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An Australian resident of more than four decades is deported to the United Kingdom after his visa was cancelled due to a drug conviction, with a last-minute appeal rejected by the Federal Court.

Despite moving to Australia as a child and raising his whole family here, a criminal conviction over methamphetamine means Stephen is facing deportation to a country where he has no ties.

A new university program brings in Indigenous business owners to engage with students — and it's having positive results for those involved.

Gas giant Santos sacks about 200 staff members, most of them based in Perth, citing slower project approval times.

CCTV has captured the horror that unfolded when a knife-wielding teen was shot dead by WA police in a Bunnings car park.

Turtles endemic to WA that have long been under threat now face their biggest challenge yet, as drying wetlands force them to travel into the path of predators and traffic.

It's been likened to coral bleaching, but on land — and experts are fearful dry conditions have Western Australia on the brink of another devastating 'forest collapse' event. 

Perth has just endured its driest six-month spell since records began almost 150 years ago, with less than 22 millimetres of rain to the end of March. What does this mean for our precious water resources?

Murky and discoloured water at Mullaloo Beach in Perth's north is being blamed on a faulty piece of equipment used to construct a marina nearby.

Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas announces he will be seeking WA Liberal Party preselection in Churchlands, as party leader Libby Mettam welcomes the "high-quality candidate". 

A group of deaf and hard-of-hearing Coldplay fans say they were let down at the band's Perth show, having paid $220 for what they believed was an Auslan accessible ticket that included a number of services which were late or never provided.

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters set up picket lines at Fremantle Port in an effort to prevent workers from loading a ship owned by an Israeli company.

Fire crews are into their third day battling a large bushfire in Perth's north-east, with better conditions overnight offering some respite for residents and authorities — but a forecast wind change is causing concerns.

John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart appear in WA's Supreme Court together for the second day as they continue their very public legal feud with their mother over mining royalties they claim their grandfather left for them.

Major construction work across Perth's south-east rail and road networks begins to upgrade and extend the Armadale/Thornlie train line, with the disruption to last up to 18 months. Here's what you need to know.

Leaders in charge of Australia's response to climate change have told an energy summit the country can have "an even bigger impact" by helping the rest of the world decarbonise, as school students around the country fronted up for climate rallies.

A man who apparently fell into a narrow space between two buildings is rescued by a large team of firefighters in central Perth. 

Staff at the notorious Unit 18 juvenile wing inside Perth's Casuarina maximum-security adult prison were watching movies or resting the night 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd was found unresponsive. WARNING: The story contains details of self-harm.

The program allows some tenants in private rentals to access a one-off support payment to cover rental arrears, and in some cases it will assist with a 50 per cent rental co-payment of up to three months.

Nadene Dodd, the mother of Cleveland Dodd — the first teenager to die in WA's youth detention system since records began — speaks for the first time since he took his own life, saying authorities "never helped him".

Senior judge Hylton Quail once again takes aim at a controversial youth detention unit in WA's Casuarina Prison as he sentences a 15-year-old boy, saying the conditions inside are "worse than any adult prison".

WA's Corruption and Crime Commission is investigating an allegation of serious misconduct following a teenager's death a week after he was found unresponsive inside his cell at a problem-plagued prison unit.

Since 2000, the percentage of Indigenous Australians in prison has risen at eight times the rate of that of non-Indigenous Australians. There are hopes a Voice to Parliament will help reverse that trend.

A man dies in hospital after being shot by police during a confrontation in an alleyway in WA's Goldfields

Raymond John O'Brien, 60, was jailed for five years over the December 2022 fire that caused more than $1 million damage.