The case against a man accused of dousing his girlfriend in petrol and setting her alight in a Gosnells park has been dropped today.

In Perth Magistrate’s Court

An all clear has been issued for a bushfire burning near Northcliffe which caused about 50 local residents to evacuate their homes earlier this week.

The Department of

A similar maritime tragedy to the Christmas Island disaster could be repeated despite the brave efforts of rescuers unless surveillance and resources were improved, the WA Coroner warned

A Perth business and its director have been accused of sacking a teenager after his mother questioned his alleged pay rate of just over $5 an hour.

The

A 37-year-old man could walk free from jail in 10 months after he was sentenced to two and a half years today over a "completely unprovoked" one-punch

UPDATE 1.05pm: Former government worker Maggie Dawkins has told an inquiry into sexual abuse at St Andrews Hostel in Katanning that former premier Peter Dowding and Anglicare

A Perth pensioner has told of becoming suicidal after elective surgery was postponed three times by the Health Department, including one occasion when her bowel operation was

An alleged "almost chronic" graffiti vandal facing fresh charges after another police crackdown on property damage has been refused bail.

Peter John Skevington, 21,appeared in court this morning

Perth Zoo's Simone Vitalich and Sophie Dentrinos check the female's heart rate. Picture: John Mokrzycki / The West Australian.

Their mother, Tiamat, looked anxious.

As three Perth Zoo