Competition grows in Western Australia wheat exports as farmers fed up with export costs send an independent grain shipment from Geraldton to Indonesia.

Forming a united food producers lobby group "won't be a cheap exercise" but it is necessary to achieve results, those behind the fresh push say.

A regional town which could soon be home to some of WA's largest renewable energy projects says developers should cough up to support the community. 

Shoppers are warned Australian seafood prices will rise under plans to prevent commercial fishing in millions of hectares of ocean, announced by the federal government at a UN conference this week.

An "overworked and under-resourced" state agency, the WA Public Trustee, is facing fresh allegations of overcharging a vulnerable woman to manage her assets while doing little to no work. The agency is set to face public scrutiny in a parliamentary committee hearing.

Australia's biggest customer for iron ore doesn't need as much steel anymore, but the Pilbara's biggest producers have no plans to slow down production.

As the WA government prepares to deliver its first budget since being re-elected, West Australians are hoping their calls for cost-of-living and housing relief are heard.