The Latest Breaking News from Perth

Built into a limestone hill in what's known as Fortress Fremantle, the Leighton Battery has munitions stores, secret command bunkers, and 360-degree artillery batteries with large-calibre guns. The history of these World War II defence structures is being preserved to remind us how close the enemy came to West Australian…

A detainee at the Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre near Perth has described a scene of panic and chaos in the moments after a 32-year-old detainee was reportedly stabbed to death on Wednesday night.

Rodrigo Andres Bascunan Cabrera is sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail for sexually abusing five women as one of his victims speaks out about his "disgusting" behaviour.

A key step has been reached in the push for a faster passenger rail link between Perth and WA's major tourism and food region as power sources for the train are investigated.

West Australian homicide detectives are investigating after a man died in an apparent stabbing at the Yongah Hill detention centre near Perth.

Qantas announces it will suspend direct flights from Alice Springs to Perth from July 1 due to low passenger numbers, stoking disappointment from a tourism group.

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man in his 30s who was reportedly stabbed overnight at the Yongah Hill immigration detention centre near Perth, with two other detainees being questioned.

The group marked the occasion at the end of last month at the Royal George Hotel in the Fair City

The origins of the landmark vessel 'Fram', captained by Roald Amundsen, began in the Fair City itself having been designed by Colin Archer