Jake Sturmer

Battered by Tropical Cyclone Ilsa, 11 Indonesian fishermen were left shipwrecked on an island, hundreds of kilometres from civilisation and without food, water or communications. This is how they were saved.

The Supreme Court of Western Australia finds three young detainees were subjected to "solitary confinement on a frequent basis" and were unlawfully locked in their cells at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and Unit 18 for prolonged periods.

Now the WA government has confirmed it's repealing the controversial Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act, Jake Sturmer explains everything you need to know. 

Severe weather lashes large parts of Western Australia, as strong winds and heavy rain cause havoc across Perth and the south west of the state.

A perfect storm of scorching hot and windy conditions are making it difficult for firefighters to control a massive blaze threatening lives and homes north-east of Perth, as the city enters a third day of an “unprecedented” spring heatwave.

After a morning of confusion and anguish, Cleveland Dodd's funeral has begun, with WA authorities reversing an eleventh-hour decision to block his incarcerated father from attending.

The daughter of Mark James Bombara, who shot and killed Jennifer and Gretl Petelczyc in their Floreat home, says police were warned about her father's disturbing behaviour.

Hundreds of trucks descend on Perth in a protest against the Albanese government’s decision to end the live sheep trade.

WA's government will force the City of Perth and its Liberal-candidate Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas to hand over prime land so it can build a new primary school, in an escalation of an ongoing political stoush.

The UN is proposing to knock back Australia's bid to add the Murujuga Cultural Area to the World Heritage list, instead asking the federal government to address concerns about emissions degrading the ancient Aboriginal rock carvings near Karratha in WA's north.