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Karis Pringle went to Chicken Treat with her nine-year-old son for a meal, but ended up being airlifted to hospital with internal burns because the chips had been seasoned with caustic soda.

Researchers in Western Australia are studying the effects of pregnancy diets on children developing food allergens, but warn changing messages are leaving some parents confused about how to nip allergens in the bud.

A man was supervising a group of Year 11 students from Newman College, in Perth's inner north, when he fell to his death at Brides Cave in Boranup Forest on Thursday.

As corella populations reach "plague proportions" in WA towns, the state's former police commissioner Karl O'Callaghan has been tasked with managing the birds.

There are almost five times as many short-stay properties available in this WA tourist hotspot as there are long-term rentals, but the owners say a desperate request from local government is taking the focus off the real source of the problem.

Bunbury residents are lobbying against a planned childcare centre in an established heritage neighbourhood due to noise from "child play and slamming car doors".

A WA football club is fined after failing to identify a supporter who launched "sexist and misogynistic" abuse at a female umpire, and is ordered to employ security guards to ensure the safety of umpires.

The WA government says FOGO is key to the war on waste — but a massive 25,000 tonnes of household organic food and garden waste is sitting idle with no solution on what to do with it.

The South West Football League has ordered a fan to come forward and apologise or South Bunbury Football Club will face a fine of up to $1,000. The latest complaint comes just a week after an investigation into sexist and racist behaviour at the club concluded.

US chemical giant Albemarle wants to build a 500-bed village for lithium refinery workers on coastal farmland south of Perth, despite opposition from the local shire and residents.

A review into the fallout of a racial vilification incident and a string of sexism complaints that resulted in the collapse of South Bunbury Football Club's women's team has been completed but not publicly released.