Anthony Pancia

Hawaii's Gabriela Bryan and South Africa's Jordy Smith come out on top in a dramatic leg of the World Surf League's Championship Tour in Western Australia.  

Margaret River's Jacob Willcox toppled world number one Italo Ferreira, fellow local Jack Robinson stumbled and Willow Hardy wowed the crowd on a dramatic day for local surfers.

Tropical Cyclone Dianne has crossed the West Australian coast, near Cockatoo Island just north of the town of Derby, and will weaken rapidly as it moves inland this morning. 

A 40-year-old Perth woman has died after being swept off rocks at Salmon Beach near Esperance on Western Australia's south coast.

Smoke was seen billowing from the Thai-flagged Mayuree Naree, anchored off Esperance Port, for several hours on Monday.

A federal government inquiry visited the coal mining town of Collie on Monday to hear from community members about the prospect of having nuclear energy in their backyard.

Peter Dutton hopes to convert Collie's aging Muja Power Station into one of seven nuclear reactors around the country, but detail on the proposal remains thin.

WA's Sustainable Fashion Festival kicks off with a record-breaking attempt to turn the Busselton Jetty into the world's longest sustainable fashion runway on water.

VIDEO: Busselton Jetty turns into world's longest Ecofashion runway

Australia has had its best result in Olympic surfing, with West Australian Jack Robinson winning silver in Tahiti.