Nicolas Perpitch

WA's Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti says allegations made over her conduct as a minister arising from a secret recording at the heart of a defamation trial are "extreme".

Construction starts on a new five-storey hospital in Mandurah, south of Perth, at a total cost of more than $1 billion.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has distanced herself from a failed Western Australian One Nation candidate's homophobic statements, saying they are not her views.

Nicolas Perpitch, WA state political reporter Keane Bourke One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has distanced herself from a failed Western

Prominent WA federal Liberal MP Andrew Hastie intensifies his criticism of state opposition leader Basil Zempilas's strategy for Saturday's Secret Harbour by-election, suggesting he was putting up the white flag in the same way the Liberals disastrously admitted defeat before the 2021 state election.

People could be given iodine tablets or potentially evacuated in the "extremely low" likelihood of a radiation leak from the reactor core of an AUKUS nuclear submarine, a new plan reveals.

WA Premier Roger Cook has dismissed as "arrogance" and "hubris" claims by newly elected One Nation MP Luke Herdegen that his party is seeking to form government at the 2029 state election.

German backpacker Carolina Wilga has detailed her extraordinary tale of struggle and survival in remote WA, revealing new details about her ordeal last winter.

With the nation's biosecurity experts tied up managing the bird flu outbreak, there are concerns that attention has been diverted from the destructive shot-hole borer beetle.

Police were at the scene in Queens Park, where a truck reversed over the man on Monday morning. Supplied