Kit Mochan

Trove of confidential documents shed light on claims by energy giant that throwing a lifeline to an ageing coal plant could be "low cost" for taxpayers.

Marine scientists release new findings into why killer whales are drawn to deep-sea canyons off WA's south coast.

There is new concern from the WA tourism industry after claims that multi-million-dollar State Government relief packages missed their target, with many small operators saying they were locked out.

An estimated $12 million shipment of sheep originally bound for the Middle East will have to be slaughtered in Australia and could cause a price drop after a live export exemption was denied.

The coronavirus pandemic is understandably weighing heavily on the business sector, but there are early signs of green shoots as one state begins to open up.

The competition and consumer watchdog has launched an inquiry into whether tractor manufacturers are failing farmers who want the right to repair their own machinery.

Despite widespread closures of public libraries, pools and gyms — local councils say they have been left behind by the federal coronavirus stimulus package.

A lot has changed in the two weeks since Premier Mark McGowan said he had no plans to close the state's eastern border, with WA now effectively divided into nine separate territories.

As city dwellers ignore government coronavirus travel warnings and head to their holiday homes to wait out the pandemic, permanent residents in small towns fear they could find themselves trapped and infected.

The first case of coronavirus in regional WA is recorded amid warnings from doctors that while the virus may take longer to emerge in country areas, it could "rip through" some communities.

Tim Winton's award-winning 1998 young adult novel Blueback will be adapted for the big screen and filmed on Western Australia's south coast.

WA firefighters are taking stock of the disaster that could have been after a mega-blaze tore through a third of the popular Stirling Range National Park.

When a worker in a hazmat suit erected danger tape across his driveway and began extracting asbestos from a pit, an Albany father wondered why he wasn't notified.

WA's Attorney General says he went back to the drawing board on his long awaited draft farm trespass legislation following ABC 7.30's investigation into the horse racing industry.

Authorities in Western Australia investigate a large mussel die-off that covered a 1km stretch of beach on the south coast last week.

A sharp rise in water use has prompted warnings from a former WA state water minister that the Government may need to bring forward construction of a desalination plant, putting significant upward pressure on household water bills.

A WA wildlife photographer whose body was found at Bluff Knoll — where he previously captured one of his most lauded shots — is remembered as a kind, gentle and warm person who honed his craft over 30 years.

It may be convenient, but public health experts warn of the danger of convenient alcohol-delivery services to those who may be vulnerable.

A $32 million pipeline will be built to stop a tourist town known for its surf, forests and rainy weather, from running out of water.

The owners of the mothballed Ravensthorpe nickel mine in WA's south-east, say they will move to re-open the site if surging demand for the metal continues.

A social media video of a tourist hanging off a notorious WA cliff on Easter Sunday has prompted a furious response from a sea rescue group.

A 36-year-old man is charged with murder following an alleged hit-and-run attack on two men in Perth's south in the early hours of Easter Sunday.

With a rapidly ageing population, few Australians have been left untouched from navigating the vast and often complicated aged-care system  — be it for a parent, partner or themselves.

Everyone's familiar with slow internet or mobile-phone dropouts but for the nation's farmers — often living well beyond the range of fibre optic cables and phone towers — the stakes are a lot higher.

Livestock exporters have announced that they will cease exporting live sheep for three months next year.