Andrew Chounding

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The deaths of a father and mother on WA's south coast — two of four drownings across the country over the weekend — has prompted calls for action on a national and local level.

Fire-damaged powerlines hindered communication for firefighters and locals battling an emergency level fire near Albany on Western Australia's southern coast yesterday.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made housing the centrepiece of his latest election pitch to Western Australia, pledging to "unlock" more than 1,000 homes across the state's regional communities.

A government-lit prescribed burn that felled a centuries-old red tingle tree has sparked renewed calls to reform the practice in Western Australia.

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A widowed husband has honoured his late wife's memory by turning a rundown weatherboard cottage into a safe home for women and children escaping domestic violence.

Emergency services say recreational drone users are putting firefighters at risk after a fleet of water bombers had to be grounded during a bushfire in southern Western Australia.

A man has drowned on Western Australia's south coast after entering the water to help rescue two children.

A spate of drownings at remote West Australian beaches has sparked calls for the state's tourism campaigns to include warnings of the picturesque locations' inherent dangers.