Jacqueline Lynch

While Leavers once represented a week of unsupervised partying for Western Australia's year 12 graduates, an increasing number of parents and relatives are helping keep things on the safe side.

A rare and endangered WA turtle species will be introduced to a new home outside their natural habitat in the state's South West, in a last-ditch effort to bring the reptiles back from the brink of extinction.

Harvey Dickson couldn't help falling in love with Elvis Presley when he heard him as a teenager. Now his extraordinary King of Rock and Roll memorabilia fills his house. 

Lisa Mott was 12 years old when she disappeared from her home in Collie in October 1980. Cold case investigators have returned to the town in the hope of drawing out fresh leads.

The Bureau of Meteorology says a freak weather phenomenon that tore the roof off a club in South West WA was likely a willy-willy.

The mother of a 19-year-old who died in a crash near Busselton earlier this year says road safety should be compulsory in schools. 

Adrian Taylor will be out of a job by 2030 after the closure of the coal industry in his town. He's in the process of finding out what's next.

Former West Australian Nationals MP James Hayward is released a year after being jailed for sexually abusing a young girl.

Hundreds of marron have been illegally taken from Western Australia's waterways in the past year, prompting calls for higher penalties for those doing the wrong thing.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is met by angry protesters in Collie, one of seven places nationwide where a power station could be based under the Coalition's nuclear policy.

As ratepayers in Western Australia's biggest regional city continue to pay millions to have waste trucked to alternative sites, managers of the local landfill site say it may never reopen.

Scientists from the University of Western Australia are investigating the anti-cancer properties of sea sponges found under Busselton Jetty in Western Australia. 

Cheryl Rowe never thought she'd spend two years living in a tent, worrying during every winter storm that her shelter would collapse on top of her again.

A major lithium company is looking to sell a camp with the capacity to accommodate almost 400 workers after cutting jobs and scaling back expansion plans at its refinery south of Perth.

The state's work safety watchdog will take the operator of Bunbury Regional Prison to court, claiming it failed to have systems in place to deal with allegations of sexual harassment and bullying.

Madeline* expected to receive thousands of dollars in backpay after discovering she had been underpaid by her employer, Aegis, but under Australian employment law she is not entitled to anything.

Friends of 37-year-old Collin "Coco" Martins say they had never seen him happier than before his death, ready to set sail around the world with his wife and two children.  

A rescuer says the Victorian driver was "lucky to walk away" from the mishap in the state's south, warning other outdoor enthusiasts to take care as the school holidays begin.

Wire trace fishing gear, used to reel in sharks, will be banned at Busselton and Esperance jetties after mounting public complaints.

A proposal for mandatory high-visibility clothing for cyclists and scooter riders is being put forward ahead of the Western Australian state election.

A fire that began in suspicious circumstances is still burning underground south of Bunbury, despite the best efforts of firefighters and one of the wettest winters on record.

As more areas in south-west and southern Western Australia are flagged for future mining activity, hikers and bikers say they're worried some of the state's best trails will be affected if more isn't done to protect them.

An endangered turtle that excited wildlife carers by surviving outside its only known habitats in Perth has returned home to its birthplace and site of a relocation trial in WA's South West.

Pauline Hanson drops her party's sole West Australian MP from the One Nation ticket, just six months after he joined the party.

Nationals WA have promised to get rid of stamp duty for first home buyers and spend hundreds of millions of dollars on "shelved" country health projects if elected into state government next year.