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Homicide detectives have pleaded for a mother to come forward amid concerns for her health after a newborn baby boy was found dead in a stormwater drain.

Ballot paper shortages and long voter queues at some polling booths during a state election were caused by cost-cutting and poor planning, an inquiry has found.

Police believe Wilga became lost and is not the victim of crime

The decision came as a shock to financial markets and a large majority of experts who were sure the RBA board would cut interest rates for a second straight meeting

This week, Environment Minister Murray Watt met with groups representing business, the environment, renewable energy and First Nations communities in a bid to restart Labor’s stalled environmental reforms. There was one group in the room Watt presumably had to woo hardest: Western Australia’s miners.

Greenhouse gas emissions have returned to near record levels in one state, where a decision to extend a gas plant's life has sparked nationwide protest.

Forty-year extension of North West Shelf gas project granted by environment minister Murray Watt will result in huge greenhouse gas emissions, putting the already degraded Indigenous rock art at risk

The WA government has announced a redress scheme for Stolen Generations survivors, marking a major step towards reconciliation.

Redress for stolen generations means more than just money for many of the survivors who were removed from their families, advocates say.