Alistair Bates

Sick of waiting decades for repairs and new homes, an Indigenous community in WA pools funds to buy two houses, made in China from shipping containers, to house its most vulnerable residents.

The West Australian government announces a new marine park to safeguard an enormous stretch of coastline adjacent to Ningaloo Reef.

This WA tourist and defence town is surrounded by the ocean but doesn't have enough water. Water Corporation has chosen seawater desalination to jump-start its expansion.

The future of a renewable energy hub in Western Australia's Pilbara is in question after the majority shareholder backs out of the $55 billion project.

Some tour operators hope a UNESCO listing of the Murujuga Cultural Landscape can help the Pilbara shake its mining reputation.

For years, researchers have been trying to find ancient artefacts sitting on the ocean floor. Now they have brought in Indigenous rangers to help.  

The Burrup Peninsula, or Murujuga as its known by traditional owners,  is rich in Aboriginal cultural history, and has just been granted World Heritage status by the United Nations.

The Burrup Peninsula, or Murujuga as its known by traditional owners,  is rich in Aboriginal cultural history, and has just been granted World Heritage status by the United Nations.

Researchers have pinpointed three main orca habitats off Australia, with key differences between each area's inhabitants.

The UNESCO has approved World Heritage status for the 50,000-year-old rock art of Murujuga, in Western Australia in Paris.

Traditional owners near Karratha in WA have been pushing to have the culturally significant Murujuga rock art recognised as a World Heritage site, in part because they say it's under threat from expansions of the North West Shelf gas project.

It is understood the child fell into the water at a popular swimming spot in WA's Karijini National Park.

Scattered across WA's Burrup Peninsula, these rock engravings are at the centre of a debate over development, climate change and politics. But what do they actually mean?

The WA government has doubled down on plans to set the state's liquor laws in stone despite an independent review returning mixed results regarding harm reduction.

Just weeks after the world's largest salt company canned plans to develop a critical WA wetland, mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has pegged the same area for exploration.

While technically still on "on trial" in regional communities, the Cook government has confirmed it is looking to make the harm reduction scheme permanent.

Three atomic bombs were detonated on the Montebello Islands in the 1950s. Scientists say they've now precisely measured how much radiation remains, with some locals re-evaluating fond memories.

A group of Pilbara traditional owners has written to the federal government as pressure mounts to reveal the conditions of its North West Shelf extension.

K+S Salt Australia withdraws plans for a major industrial development on the eastern shore of the Exmouth Gulf, a nationally significant wetland, after almost a decade of planning.

After just one generation of breeding, scientists say they have been able to double the heat tolerance of Ningaloo Reef coral using re-engineering techniques first developed at the Great Barrier Reef.

Muslims across north-western Australia find their own unique ways to mark Eid festivities, despite not having a permanent place of prayer in their communities.

With the verge of the North West Coastal Highway already dotted with tributes, the deaths of two more young people last week has police and residents saying enough is enough.

The energy giant is facing fresh scrutiny over its management of an oil spill early this month as it waits for federal approval to extend its gas project.

Mining company Rio Tinto blasted two 47,000-year-old rock shelters in 2020. An archaeologist says destruction continues "almost on a daily basis".

Mardudhunera woman Raelene Cooper files a last-minute application in the Federal Court to halt Woodside's North West Shelf gas project as it awaits final approval.