WA election

WA stays with Barnett's Liberals

Rania Spooner West Australians have given Liberal leader Colin Barnett another four years at the helm in a commanding win the returning premier attributed, in part, to Federal Labor being "on the nose" in WA.

Man jailed for five years over hit-run cyclist death

A 28-year-old man who pleaded guilty to the hit-and-run death of a cyclist in Cottesloe earlier this year has been sentenced to more than five years jail.

Surfer fights off shark near Carnarvon

Surfer receives serious injuries to his arm, abdomen after fending off shark in WA's North West.

Surfer lucky to be alive after shark attack at remote beach

Lucy Rickard and Aleisha Orr A 34-year-old man is lucky to be alive after fending off a shark at a remote WA beach, about 1000 kilometres north of Perth yesterday afternoon.

'Insane' French woman not guilty of elderly man's murder

Anne-Louise Brown Last week, Ms Strabach stood trial in the Supreme Court of Western Australia for the murder of Murray Quartermaine in his South Perth home last January.

Massive white pointer trawls Perth's coast

Aleisha Orr Cottesloe and North Cottesloe beaches have been re-opened after a five-metre great white shark was detected this morning.

Diana Bliss left farewell note to Alan Bond

Rhianna King Diana Bliss left a letter thanking her loved ones for their understanding before taking her own life, her husband Alan Bond has revealed in an emotional tribute.

'Unprecedented' third shark death brings forward aerial patrols

Staff reporters Aerial shark patrols along the WA south coast will now start tomorrow, after Premier Colin Barnett agreed to privately lease a helicopter in the wake of an "unprecedented" third fatal attack in two...

Shark attack: police name victim

Tamara Binamat Police and fisheries officers are hunting for a shark which killed a man off Rottnest island yesterday.

Great white shark hunt sets precedent: fisheries

Aja Styles and Glenda Kwek The Fisheries Department's decision to hunt a great white shark after a United States diver was killed off the West Australian coast has set a precedent for government-endorsed action over "problem"...

Man dead in shark attack

Pamela Mirghani and Michelle Nelson A 33-year-old man has died in a shark attack in West Australia's southwest.

Pub death plunge deals another blow to grief-stricken NZ family

Aja Styles The death of musician Andrew Marshall after he was allegedly thrown out of the window of a popular Perth pub has dealt another blow to a family already rocked by tragedy.