In the highest rise in the Eastern Market Indicator on record, wool lifts $1.70 a kilogram in a week as the sentiment of majority buyer China changed over the weekend.

The net is closing around a group of thrillseekers who BASE jumped from the top of one of Perth's tallest buildings this week, with WA Police releasing CCTV footage of three people of interest.

West Coast's Willie Rioli faces a ban of up to four years after the AFL provisionally suspends the Eagles premiership star for returning an adverse finding for urine substitution following a doping test last month.

A 38-year-old woman accused of murdering her newborn baby 24 years ago in the toilets of a remote WA caravan park is allowed to return home to Victoria to await the outcome of the case.

Large numbers of Chinese tourists are flocking to the pink lake near Port Gregory in Western Australia, but has it become a victim of its own popularity?

The Australian travel bloggers detained in Iran are named as Perth couple Mark Firkin and Jolie King.

A West Australian man has captured on camera what may be one of the first documented cases of a redback spider capturing a mouse.

A new report reveals that relocating submarine maintenance away from Adelaide would likely cost more, see half the SA workforce lose their jobs and reduce the safety and performance of the submarines.

It's Astor Theatre venue manager Mark Hammond's job to tell devastated music fans the ticket they have bought is a fake. But there are fears a push to crack down on fraudulent tickets may make things worse.

Main Roads apologises after a delay in moving a new pedestrian bridge causes peak hour chaos for thousands of city-bound motorists on the Mitchell Freeway.

The tale of Anna's four-year fight for freedom and protection for her family from a violent child rapist highlights a justice system battling to cope with a sharp surge in family violence.

How is it that some people can let out a dainty outburst as quiet as a mouse while others sound like they're ripping a hole in the fabric of the universe? If you're a loud sneezer, you might find the answer a bit on the nose.

The WA Government announces the partial sale of property and land data agency Landgate for $1.41 billion upfront, with the money set to help fund redress for victims of historic sexual abuse.

A judge has ruled a young West Australian mother who violently shook her baby daughter to death must serve a life jail term, with at least 13 years behind bars before she can be released.

A woman, who was 14 at the time, has been charged with the murder of a baby boy in 1995 in outback Western Australia.

WA Police seize about 70 handguns and 30 long arm rifles linked to the kidnapping of an elderly man and the robbery of a Perth gun store, with one suspect charged and a second believed to have fled the country.

Australian grain growers will produce one of their smallest crops of the decade this year.

A group of BASE jumpers leave passers-by shocked and earn the ire of police by leaping off the top of one of the tallest buildings in the Perth CBD before parachuting down to a park below.

Magarey Medallist Luke Partington from Glenelg thanks volunteers for their tireless contribution to football, while SA football greats Peter Motley and Greg Anderson are inducted into the Hall of Fame.

It is now decades since Todd Jefferis first raised the alarm about the sexual abuse atrocities carried out at Katanning's St Andrew's Hostel in Western Australia, but his fight for justice might finally be nearing an end.

Anna fell in love with John's charming, boyish grin, but their life descended into a nightmare of abuse. When she found out what he did to her niece, she needed more than jail to forever protect her family from him.

Child protection authorities were tipped off about the mistreatment of baby Anastasia Hand 16 days before her mother violently and fatally shook the infant at the family's home south of Perth, a court is told.

After week one of the finals, the heat is now on for Geelong, the 'nasty' Giants surprise many, Dusty's brilliance surprises no-one and the Bombers stick firm with John Worsfold, writes Grandstand's Alister Nicholson.

Hypoxic stress and circadian disruption are just part of the travel toll West Coast's players will face in a finals campaign that will see them travel across the country five times before grand final day, writes Tom Wildie.

Spring has only just sprung, but Perth is set to get an early taste of summer weather this week, with a sunny day and temperature of 30 degrees forecast for Monday — a full 10 degrees higher than the September average.

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