In mid-2009 British citizen Simon Kadwill-Kelly was catching a ferry returning from France. Within minutes of trying to board he found out his identity had been stolen.

The latest immunisation data shows more than 80,000 Australian children aged five and under are not fully up to date with their vaccinations.

Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley says reforms are needed to prevent local councils from quitting just a few months into the job.

Country business owners say they have worked to absorb price increases, but will be forced to pass on costs to consumers if the supply of fuel to regional WA isn't stabilised. 

The king penguin, known for being the second-largest penguin species and living on ice-free parts of the sub-Antarctic, was rescued near Esperance on WA's south coast.

Grain paddocks in Western Australia are filled with thousands of mice which are making their way into residential areas.

Western Australian documentary photographer Brad Rimmer's beautiful, melancholy images of Wheatbelt life sprawl through Fremantle gallery.