Keane Bourke

Youth Beat workers take to Perth streets at night to help young people who have nowhere else to go. 

WA prisoners are being subjected to "cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment" because the state government has allowed prisons to become "almost fundamentally broken", according to the Inspector of Custodial Services. 

As Basil Zempilas flirts with One Nation, will the right-wing populist party drag the WA Liberals down again, or will it become a life raft on the way to a political resurrection?

WA Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas says One Nation deserves "respect" and he is open to finding a way of working with the right-wing populist party as support for it grows.

The family of a 35-year-old diver who died after being bitten by a shark has described him as "an adored husband, son, brother and uncle who had a lifelong love and deep respect for the ocean".

A male diver has died after an attack by a suspected 4.5-metre shark near Michaelmas Island, off WA's Albany coast, on Saturday morning. 

Indigenous Welcome to Country ceremonies have become increasingly controversial in recent years.

Indigenous elders explain why they believe Welcome to Country ceremonies have faced opposition, and why abandoning the practice would create a cultural "abyss".

As threats against elected officials grow, so too is a question in the mind of many politicians — should the public pay for home security for our elected representatives?

The WA government has committed $16 million for a professional learning hub that will include mandatory inductions for special needs education assistants and disability modules for graduate teachers.

It's going to get much harder to find an available aged care bed in WA, a new report finds, with a "substantial and time-critical shortfall" predicted.

The only psychiatrist in a regional WA area is given a more lenient sanction for sexually harassing a nurse, partially due to a lack of other mental health specialists in the area.

Roger Cook raises the prospect of gas fracking in WA's Kimberley region, warning the state could face future energy shortfalls if Woodside Energy's massive Browse project does not proceed.

The notorious Unit 18, a makeshift youth detention facility within the adult Casuarina Prison, has sat empty for at least a week while other WA prisons are bursting at the seams. 

Even with another eye-watering surplus, the uber-wealthy Western Australian government can't deliver its population one of the biggest things people want: certainty in an uncertain world.  

Housing, health care and cost-of-living relief are likely to feature prominently in Western Australia's budget as more people struggle.

The WA government's decision to axe no-grounds evictions could signal more policy backdowns as politicians adjust to a changing political landscape, writes state political reporter Keane Bourke.

Western Australia is the only state to not recognise Working with Children Check rejections from around the country, and has been "slow" to make other child safety law changes, expert says.

WA's energy minister says the state will have the fuel it needs for this month and has "growing confidence" for June, as further details are released about 10 renewable energy projects that are set to be built across regional WA.

The Whadjuk Noongar elder who was booed while giving a Welcome to Country at Perth's Anzac Day dawn service says she had a right to speak at the event and will not back down.

This past week marks the first time the Liberal leader visited WA since he took the position, and during his trip west, both Taylor and Premier Cook were navigating the state's hot-button issues.

The cameras have handed out around 184,000 infringements since they started issuing fines in October last year, according to the WA government.

Natural gas taxes are back in the fray after an environment plan for the operation of part of Australia's largest gas project received approval, ahead of Senate inquiry hearings this week which will probe how the resource is taxed.

Premiers and chief ministers agree to use an estimated $400 million in extra GST revenue to fund a 5.7 per litre cut to the fuel excise, on top of the Commonwealth's 26.3 cent per litre relief.

Service providers like Passages in Perth and Mandurah help hundreds experiencing homelessness during the day, but concern remains amid a shortage of beds across the sector.