Attorney-General John Quigley intervenes to order woman's release from prison for murdering her partner after her history as a victim of domestic violence came to light, declaring "now is the time for mercy".

The ACT is in the spotlight right now for marijuana law reform. But years ago another Australian state went down a very similar path in loosening the law when it came to recreational cannabis use.

The mother of Perth girl Denishar Woods, left with severe brain damage after a severe electric shock, has been waiting for a report into the accident, but it fails to establish who is to blame.

A farmer who trains backpackers in grain and livestock farming says demand for good seasonal workers in WA is outstripping her ability to supply them and her agency is stretched to the limit.

Dominic Calabro tied up, bashed and stabbed Andrew Minh Tran before slashing his throat at a house in the Perth suburb of Balga, but claims he was defending himself against "a home invader".

Tim Kelly confirms what Geelong supporters have feared for some time, a trade request to join the West Coast Eagles for the 2020 AFL season.

There was a time when everyone's important documents letters, photographs, diaries were tangible objects, but as life moves to the cloud we could lose it all.

A Perth doctor is warning of the dangers of wearing high-vis shirts in direct sunlight after what she believes is the world's first case of burns from retro-reflective tape.

Managers from the nation's 18 AFL clubs have 10 days to land the deals they believe will propel their side to the next level as the trade period gets underway in Melbourne and star midfielder Tim Kelly is right in the mix for the West Coast Eagles.

An inquest into the death of a notorious Perth criminal dubbed "the Porsche kid" is told a prison guard said she "didn't care if he died" during a standoff that ended with him trying to take his own life.

Star midfielder Tim Kelly says having two of his three sons diagnosed with autism while living on the other side of the country from his family was a major factor pushing his trade from Geelong to the West Coast Eagles.

An inquiry into the City of Perth wraps up with news some witnesses may be referred to law enforcement agencies for the "appalling lack of respect" shown in the evidence they gave.

The parents of a boy who suffers from a rare genetic condition say his life would be at risk if he is deported, after his application for permanent residency was rejected over the cost of his care.

A residential development proposed by the Satterley Property Group on Anglican Church land in the Perth Hills suburb of Stoneville is branded a planning "disaster" by concerned locals.

The heavy industrial area of Kwinana is home to Perth's only remaining beach shack community, but there are fears a new container port could destroy the simple lifestyle the locals have worked so hard to preserve.

Test all-rounder Mitch Marsh is likely to miss at least the first Test of the season after punching a dressing-room wall during Western Australia's Sheffield Shield draw with Tasmania, breaking his bowling hand.

A WA mother is vowing to move interstate with her four-year-old son, splitting him up from his sister, if education authorities refuse her requests for him to start school a year later because he "won't cope".

The WA Government gives the go-ahead for junior drag racing in WA to restart, after it was suspended following the 2017 death of eight-year-old Anita Board, but lifts the minimum age to 10.

The Court of Appeal unanimously overturns the convictions of three men found guilty last year of killing a mother who was left outside a Perth hospital in 2016, with the trio now set to face a retrial.

A Perth Family Court psychologist is found guilty of professional misconduct for writing an official report labelling a father "psychopathic" without a clinical diagnosis, resulting in him being separated from his son.

Luca the dolphin was 18 months old when he became entangled in discarded fishing line and died. Now Mandurah, south of Perth, is rallying together in a bid to protect the rest of its dolphin population from a similar fate.

Cancer has taken Dee Freitags hair and her breasts, and she is terrified it could still take her life. But the latest hardship in her life has also given her more determination than ever to help her community.

A Perth man is found guilty of murder after claiming he was defending himself against a home invader when he tied up his victim and bashed and stabbed him before slashing his throat.

Jemma Lilley loses an appeal against her conviction and will stay behind bars for almost three decades after luring Perth teenager Aaron Pajich to her home and murdering him with another woman.

The trial of the accused Claremont serial killer is delayed by a week, a day after his surprise guilty plea to raping a teenage girl and attacking a young woman in her home.

Opponents of Western Australia's voluntary assisted dying bill are defeated in their attempt to put a final vote in State Parliament on hold until well into next year.

Mining billionaire Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest goes all-in on Global Rapid Rugby but establishing the fundamentals of the start-up league is more important than securing high-profile talent, according to its new chief.

An audit initiated after London's Grenfell Tower fire which claimed more than 70 lives identifies 14 private West Australian buildings as having high-risk cladding and dozens of others requiring remedial work.

The marriage of one of WA's worst sex offenders is one of the key factors why he should not be released from prison because of fears his wife could be "at risk of harm from him".

Police are investigating after two children are found dead at a home in Madeley, in Perth's northern suburbs, with their mother under arrest in hospital with self-inflicted injuries.

They are a select group of people who live in places that would never be possible today, and have refused every effort to get them to move on.

A 38-year-old Madeley woman has been charged with two counts of murder after her six-year-old and 10-year-old daughters were found dead in their home on Friday.

Three spearfishing teenage divers sought refuge on a reef for an hour waiting to be rescued after bronze whaler sharks began circling them.

A woman accused of killing her two young daughters faces a bedside court hearing in hospital, several days after the girls' bodies were discovered in their home in Perth's northern suburbs.

A police officer who was filmed on mobile phones driving into an 18-year-old man in Perth's south-east last year, knocking him down and sending him to hospital, is found guilty of dangerous driving.

A Perth man who believed he had "special powers to identify paedophiles" is found not guilty of murdering a complete stranger at a bus stop because he was driven by psychosis at the time.

An inquest into the deaths of two children murdered by their father at their home has heard police took almost three-and-a-half hours to attend the house after their mother raised the alarm.

The WA Government will ban students from using mobile phones, smart watches and tablets in all public schools from 2020 in a major push to reduce distraction and focus on learning.

A Vietnamese man is sentenced to seven years behind bars for growing one of the biggest marijuana crops ever discovered in Western Australia, with an estimated street value of more than $17 million.

The grandfather of two young Perth children murdered by their father tells an inquest he feared for their wellbeing in the months before their deaths.

More than 900 days after being wiped out in the polls, the WA Liberal Party's rebuild is hitting a critical juncture, writes Jacob Kagi.

The Shirley Finn murder has been labelled a stain on WA Police a brothel madam shot in the head and a trail of suspicion leading to officers and high-profile politicians. As the inquest into the 1975 murder draws to a close, will the truth ever prevail?

WA Police are forced to apologise after saying Craig Peacock, who double-dipped on his taxpayer-funded allowance to enrich himself and benefit friends including two MPs, would not face criminal charges.

A Perth man who fatally stabbed his one-time love rival claims he acted in self-defence because the victim had a "longstanding and visceral" hatred of him that had provoked repeated attacks.

Almost 20 years after she first sought help for an eating disorder, single mother Amanda Baldi says she feels no closer to recovery in a state without a single residential treatment centre.