Nicolas Perpitch has worked as a broadcast and print journalist at The Australian, SBS and AAP in Perth and Sydney. He joined ABC News in Perth in 2014.
Archaeologists have found a huge trove of extraordinary artefacts preserved in the arid soil at Juukan Gorge, years after an ancient rock shelter within it was destroyed by a Rio Tinto blast.
WA will trial limits on classroom screen time for some primary school students next year, in a push to restore face-to-face teaching and hands-on learning.
The NRL team, the first from WA since 1997, did not give a reason for his departure.
WA's energy sector is sounding the alarm over a landmark High Court ruling that overseas emissions from a proposed NSW coal mine were required to be considered when approving the project.
Marlene Robinson, who has multiple sclerosis, has been told MSWA will stop a home care program which provided support workers to help her with basic tasks like getting dressed.
Local surf lifesavers found the whale carcass at City Beach yesterday morning, with authorities issuing multiple shark warnings for the popular swimming spot.
Homeless people living in a makeshift camp in Rockingham are packing up their belongings after being ordered to leave the area by the end of the day.
Purple reigns in Fremantle, the home of the Dockers who will play their first footy grand final in 13 years, and even public buses are running on "Wharfie Time".
A strong maritime theme underpins the art of 81-year-old Tony Jones, whose workshop is teeming with boats and all things sailing.
A WA government-commissioned analysis finds the scenic and popular Matilda Bay is the safest spot for a ferry terminal, just as another report prompted by an advocacy group says it would put river users at serious risk.
Police say there is no information to suggest the shooting was related to organised motorcycle gangs or illegal tobacco.
A 70-year-old man has died after being run over by a garbage truck in Perth's south-eastern suburbs, with neighbours remembering as a quiet, sweet person.
Topic: Road Accidents and Incidents
With the nation's biosecurity experts tied up managing the bird flu outbreak, there are concerns that attention has been diverted from the destructive shot-hole borer beetle.
The parents of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson are travelling to Mexico for the trial of the men accused of murdering their sons, saying it's not about revenge, but hearing the truth and representing all those who loved them.
German backpacker Carolina Wilga has detailed her extraordinary tale of struggle and survival in remote WA, revealing new details about her ordeal last winter.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says she is grateful to WA Liberal leader Basil Zempilas after his party preferenced hers at the weekend's Secret Harbour by-election.
People could be given iodine tablets or potentially evacuated in the "extremely low" likelihood of a radiation leak from the reactor core of an AUKUS nuclear submarine, a new plan reveals.
Prominent WA federal Liberal MP Andrew Hastie intensifies his criticism of state opposition leader Basil Zempilas's strategy for Saturday's Secret Harbour by-election.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reiterates there will be no change to Western Australia's GST arrangements after a report recommended scrapping the existing deal.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson distances herself from a failed Western Australian One Nation candidate's homophobic statements, saying they are not her views.
Construction starts on a new five-storey hospital in Mandurah, south of Perth, at a total cost of more than $1 billion.
WA's Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti says allegations made over her conduct as a minister arising from a secret recording at the heart of a defamation trial are "extreme".
A new report reveals Australian wine exports have dropped to their lowest level in 22 years amid cost of living pressures and a global decline in alcohol consumption.
The federal MP appears in court in the trial against him and two former Fairfax journalists, launched by WA businessman Greg Poland.
Pauline Hanson angrily denies suggestions her strident opposition to migration by anyone from "radical Islamic countries" amounts to a version of the White Australia policy.
