Lana Taranto

Pictures reveal the scale of devastation caused by a blaze that ripped through Wooroloo east of Perth yesterday, with at least one home and several sheds burnt to the ground.

Thousands of homes remain without power across Perth as the city is set to endure its third successive day of sweltering heat.

The WA government says its reopening plan remains on track amid calls to include 5 to 11-year-olds in the 90 per cent jab target, as the head of the Telethon Kids Institute welcomes the approval of the COVID-19 vaccine for young children.

Police have confirmed the body of the Derby man, missing since yesterday, was found early this morning.

Prescribed burns and smaller private property burns leave large parts of the Perth metropolitan area blanketed in thick smoke, with more likely in coming days.

A 30-year-old man appears in court charged with the murder of a three-month-old baby after she suffered brain injuries at a house in the northern Perth suburb of Girrawheen and died in hospital.

Crown Resorts announces the resignation of another key director from the company’s board and Perth’s Burswood casino with immediate effect due to a “perceived lack of independence” from a past relationship with James Packer.

WA Premier Mark McGowan accuses some in the business community of being out of touch with public sentiment and wanting coronavirus to "come back" to the state by calling for the border to be lifted.

Police are investigating an apparent barbed wire “booby trap” that injured a teenage jogger in the eastern Perth suburb of High Wycombe.

Fremantle captain David Mundy expresses shock at speculation of a rift between Nat Fyfe and some of his teammates, as Hayden Ballentyne confirms he is considering leaving the club.