How well do you remember the news from the year?
Amber Lilley
Cameron Newbold and Harry Grigson
The move comes as an effort to ‘prevent unnecessary use of limited water supplies’.
Oliver Lane
A driver has been rushed to hospital with critical injuries after his car plunged off a bridge in Collie.
Oliver Lane and Shannon Hampton
South West superintendent Geoff Stewart has been recognised for his service to the region’s police force as his close to five decades of service comes to an end.
Late to the party organising plans for New Year’s Eve? We’ve got you covered.
Ezra Kaye
The South West’s only short-stay respite care service has had a busy November as families prepare for the holiday season.
Craig Duncan
How well do you remember the top stories from the year that was?
Bunbury residents are being warned to look out for an invasive wasp species as the weather warms, after the first nest was detected in the region earlier this year.
Bunbury cemetery is under fire from some members of the community for the condition of the crematorium and memorial grounds.
The Dolphin Discovery Centre has teamed up with the WA Limestone Group to monitor dolphin activity near the northern breakwater construction in the Casuarina boat harbour.
Traumatised children affected by the carnage on our roads are being turned away from counselling because of a lack of specialist mental health practitioners at the agency set up to help them.
Caleb Runciman
The head of WA’s oldest women’s crisis refuge Nardine would ‘knock it down and start all over again’ if she had her way.
Caitlyn Rintoul
A four-year-old boy has tragically died three days before Christmas after being pulled from a burning home by firefighters in Meadow Springs.
Once-tight business associates fell out when Sasha Hopkins’ A Team Property Group took off like a rocket with slicker marketing and more success Ricky Hirsch’s Fulfil The Dream.
John Flint
The fifth and final part of the 50 moments that defines 2024 take in heartache, failures and terror on the streets of Perth.
David Baker
Emergency services are at the scene of a serious car rollover south of Kalbarri with reports a woman has been critically injured.
Two men have been rescued from Manypeaks Nature Reserve in the Waychinicup area after becoming separated in dense bushland while trying to find an aircraft crash site on Saturday.
As 2024 draws to a close The West Australian looks back on who grabbed the headlines as we countdown the top WA athletes for 2024.
Police Minister Paul Papalia has taken aim at the parents of a gang of teenagers who watched on as a 16-year-old boy allegedly attacked a police officer, saying they should be ‘deeply ashamed’ of their kids.
The $20,000 promise for the construction of shade sails over a playground is part of a growing list of election commitments.
Tegan Guthrie
Family movies in the Goldfields Oasis pool, arts and craft workshops and skateboarding clinics are among the many offerings of activities for kids of all ages these school holidays.
The organiser of Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s only Christmas Day community event says she believes Boulder will become its new home after “incredible” feedback on the new venue last week.
Crews are getting on top of a bushfire in the Mid West which has torn through about 3400ha and prompted a warning to stay away from Dongara.
A summer holiday in WA’s south ended in tragedy after two swimmers drowned — and another almost lost their life — at a beach near Walpole.
The family’s home was gutted by fire less than two weeks before Christmas Day.
The Federal Reserve has lowered its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point, the third-consecutive reduction and one that came with a cautionary tone about additional cuts in coming years.
Jeff Cox
Nissan Motor shares surged Wednesday following a media report that the Japanese automaker is looking to merge with Honda Motor.
April Roach
The price of chocolate’s key ingredient has skyrocketed this year, prompting analysts to issue fresh warnings about extreme price volatility.
Sam Meredith
News that US president-elect Donald Trump plans to go ahead with a bitcoin strategic reserve fund has sent the cryptocurrency surging in value.
Staff Writers
Love them or hate them, QR codes have become a fixture of WA pubs, bars and restaurants since the peak of COVID.
Kate Emery
A second woman has been charged following the murder of Gregory James McCracken near Boddington in December.
Rachel Fenner
WA’s biggest prison is under threat and Wooroloo residents have been warned to leave immediately to escape a rapidly-moving bushfire.
It caused an immediate burning feeling and left red welts on her skin.
Kayla and Raven Te Awa’s newborn son is not just one of the firstborn in Perth in 2025, he is also one of the first of a new generation.
A young boy and a man in his 30s have been seriously injured in a car crash in Bullsbrook on the first day of the New Year.
Bethany Hiatt
