Grace Burmas

Convenience stores along the popular strip are scarcely stocked with chocolate bars and chewing gum but it's the merchandise under the counter that's really paying the rent.

WA's corrective services minister says three of the youths involved in last night's disturbance at Perth's juvenile detention centre have been moved to the notorious Unit 18, as he continued to take a hardline stance on youth detention. 

A man is charged after allegedly wearing a necklace displaying a Nazi symbol, caught by increased police patrols in WA after the Bondi terror attack.

Neighbours in Perth's southern suburbs are baking-off in an annual lasagne-making competition that shuts down the entire street and has been running since 1998.

Ground and aerial crews successfully control a bushfire that closed a section of Roe Highway and brought traffic to a standstill.

An eastern states public health expert says "it's a mystery" why Western Australia is lagging behind the rest of the country on updating its illicit tobacco laws.

The eyes of the sailing world will be on Perth's port city of Fremantle this weekend as it welcomes the high-speed, big-money international Sail Grand Prix for the first time.

They call themselves the "Sea Shells Teabaggers" — and with marathon swimmer Shelley Taylor-Smith at the helm, this ocean swim group has built something much stronger than good technique.

The man accused of assaulting former Labor strategist Tim Picton allegedly knocked another man unconscious two days prior.

The death of Labor identity Tim Picton rocks his former political colleagues, prompting warnings from WA's police minister about the devastating consequences of one-punch assaults.