Keane Bourke

WA Police have been overruled in their attempt to take firearms off the estranged relative of a bikie in a potential blow to the force's interpretation of new gun laws.

A downward spiral led Sully into homelessness — now he's part of a coalition dedicated to getting young people off the streets and into accommodation. 

Question Time in WA is often loud, occasionally funny, and rarely productive. If this is how the people elected to look out for the best interests of West Australians behave at work, don't we deserve better? 

Changes in Western Australia's anti-consorting laws have had the unintended consequence of making it easier for convicted child sex offenders to associate with each other. 

At 76 and stuck on the waitlist for public housing, Bill Turner is on the brink of homelessness, unable to afford his own rental in a housing market at breaking point — a situation that's left him feeling "deserted".

The families of two West Australians killed in e-scooter accidents say they are disappointed the state government is not acting sooner to better regulate e-rideable devices.

A landmark review of Western Australia's e-rideable laws will not result in any immediate change, with the state government instead urging the Commonwealth to act.

Radicalisation expert turned federal minister Anne Aly says reaching out to people susceptible to extremism and helping them reconnect to their communities is essential.

Flaws in the Corruption and Crime Commission's finance systems left it vulnerable to "fictitious or fraudulent transactions" for at least three years, according to WA's financial scrutineer.

Western Australia is transitioning to tougher firearms laws — but despite the changes, 20-year-old Jayson Joseph Michaels and his father were allowed to keep their collection of seven guns at the family's Bindoon home.

WA is desperate to retain the GST deal it struck with Scott Morrison as the Productivity Commission looks to rein in cost blowouts, and says exempting 25 per cent of mining revenues could help.

The charging of two young West Australian men with terror offences show the challenges facing social cohesion, and solving the problem is not going to be easy.

WA Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas apologises to a Labor backbencher who says she felt "intimidated" by him when he stood over her in parliament on Wednesday afternoon.

A man found guilty of sexually abusing his stepdaughters wins a retrial because a "serious breach" by a prosecutor resulted in a "miscarriage of justice". 

A tense political fight is brewing over the future of laws to compensate survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, as the government faces pressure to expand its scope beyond just churches and religious institutions.

Tougher WA driving laws are expected to be introduced to parliament after a drunk driver, who was charged with killing a 32-year-old, was allowed to drive just two months after the incident. 

The completion of the new Midland train station brings an end to Labor's landmark Metronet project. At a cost of $15 billion, the project's final test now begins — whether West Australians believe it was money well spent.

As an eating disorder clinic prepares to open its doors near Mandurah south of Perth, a residential eating disorder clinic is still in the planning stages despite being on the cards for years. 

Roger Cook criticises Alcoa's environmental record for being "not at the level we expect", after the US mining giant agreed to pay $55 million for clearing a native jarrah forest in WA's south without approval.

WA Labor MPs call on a Nationals member to apologise for what they say was a racist comment directed at one of their colleagues.

The man accused of throwing a bomb at Invasion Day protesters in an alleged terrorism act attack in Perth can be named as Liam Alexander Hall.

Amid moves to increase penalties for those involved in the illegal tobacco trade, Western Australian authorities are slammed for handing out just $88,100 in fines last year.

Western Australia could soon have some of the nation's toughest illegal tobacco penalties, including fines of up to $21 million and hefty prison terms for possessing commercial quantities of illicit products.

It will take time and significant effort to repair relationships with the Indigenous community amid the fallout from last week's attempted bombing in the Perth CBD — but other growing rifts in society will be even harder to mend.

Premier Roger Cook writes to the 13-year-old, who made international headlines after swimming 4 kilometres in rough seas to raise the alarm and save his family.