Lauren Smith

The tiny coastal town of Cheynes Beach is still waiting for answers 12 months after one of the largest mass pilot whale standings in Australian history.

Kathy Broadbent has been a volunteer emergency medical technician with St John for 29 years, her daughter has done the same for 17 years, and now her grandson has signed up too.

After 87 submissions and many traumatic stories shared by First Nations advocates and families across five states and territories, the last hearing has been held in Melbourne. But there are concerns it will not lead to effective action.

An advisory body of six people is tasked with providing a "rapid review" into "best-practice prevention approaches" when it comes to domestic violence against women and children.

Hollywood zombie thriller We Bury the Dead and Australian indie crime caper Frederickstown have both been shooting on WA's south coast, with one star saying WA is on the cusp of a film boom.

When Michael Knightley realised no one was helping a woman who had been washed into the sea, he dived in to save her life.

Damien Woods and his cousin were able to get back onto a flat rock after being swept out during a dangerous swell but another wave then washed them back in the water.

After seeing her first killer whale as a child, Machi Yoshida now snaps spectacular photographs of them for a living, and is spending summer off Western Australia's Bremer Bay. 

A member of the public found the package which was wrapped in plastic and covered in shells and barnacles.

Take a climb up a peak in the early hours of the morning and you might be able to see a huge wave of white fog streaming down a cliff face. What causes these "cloud waterfalls" and how do you catch them?

As another school year begins, the ABC speaks to 10 recent high school graduates from all over country Australia about their hopes, dreams and fears for the future. 

A warmer, drier climate could mean more salt lakes in Western Australia will turn pink, but less rainfall could also dry up some lakes entirely.

Jodi Johnson took a year off her State Emergency Service role after a beloved bloodhound companion disappeared. The pain is still raw, but a talented new dog is helping her move on.

Bright yellow flowers on an ancient tree have been a warning sign of impending bushfires for thousands of years, Aboriginal people on the WA south coast say, and it comes with fireys already fatigued from fighting big blazes.

A WA Country Health Service review finds no clinical concerns over the work of Dr George Campbell du Toit.

Farmers in the state's south are facing delays and significant losses after heavy rain and hail hammered their properties this week.

It's been 56 years since Australia voted for constitutional change for First Nations people. Elders from Western Australia hope for a similar result in the Voice to Parliament referendum.

"You actually feel the roar inside you." That's how Albany-raised Collingwood ruckman Darcy Cameron describes playing finals footy at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Pruned and trimmed for hundreds of years by the region's Menang traditional owners, these unique marri trees provide a critical source of water.

Meet the man who caught one of the largest sharks ever hooked.

A probe into a bushfire, which tore through 18,000 hectares of farms and bushland in WA's Wheatbelt region, has led to legal action against Western Power.

An eco-cultural effort in southern WA depicting giant Indigenous totems of native animals is helping bring the landscape back to life.

After five years and millions of dollars spent on consultation, community leaders say the government's backflip has left them deeply disheartened.

A powerful earthquake strikes near Gnowangerup, about 150 kilometres north of Albany — one of the biggest in years to hit the state.

Alan Charles Jones walks free from court in Albany despite being convicted of sexually abusing a boy 40 years ago.