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New figures show the mining and resources sectors in Western Australia and Queensland continue to boost the value of Australian investment projects.
A Western Australian farmer is launching legal action against his neighbour for allegedly contaminating his organic property with genetically modified (GM) crops.
A "mini tornado" has ripped through the south west town of Waroona, which bore the brunt of a storm front overnight.
Police have arrested a man over a violent home invasion in Perth in which a 71 year-old man was bound and gagged.
A Perth man has been found guilty of failing to stop after an accident which left a teenage girl with serious injuries.
A gold mine has been evacuated after an earthquake near Kalgoorlie.
A Cottesloe council employee has been charged after allegedly contracting more than $50,000 worth of council work to his own business.
Big-hitting New South Welshman David Warner is the new captaincy face amongst the leaders revealed for the expanded Big Bash League cricket competition this summer.
A witness has told the District Court in Perth he saw a police officer throw a man head first into the ground.
West Coast coach John Worsfold declined to endorse his assistant Scott Burns as a potential Adelaide coach after Western Bulldogs mentor Rodney Eade said the job was not on his radar.
In Fremantle, the manager of Elizabeth's Bookshops, Harry Schmitz, has felt the impact of the shift to online.
Chevron has signed a long term deal with a Japanese power company to deliver millions of tonnes of liquified natural gas from its Wheatstone project in Onslow.
A strong cold front is expected to sweep through the south of the state this evening and residents are being warned to bunker down.
Hundreds of angry Perth detectives are pushing for the removal of Police Union president Russell Armstrong.
Fremantle has re-signed young gun Nat Fyfe until the end of the 2014 season.
Former residents of Sister Kate's indigenous childrens' home in Perth have returned to live in a new seniors complex at the site.
An Iranian survivor from the Christmas Island boat tragedy says he called to try to get help minutes before the boat smashed into rocks.
A 35-year-old man has been sentenced to more than eight years jail for attempting to possess cocaine with an estimated street value of up to $2.5 million.
There are to be tough new cannabis laws enacted in WA from next week as a new report shows one in seven people in the state are users.
Business leaders in the Northwest are calling on Skywest to reconsider its decision to cancel its service from Perth to Karratha.
Wildlife officers say wallabies stranded in Lake Argyle during the record wet season have become self-sufficient on their islands.
Staff at a fast food restaurant have been attacked with a baseball bat after refusing demands from two robbers.
Iluka Resources says strong demand for titanium and zircon has enabled it to resume its mining activities in the Mid West.
The national premiere of the Pilbara-shot-film, Red Dog, will be shown in Karratha tonight.
A teacher in Dwellingup who let more than a dozen students draw blood with the same needle says the support he has received from parents has been overwhelming.
Farmers in Western Australia say it will be some time before sheep stocks rise from the current low levels.
A survivor of the Christmas Island boat tragedy says he was told by people smugglers that the trip to Australia would not be dangerous for him or his daughter.
A Perth police officer is on trial accused of using excessive force whilst arresting a man more than four years ago.
A 17 year ban on the former jockey Danny Hobby attending race meetings has been lifted.