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WA's ambulance provider announces 90 job cuts as part of a "targeted reset" to ensure the sustainability of services, but says paramedics will not affected.

Police say there's no evidence of foul play in the case of German backpacker Carolina Wilga, who is feared to have become lost in WA's rugged outback after abandoning her van.

A Perth woman who was pregnant when she fatally stabbed the father of her unborn child in their apartment is jailed for more than five years.

An Indigenous leader in Western Australia claims at-risk children were left "traumatised" after police arrested three teenage boys while they were attending a program designed to keep them out of trouble.

WA's P-plate drivers will be banned from carrying more than one passenger in their first six months behind the wheel, under changes announced by the State Government. 

A mother whose son suffered repeated sexual abuse as a child was shocked to find his abuser exhibiting at the Perth Royal Show — now she's demanding changes to stop offenders working at shows around the country.

The most destructive weather from Cyclone Lucas is expected to hit on Saturday, with residents and visitors in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions urged to take action now.

Residents along Pilbara's coast are being warned to prepare for heavy rain and destructive winds from Friday, as Western Australia's first cyclone of the season bears down.

Perth's sea breeze, colloquially dubbed the Fremantle Doctor, usually offers a cool relief from the blistering afternoon heat, but it has been notably absent for much of this year and is not expected to return until Monday.

The Bureau of Meteorology reveals 2020 was Western Australia's second-hottest year on record, trailing behind only 2019, and the fourth-hottest for the country as a whole.