Peter Barr

St John of God healthcare says it will stop providing maternity services at its Bunbury hospital from June 25 thanks to staffing issues and reduced demand.

Observers look on in amazement as sperm whales off WA’s southern coast successfully defend themselves from a pod of attacking killer whales by defecating at will, creating a “cloud of diarrhoea”.

Organisers of the long-running WA folk festival say slow ticket sales, increased production costs and a lack of volunteers has prompted the decision.

Kylie Abecca finds solace in her tens of thousands of books in what might be one of the largest privately owned libraries in the country.

Sean Van Alphen was in the Dryandra Woodland National Park in Western Australia surveying numbat numbers when he witnessed the grisly encounter.

Pods of more than 70 orcas have been recorded at the Bremer Canyon off Western Australia’s south coast as the annual season starts with high numbers of killer whales in good health.

Known for its vivid colours, the sunset frog is limited to a tiny pocket of swamp on Western Australia’s southern coast and is under increasing threat.

A cyclist has endured 39C heat and howling winds to break a world record for fastest time to complete Western Australia’s Munda Biddi Trail.

An aurora australis visible to the naked eye has been seen across Western Australia in the brightest display of southern lights in years.

Telstra has apologised to a West Australian man after it dispatched a debt collector to pursue him over unpaid bills belonging to a customer with a similar name.