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There are concerns a blaze which destroyed parts of an agricultural supplies warehouse may stretch fertiliser and chemical supplies thin for farmers across Western Australia ahead of the seeding season.

The chief executive of a peak body says the Kwinana industrial area in Perth's south must undergo drastic change if it is to meet state government emissions targets.

An injured sperm whale that stranded itself at two Perth beaches in recent days dies after becoming stuck on a sand bar at Rockingham.

A whale that came close to shore off Fremantle on Saturday has now become stranded further south in Rockingham.

A whale that has stranded itself twice in the past two days south of Perth may need to be euthanised, WA authorities say.

Urgent care clinics have been opened around Australia to help ease the pressure on hospital emergency departments — so where are they? When are they open? And do they bulk-bill?

A WA prison guard on trial for assaulting a juvenile detainee in Unit 18 at Casuarina Prison says he acted in "self-preservation", believing the teen was about to walk into him.

The WA Liberal Party's candidate in the Rockingham by-election apologises for asking a constituent to question his opponent whether she would resign from parliament if she fell pregnant.

Severe weather lashes large parts of Western Australia, as strong winds and heavy rain cause havoc across Perth and the south west of the state.

With swords drawn and drums beating, sailors from HMAS Stirling Naval Base were stopped in the street by police in theatrical military tradition dating back to medieval times.

Polls close in the Rockingham by-election and counting is underway to decide who will replace former premier Mark McGowan in Western Australia’s safest Labor seat.

Voters in the Western Australia seat of Rockingham head to the polls tomorrow to elect Mark McGowan’s replacement. One of the key issues for his successor will be the region's lack of housing and increased homelessness as a result.

Voters in the former WA premier's beloved electorate of Rockingham will head to the polls this weekend in the first electoral experiment of Roger Cook's government, as state political reporter Keane Bourke explains.

At an elite naval school in South Carolina, the first three Australian submariners are graduating from a nuclear training program, in preparation for the first stage of nuclear-powered subs to be delivered under the AUKUS deal.

Former WA premier Mark McGowan launches the by-election campaign for Magenta Marshall, his potential replacement as the member for Rockingham.

WA's environmental watchdog is looking for a potential culprit behind an engine oil spill which is impacting and killing birds in Perth's southern waterways.

WA Premier Mark McGowan abruptly resigns from politics in an unexpected announcement at a press conference, saying the job has left him "extremely tired".

A man is sent to prison for more than two years for bashing an elderly man in an altercation which was started by the attacker's eight-year-old son.

Golden Bay resident Trevor Coster is delighted he can keep his rose bushes after the local council ordered him to dig them up saying they were a safety hazard.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says the nuclear waste from the AUKUS submarines should be stored in SA or WA, "where all the jobs are going". But WA's premier has made it clear the waste was not welcome in his state, and says SA should take it on. 

A Corruption and Crime Commission investigation is unable to substantiate claims a senior staff member at Rockingham General Hospital tried to coerce a registrar into changing the date on a patient's death certificate.

An alleged drug dealer is charged with owning what police believe could be a gun that looks like a mobile phone, as a ballistics team tests it.

Police investigate the deaths of a man and a woman at a home in Cooloongup in Perth's southern suburbs after officers were called to the property last night and found the pair deceased.

Phil Edman was handed a suspended sentence for obstructing a secret corruption probe into his misuse of his taxpayer-funded electoral allowance for travel and sex.

Perth's long-awaited airport rail line is finally open but WA mine workers want trains to start earlier to cater to fly-in-fly-out workers taking early morning flights.