Safety concerns force offshore WA oil plant closure
ABC - Saturday May 10, 09:15 AM
An oil processing plant on board an offshore facility off Western Australia's Pilbara coast has been shut down because of safety concerns.

Committee looks at legal implications of surrogacy
ABC - Thursday May 8, 05:34 PM
A WA Upper House committee says laws to give genetic parents legal custody of children born to surrogate mothers will be a huge breakthrough.

WA pushing for health warnings on alcohol packaging
ABC - Friday May 2, 07:30 AM
Western Australia will call for mandatory health warnings on alcohol packaging, at a meeting of the nation's food regulation ministers in Melbourne today.

Father of missing toddler in police custody
ABC - Friday May 2, 12:43 AM
The father of a missing Western Australian toddler is in police custody near the border of WA and the Northern Territory.

Producers working to prevent accidents: farming group
ABC - Tuesday April 29, 07:20 AM
The WA Farmers Federation says the rural community is making progress in reducing on-farm deaths.

WA youth affairs group calls for 'alcopop' ban
ABC - Sunday April 27, 11:12 AM
The WA Youth Affairs Council says 'alcopop' drinks should be taken off the market to prevent the heavy drinking culture among teenagers.

WA honours Anzacs
ABC - Friday April 25, 01:04 PM
About 40,000 people have gathered on a crisp, still morning for the Anzac Day dawn service at the West Australian War Memorial in Perth.

Pay more to help teacher shortage: academic
ABC - Friday April 25, 12:28 PM
The Dean of Education at the University of Western Australia says he is not surprised at projections showing WA will be more than 2,000 teachers short in the next seven years.

Attracting doctors to Aboriginal services a challenge: Rural Doctors
ABC - Wednesday April 23, 07:32 AM
The WA Rural Doctors Association says the state and federal governments must work together to attract medical professionals to work in Indigenous health.

WA to look at levy on plastic bags
ABC - Friday April 18, 01:25 PM
The West Australian Environment Minister says he will look at trialling a levy on plastic bags after a national meeting of minsters failed to secure agreement yesterday.

Rains could give WA record grain harvest
ABC - Friday April 18, 09:45 AM
Hopes of a record grain harvest have been buoyed by what farmers describe as a excellent start to the season.

WA researchers discover cancer gene
ABC - Thursday April 17, 11:37 AM
Western Australian researchers say they have made a world first discovery that could boost the chances of successfully treating life threatening cancers.