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Western Australia's environmental regulator decides not to formally assess plans to expand Perth's ferry services on the Swan River, despite pressure from the public. 

A woman is killed when two cars smash into an office building in Perth's central business district.

WA's bustling port city of Fremantle is changing, and in between a swathe of redevelopment stands a persistent, dedicated and vocal group experiencing some mixed results — the skateboarding community.

It's barely the size of a sesame seed, but the shot-hole borer has quickly devastated Western Australia's tree canopy. Experts are warning other states and territories to take action now to avoid a similar fate.

Perth's hospitals are full and an aged care system operating at capacity is partly to blame, but with the federal government's commitment to WA unclear, the sector is concerned the problem will only get worse.

Police say a baby whose body was found in a stormwater drain by workers in suburban Perth was a newborn boy who was thought to have been placed there in recent days.

A tanker believed to be carrying fuel derived from Russian oil docks in Western Australia, with question marks surrounding the cargo exposing glaring loopholes in the government's sanctions against Moscow.

Residents say a freak tornado that ripped through Perth's coastal suburbs sounded "like a jet engine" as it fell trees and tore up the roofs of homes.

Crown Perth is handed a lifeline by the state government and will keep its gaming licence without penalty or conditions, three years after a royal commission found it unfit to hold a licence in WA.

The sister of a Yamatji woman who was fatally shot in WA in 2019 says she is glad a coroner found that the death was preventable and hopes all the recommendations stemming from the inquest will be implemented.