murder after a fatal shooting in the town of Wooroloo, in Perth's east, on Saturday. Police continue the search for two men involved in the incident.

Navigating pain for women can be a twisted maze of questions, referrals and specialists, but amid the ever-growing list of diagnoses lies a silent condition that is experienced by many. It's called vaginismus.

Roger Cook and Rita Saffioti are emerging as strong contenders to lead WA Labor, after Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson earlier secured key factional backing. 

Mark McGowan says a Perth school shooting "could have been so much worse" as police release vision of the aftermath of the incident, showing officers handcuffing a 15-year-old boy as he lies on the ground.

Christian Porter will no longer act for the mining magnate in his $300 billion claim against the federal government after a Senate estimates committee heard he received confidential and privileged information about the case when he was the attorney-general.

A West Australian man is charged with 64 offences relating to the alleged rape and sexual assault of nine women he met on online dating apps, with police saying they have identified more potential victims.

An Australian Army veteran, who alleges she was sexually assaulted twice while serving, blasts the response from the Department of Defence at the time.

A riot at the Banksia Hill Detention Centre ends after inmates held authorities at bay for more than 12 hours, with confronting vision showing armed justice officers on the roof moving in to quell the disturbance.

A driver and motorcyclist are dead after a collision at an intersection in Secret Harbour in Perth's south, with a four-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl treated in hospital for minor injuries.

Authorities complete their preliminary investigation into a firebombing aircraft crash in Western Australia's south earlier this year, revelaing the pilots escaped through a cockpit window.

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. 

The world's best-known environmental organisation makes its presence known in the port city of Fremantle ahead of Woodside's AGM tomorrow, labelling the gas giant's Pilbara project as a "major threat" to WA's coastline. 

A man has appeared in court charged with 40 child sex offences, including allegations he indecently filmed children in public, in alleged cases of "upskirting".

Cliff Byfield is 100, but he's got no plans to stop restoring classic cars, helping them to age almost as well as he has.