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Western Australians will no longer have to undergo medical or surgical reassignment in order to change their sex or gender, under the state government’s proposed law reforms.

Renters in WA will soon be allowed to keep a pet, hang a painting, and only have their rent raised a maximum of once a year — but they still run the risk of being evicted for no reason.

WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch says the effort to stem the flow of officers leaving the force is well short of its promised target.

The parents of a 10-year-old boy who was under the care of the WA Department of Communities when he took his own life on Saturday speak of the moment they were told their son had died, and why they feel he has been swept “under the rug”.

On the surface pilot whales appear to be the world’s most poorly named mammal but scientists say there is likely more to their beachings than a radar that has gone awry.

False documentation might be one of the oldest scams in the book but scammers are now able to fake being a company more easily — and Australians are falling for it.

Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis from Laura Tingle.

For decades multinational companies like Coca-Cola have been taking water out of the ground for free and bottling it up to sell. A small Perth community is a microcosm of the debate about whether that should continue.

Audra Keeble remembers the "touchy feely" photographer's assistant at her wedding who kept adjusting her veil and dress. It was a piece of a puzzle she wouldn't solve until years later, as she uncovered the truth about her life.

In the world's only jarrah forests a US aluminium giant has been mining bauxite for 60 years. Scientists say the damage may be permanent.