With its picturesque sights, stunning beaches, fascinating history and laid-back atmosphere an easy sell to tourists, it's easy to see why the Rottnest Island Visitor Centre took out the major honour at the 2012 GWN7 Top Tourism Awards.
September 24, 2012, 10:05 amNew Zealand resins maker Nuplex Industries will close its Canning Vale plant in the next two years as its trading outlook dims.
September 24, 2012, 11:18 amAustralian shares have fallen, after weak overseas leads and tumbles for the mining giants.
September 24, 2012, 10:22 am
Three West Australians won a $1.5 million Division 1 prize in Saturday's $22 million Lotto Superdraw.
September 24, 2012, 9:43 am
The good news for the clubs competing in the grand final is the Match Review Panel won't be looking at incidents involving their players.
September 24, 2012, 9:09 amPolice are searching for a British schoolgirl who ran away to France with her teacher.
September 24, 2012, 9:08 am
Join Channel Seven's Adrian Barich for The Wash Up AFL live chat from 10am. Send in your questions and comments.
September 24, 2012, 8:50 amA WA man with bikie links has been charged after about $1.2 million of the drug ice was allegedly found inside his car in Sydney's southwest.
September 24, 2012, 8:21 amA 55-year-old man and his wife were assaulted after the man confronted a group of teenagers walking past his Banksia Grove property yesterday.
September 24, 2012, 8:14 amA pedestrian has serious injuries after he was hit by a car in Kenwick this morning.
September 24, 2012, 7:23 amA fire burning 150km south of Port Hedland has closed the Great Northern Highway.
September 24, 2012, 7:19 am
Dennis Cometti on why a change of umpires could prove decisive for Hawks midfielder.
September 24, 2012, 6:46 amPolice were forced to detonate a cache of highly unstable chemicals found inside a wheelie bin in Balcatta yesterday.
September 24, 2012, 6:40 am
New Macmahon Holdings chief executive Ross Carroll has revealed the extent of the blood-letting in the company's troubled construction division, with several layers of management axed in the wake of the mishandling of a $100 million Rio Tinto rail job in the Pilbara.
September 24, 2012, 5:30 am
As children around WA gear up for the Perth Royal Show at the weekend, Kasey Goddard was facing the prospect of being confined to hospital.
September 24, 2012, 5:26 amA Perth surgeon whose treatment left a toddler with a "Donald Duck" voice will be unable to continue practising as a specialist after losing his bid to overturn a ban.
September 24, 2012, 5:26 am
A week after violent Muslim protests in Sydney, sections of Perth's Islamic community were out yesterday with one group distributing flowers and another protesting at the abuse of human rights against Muslims in Ethiopia.
September 24, 2012, 5:25 amGibb River Rd cyclist is airlifted from gruelling event after having heart attack. http://t.co/XF4Tn3yy0g #perthnews
Knife-wielding thieves rob pizza guy of the lot. http://t.co/jkOgzyk8lv #perthnews
Ocean Reef residents woken by crashing and thumping sounds of stolen ATM being towed down the road. http://t.co/ZhxP5JFBjO #perthnews
Discovery of woman's body in Narrogin adds to WA's dreadful week. Six suspicious deaths in week. http://t.co/UIRRXJFVgl #perthnews #narrogin
Woman charged after death of St James man http://t.co/nhsIBsHBWL #perthnews
Facebook is the biggest enemy facing WA schools, says a principal http://t.co/4jCVMcKcVB #perthnews
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