Elicia Kennedy

Tighter regulations around complementary and unconventional medicine are being put forward by the Medical Board of Australia to improve patient safety, but some doctors fear this may rob patients of important treatment options.

Western Australia is the only place inhabited by humans to have successfully stopped the highly aggressive European wasp from taking hold, prompting experts to declare a biosecurity incident as numbers escalate.

A rail line leading to the island's pristine West End is at the centre of a plan to attract more overnight tourists to the place famous for snapping "Quokka selfies".

The “extinction pit” is the name used by scientists for a place no animal wants to go, and just five years ago the numbat — Western Australia’s animal emblem — found itself on the edge thanks to the rise of a new predator.

The biggest problem for babies exposed to methamphetamine in pregnancy is how beautifully ordinary they look, meaning by the time troubling signs emerge, many treatment opportunities have been lost.

A team of Australian researchers is working on the development of an electronic nose to replace sniffer dogs and catch a lot more of the illegal wildlife trade.

The WA mining industry has been building camps for workers for half a century. Now it wants to use that expertise to help the country contain the risk of COVID-19.

After decades spent fighting the HIV-AIDS epidemic, Dr Barbara Nattabi is using her skills to combat COVID-19 misinformation in multicultural communities on the other side of the world.

The electric bicycle market in Australia is booming with sales up a staggering 800 per cent in five years, but there are concerns illegal modifications mean people are riding them at dangerous speeds.

An internal investigation into the actions of WA Police officers in the weeks before Mark Bombara killed two women in the Perth suburb of Floreat finds eight officers did not perform their duty.