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A $1.5 million package to revive the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Cottesloe has been announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, but organisers say there's not enough time to save next year's event.

The family of a mother allegedly murdered by her son in Geraldton say she repeatedly asked for help but was ultimately failed by the system.

Basil Zempilas says he "expects" Libby Mettam to lead the WA Liberals to the March state election following a Tuesday party room meeting in which she survived a leadership challenge.

Passengers are met with bizarre scenes as a television personality wrangles a snake onboard a plane in Western Australia’s north.

A court hears paramedic Shane John Toovey was aware Lynn Cannon's husband had stabbed her, and was still inside his Perth home, but he went inside anyway to try and save her life. 

An emergency services dispatcher downgraded the urgency of a welfare check on a Perth woman the night she was murdered because he didn't think there was an imminent threat to her life, an inquest into her death hears.

An inquest into the murder of Perth woman Lynn Cannon by her former partner is examining the actions of WA police on the night she died, and whether there was a missed opportunity to save her life.

While some places have seen record winter rainfall, another sets a new all-time state and national temperature record for the coldest season.

A seven-year-old who was allegedly smothered, choked and sexually assaulted by a man who broke into her home in the Perth suburb of Ellenbrook, told police she was not sure if it was a "nightmare or real".

A man who was part of an operation to import half a tonne of cocaine into WA is sentenced to 22 years in prison.

When Ebony Jones received a phone call from the daughter of a friend saying her father was bashing her mum, she got straight in her car and went to help protect them.

In light of a potentially escalating war between Lebanon and Israel, Australians in Lebanon are asked to leave and others are told to avoid travel. But many won't be deterred. 

Betty Bunning, who painted under the name Elizabeth Blair Barber, was a prolific WA artist whose brilliance was largely overlooked at the time — and it's led to a search for answers about eight mystery portraits.

The family of a toddler who died at a Perth hospital say they will consider taking legal action if their son's death isn't investigated further.

Authorities arrest an American man over the fatal stabbing of a Perth man during a holiday to Thailand.

A Perth home builder with scores of unfinished projects on the books is no longer able to legally undertake construction works.

Families dealing with food allergies say the price of their weekly shop has more than doubled, with calls for subsidised groceries to help relieve the pressure on people suffering from coeliac disease.

A former Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing a nine year-old girl at a WA mission in the 1980s is granted bail.

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.

As he flies home to Western Australia, Joe McDowell describes coming face to face with a suspected ISIS gunman in a deadly shooting in central Afghanistan.

The WA government will introduce knife laws it says will be "the toughest in the country", effectively allowing officers to scan people in any public place.

A former immigration detainee, released after the High Court ruled indefinite detention was unlawful, receives a suspended sentence for breaching his curfew and letting his GPS tracker's battery run out.

Perth could see a May temperature record fall on Saturday, with the city tipped to hit a top of 29 degrees. 

A study commissioned by WA's Department of Health examines heat-related impacts on health in Perth amid climbing global temperatures, and the results paint a troubling picture.

Saturday's stabbing in Willetton had all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack, according to police, but they stopped short of giving it that label. Questions are being asked about whether Australia is doing enough to counter online radicalisation.