Holden Sheppard was feeling frustrated by restrictions of young adult fiction, and by being told he couldn't write about certain things. This time he's written a novel for adults, and he's pleased that nothing has got in his way.

A man has been jailed after he shot dead a father-of-two in an incident that triggered an emergency lockdown in Perth's eastern fringes. 

There are growing concerns the polyphagous shot-hole borer will devastate Western Australia's native forests if it spreads outside Perth.

Allied health providers in WA's Kimberley and Pilbara say the cuts to services and travel allowances will hurt patients in remote communities already under pressure.

The federal government looks close to approving two major developers to start feasibility studies on building an offshore wind farm off WA's south-west coast.

The lives of about 50,000 Australians are under the control of state-appointed guardians and trustees, but some are being used against them under a veil of intense secrecy.

After an issue-plagued state election, the WAEC is now down on senior staff members as it prepares for another round of elections.