Cost-of-living pressures are hitting both community sport and higher-level competitions, and an academic says the implications are huge.

Four whales have died and wildlife workers are attempting to rescue the remaining three that are beached near Bremer Bay.

While regional voters have bucked the Labor trend in Western Australia, they are also drifting away from both major parties.

After a popular rest stop on WA's South Coast Highway was left looking like a landfill, locals and drivers are urging travellers to do better.

What specifically can West Australians expect from another three years of a federal Labor government? 

With their town earmarked for the most complex of the Coalition's proposed reactors prior to the election, some residents of Collie in Western Australia remain open-minded about nuclear.

Farmers in southern growing areas of Western Australia have experienced an earlier-than-usual start to seeding after several early bursts of rain.

Industrial action by WA firefighters is delaying burn-off efforts, which an ecologist says could prove costly next summer.