The Latest Breaking News from Perth

A US national becomes the second person in as many days to admit their involvement in Australia's biggest ever drug bust that saw $1 billion worth of cocaine — linked to a Mexican drug cartel — seized by WA police.

Premier Mark McGowan has dismissed calls for a royal commission into Perth Mint and played down talk of a potentially costly taxpayer-funded buyback of gold.

Perth Mint's international reputation has been damaged by gold "doping" revelations and past anti-money laundering failures.

The move was made possible after £90,000 of funding was approved at the council’s budget meeting on Wednesday, March 1

Faculty members at schools in MSP John Swinney’s Perthshire North constituency were set to walkout over March 7-9

Wilkie-Milne has returned to Perth with gold following a wonderful performance in Germany

One of the men charged over what has been described as the country's largest-ever drug sting, which stopped 2.4 tonnes of cocaine from entering Western Australia, pleads guilty in a Perth court.

A proposed $100 million surf park in Perth clears a major planning hurdle, as Western Australia's environmental watchdog rules it does not require further assessment.

Depute Provost Andrew Parrott said hosting the Gran Fondo Road Race, as is part of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Championships, would put the county on the world stage