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

Every year, a small town in Western Australia's Wheatbelt re-creates the life of an escape artist and bushranger, with the spectacle attracting thousands of visitors.

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

As a wet weekend looms across southern WA, Wheatbelt growers starting their season are hoping to match last year's record-breaking harvest.

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

A murder in colonial Perth almost 150 years ago shocked the country and inspired Edith Cowan, the woman on Australia's $50 note, to fight for the rights of women.

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

At this year's state election, WA Labor revealed plans for a $150-million, 50-megawatt vanadium flow battery to be built in Kalgoorlie-Boulder by 2029. But can the government deliver on its promise?