Seven years after the WA Wheatbelt town's last supermarket closed, Perenjori residents are celebrating the return of a local shop.

A WA man is facing a string of charges after an alleged assault left one police officer in hospital with serious facial fractures and another injured.

Geraldton detectives allege Dr John Mateljan indecently assaulted three women while working as an obstetrician, anaesthetist and GP over an 11-year period.

Australia's rural health crisis is deepening as internationally trained doctors face delays, with bureaucracy and lack of available supervisors blocking workforce solutions.

There are concerns WA's transition to renewable energy could be even further delayed, with $3 billion in funding sitting idle in a federal government green bank.

Mobile phones will be banned in WA childcare centres and more money provided for safety checks after a snap one-month review into the sector.

An explosion in social media promotion of glucose monitors has a diabetic concerned the wellness trend could put much-needed equipment at risk.