Latest from Western Australia

Teacher 'tied 5-yr-old to chair'

Soccer: Smeltz signs with Perth Glory

Basketball: Wilkinson escapes ban

Breakers import Gary Wilkinson has escaped a ban and will play in game one of the NBL finals after facing the judiciary today.

Perth teen guilty on web sex charges

Birds of Tokyo returning to NZ

Australian band Birds of Tokyo have announced another Auckland show with support from locals Midnight Youth and Avalanche City.

Couple's natural disaster-plagued honeymoon

Honeymoons aren't always easy for newlyweds, but six natural disasters?

Honeymooning couple attract disasters

A honeymooning pair claim to have run into not one, but six natural disasters as they followed their itinerary around the globe.

Soccer: Smeltz signs with Perth Glory

Red alert for Australian cyclone

Carlos threatens Western Australian coast

Communities in Western Australia's Pilbara region are on cyclone and flood alert after tropical cyclone Carlos reformed over the sea west of Broome.

Golf: Australian fights for crown

<i>Weather Watch</i>: Summer weekend

Most people are in for a great summer weekend with high air pressure over the North Island and an advancing front in the South Island.

Racing: Big-spending Aussies welcomed

This weekend the enemy is our friend.

Racing: Top Guineas hopes given worst barriers

Well-drawn Sierra Nevada could justify Otto's Derby aspirations.

Three bodies found in Perth house

Bushfire destroys 41 houses near Perth

A bushfire that tore across the outskirts of Perth over the weekend has destroyed at least 41 homes and damaged another 19, authorities said today.