The 17-year-old boy, who authorities say 'identifies as Indigenous', is the second child on record to die in detention in WA.
Nicheliving customer left waiting four years for his house now facing homelessness
Richard Hamilton signed a contract in 2020 for Nicheliving to build him a new home. It's still unfinished, and now the troubled builder is selling a house he had been renting from them while he waited.
Photo shows A man sits inside a home looking very unhappy.WA tribunal extends Nicheliving customers' wait for new homes
A state tribunal's decision has reversed many customers' chance to terminate their contracts with their troubled home builder.
Photo shows A red Nicheliving banner hangs on a building scaffoldHas Video Duration: 2 minutes 3 seconds.As Australia basks in sunshine, ski fields turn to sludge in heatwave labelled a 'hot mess' by climate scientists
The recent hot spell may feel unfamiliar, but weather extremes are quickly becoming the norm, as climate change up-ends the winter seasons.
Photo shows A pair of pink ski on a grassy hill, snow-covered mountains in the backgroundPerth-based online predator sentenced to 17 years in jail
29-year-old Muhammad Rasheed pretended to be a teenage Youtube star to lure children to perform sexual acts and blackmailed them.
Photo shows A man dressed in black walks out a a courthouseHas Video Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds.Who owns the Dark Sky? Country council wins trademark battle against Tourism WA
A year-long legal stoush between the WA Tourism Commission and a small South Australian council over an attempt to trademark the term "Dark Sky Festival" has come to an end.
Photo shows A sparkling sky with blue and purple tones. A brown sign says River Murray International Dark Sky Reserve16,000 hectares of forests found flattened on beef farms and 'people don't even know it's happening'
European supermarkets won't buy beef from Brazil due to concerns about land clearing in the Amazon. Now conservationists are urging Coles and Woolworths to follow suit to combat deforestation in Australia.
Photo shows Two satellite images side by side from 2020 and 2024. The latter shows an area of forest has been cleared.Planes, drones deployed to manage drenched crops in WA
Excessive rainfall has made the ground so damp that many farmers are unable to drive tractors to fertilise grain crops in the Wheatbelt.
Photo shows A drone hovers above a drenched crop fieldHas Video Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds.These Australians have been 'ignored and forgotten' in the housing crisis
A class action has been filed against the WA government on behalf of thousands of tenants living in substandard public housing in remote Aboriginal communities.
Has Video Duration: 7 minutes 11 seconds.Jobs data flashes warning Australia is 'heading towards a recession'
A major accounting firm says a hiring freeze has hit the Australian private sector, as economists raise a recession warning signal.
Photo shows People walk across the street towards Flinders Street Station.Summer heat arrives in August, threatening to break all-time Australian winter temperature records
Above-average temperatures are forecast all across Australia as we reach the tail end of winter. But is the cold weather truly behind us?
Photo shows Surfers and swimmers in the water at Bondi Beach in calm conditions.These Australians have been 'ignored and forgotten' in the housing crisis
A class action has been filed against the West Australian government on behalf of thousands of tenants living in substandard public housing in remote Aboriginal communities.
Photo shows Indigenous woman looks out the window from the rundown kitchen.Empowering women in remote Indigenous communities and tackling fashion waste recognised in rural women's award
Northern Territory's Tanya Egerton founded the Remote Opshop Project after responding to a call for help from a group of Indigenous women.
Photo shows A woman stands in the back of a truck lined with clothing.BlueScope Steel warns a 'large volume of steel' is leaving China and flooding markets in Australia and overseas
A prolonged downturn in China's property market will have significant flow-on effects for the Australian government's finances and the local steel industry, economists warn.
Photo shows Two Chinese flags flutter in the wind at a shipping port.Seven red flags we identified about the X accounts posting about Reynolds's defamation trial
A clumsily crafted bot network posting about the Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins defamation trial likely originated from foreign influencers wielding culturally divisive topics to sow discord, an ABC NEWS Verify analysis finds.
Photo shows A tight head and shoulders shot of Senator Linda Reynolds looking at the camera outside court.It's one of Australia's longest cricket droughts, and former SA players say it's 'unacceptable'
South Australia's Sheffield Shield drought has lasted almost 30 years, and while former cricketers Peter McIntyre and Greg Blewett believe there are "no excuses", they also want to help plot a path back to glory.
Photo shows Cricket players from South Australia hold up a large shield among fansElectric cars are booming as a wall of demand barrels towards the power grid. There are risks, but also opportunities
Electric car sales are accelerating and along with it, additional demand for electricity. It's driving questions about how the grid will cope with the growing number of large batteries waiting to be charged.
Photo shows A row of EV charging stations on a suburban road.Late winter rains boost WA’s crop outlook after dry start
While some areas are still struggling with below average winter rain, farmers are hopeful the recent wave of cold fronts will continue into spring.
Photo shows Crop Boost, Harvest Prospects: Rain over a crop of canola.Has Video Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds.Who will be the 2024 AgriFutures Rural Woman of the Year?
Meet the state finalists in the running for the AgriFutures 2024 Rural Woman of the Year.
Photo shows Seven women in seven different photos against a rural background.'The writing's on the wall': Australia's largest mortgage lender sets the tone after ditching climate culprits
Australia's biggest bank is blacklisting fossil fuel companies that can't show genuine efforts to reduce emissions, putting pressure on other finance institutions to follow suit.
Photo shows A Commonwealth Bank branch in Melbourne's CBDInquiry into child sexual abuse finds Christian Brothers avoided scrutiny
A parliamentary committee inquiry into child sexual abuse has found the Christian Brothers avoided public scrutiny and hid information on the abuse of children under their care.
Photo shows Institutional Child Abuse, Unholy Silence: A crucifix next to red flowers.Has Video Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds.