A 22-year-old Perth man accused of using a cigarette lighter and boiling water to deliberately inflict serious burns on a two-year-old girl he was looking after claims she pulled a pot of boiling noodles onto herself.

Low-cost airline Jetstar announces it will start running three flights a week between Melbourne and Busselton in the south-west of WA.

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.

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 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.

The threat of bushfire never occurred to this WA couple after all, they lived in a more or less treeless estate. Thanks to sheer chance, they still do. Now they're making their own luck.

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 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.

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.

The man accused of the Claremont serial killings, Bradley Edwards, has pleaded guilty to attacks on two women in the years leading up to the disappearance of Sarah Spiers.

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.

Perth Glory fans could be forgiven for being sceptical of Kristian Popovic's spot in a team coached by his dad Tony, given the club's somewhat disastrous history of father-son duos.

Former AFL commissioner Mike Fitzpatrick and his fellow directors of Carnegie Clean Energy emerge as the saviours of the troubled wave energy company, whose shares have been reinstated to the ASX.

Opponents of a voluntary assisted dying bill in Western Australia face fresh accusations of filibustering after a Liberal MP moved hundreds of amendments to the proposed legislation.

Perth Glory's Chris Harold is just one of a growing number of athletes using their profiles and huge social media followings to push the causes they believe in.

Jabe Stillitano was told by his supervisor to prepare for a meeting with an irate parent, but nothing could have prepared him for the tirade that would be unleashed.

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?

Fire authorities prepare for a challenging weekend as scorching temperatures and gusty winds create dangerous fire conditions in the southern half of WA, including Perth where the mercury is expected to get as high as 38 degrees.

By consciously naming and understanding our grief around the myriad losses the COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it, we can move through it. Professor Kim Felmingham, clinical psychologist from the University of Melbourne shares how to deal with the collective grief that is accompanying mass layoffs, change and job uncertainty. And then Colin James, business coach, facilitator and remote meeting guru gives us some guidance on taking the pain out of video conference meetings.

Europe's epicentre of the coronavirus, Italy, has banned funerals -so how are Italians dealing with not having families around during this mourning period? Also, how are religions like Judaism, where human contact and comfort are deeply central, faring under coronavirus? And, the clash of rights that comes with the debate over religious freedom.

We go to the heart of the Coronavirus in the Middle East - the Iranian holy city of Qom, where not even the ayatollahs are safe. And, how Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews are pushing back against social distancing. Also, what does the Coronavirus reveal about a nation’s values? Does the  communitarian nature of modern Germany account for its resilience in the face of pandemic?

If coronavirus is like a war, what else can erupt under the fog of war? And, we will take you to one of the most densely packed places in the world where the Christian aid group World Vision is trying to coral the virus. Also, Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz looks at one of the casualties of the COVID-19 outbreak - the deepening inequality within and between nations.

If you’ve noticed a change in your mental well-being over the past few weeks you’re not alone.  As the effects of the pandemic and the conditions of isolation begin to be take hold, manyAustralians are searching for support for the first time in their lives. So if you choose to ask for help, how do you takethe first steps. 

It’s a weird time in the world, but what role does technology play in the age of COVID-19? Also, forget roll call, schools could soon have facial recognition. And will it ever be possible to get conspiracy theories off YouTube? Guests: Nick Kwek, Technology Journalist & Filmmaker @NICKKWEK and Angharad Yeo, ABC television presenter, video game critic, technology journalist and entertainer @angharadyeo

Eugene Gilfedder and Jennifer Flowers shine in this fast-paced piece of absurdist theatre.

Find out what our winners - the 'home reviewers' thought of one of the most talked about acrobatic acts in the world.

Perth Theatre Company's latest play, reviewed by ABC 720's cultural correspondent Victoria Laurie.

There's nothing like watching someone fly through the air, land on their feet and follow it up with a classic slapstick routine worthy of Laurel & Hardy, to make you feel about seven again.

Sinead Mangan enjoys this whimsical fairytale, and so does her five year old daughter.

Boy Gets Girl is a suspense thriller, but it hardly explains the mind of a stalker, says ABC 720's cultural correspondent Victoria Laurie.

News sites are recording a huge spike in traffic - but with advertising dollars dropping, how will media survive?

News sites are recording a huge spike in traffic - but with advertising dollars dropping, how will media survive?

The dire predictions for Africa are all in place, but so far they haven't come true.

Strained diplomacy in times of a pandemic. As the US and China tussle over who is dealing with COVID-19 the best, is it time for Australia to rethink our relationships?

PNG was already battling dangerous infectious diseases — tuberculosis and HIV. Now it has to fight coronavirus as well. Incredibly, so far there are only seven known cases of Covid-19 in the whole country, and no known deaths.

The higher education sector is a vital part of Australia's economic and intellectual life - why is Canberra intent on ignoring it?

Most of the world is locking down and spatial distancing - but in Sweden the powerful public health agency has steered the country down a very different path.

Got a metal detector? This outback town is setting up a prospecting lease for tourists who want to try their hand at landing a gold nugget.

On the oldest landscape on earth, new technology is being developed to help remove dogs over millions of hectares.

Producers describe plans for a new abattoir near Port Pirie as a "complete game changer" for pastoralists, saving them thousands in freight costs.

A "fireball" believed to have been a meteor lights up the skies overnight, with reports of sightings coming in from South Australia and Victoria. One expert says the earth has been bombarded by twice as many small asteroids than usual over the last couple of years.

A 15-year-old girl dies and another teenage girl is rushed to hospital after being hit by a Lamborghini when the driver allegedly lost control outside a Chinese restaurant in Adelaide.