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Renters searching for affordable housing have been at the forefront of Australia's housing crisis. But landlords say bad tenants and state-based reforms are making it tough for them too.

It's been 32 years since Labor won more WA federal seats than the Liberals. With several marginal seats set to go down to the wire, history could finally repeat when Sandgropers head to the polls on May 21. 

The Liberal Party in WA faces a host of challenges at the forthcoming federal election to retain the 10 seats it currently holds, as the ABC hits the hustings to find out what voters want. 

The severity of Western Australia's emerging COVID-19 outbreak is still to be revealed, but this is what we know so far.

When Josh Turner started his first paid job, at Good Sammy's container deposit depot, he got more than a pay cheque. He has made new friends and his confidence has grown.

The growth over the past year is even bigger in regional WA, with a 19.9 per cent increase in dwelling values over the past 12 months.

Fifty years ago an immigrant embarked on a "huge leap of faith" on Perth's undeveloped outer edge. Today, Wanneroo Botanic Gardens marks a major milestone.

People who went to the Mobius gym in Joondalup since June 22 are asked to get a COVID test as the latest list of exposure sites in Perth is released. 

With real estate sales taking off as buyers rush to snap up a bargain, experts are upbeat about the property market across Perth and WA in 2021 — but there are mounting concerns about housing challenges.

Western Australia's horticultural industry will be able to access more foreign workers to relieve harvest labour shortages, including around 300 Vanuatu workers already in the Northern Territory.

One year after the worst disaster to hit Australia's strawberry sector, growers are optimistic about this year's harvest but say they are not out of the woods just yet.

Almost one-third of homes sold in Perth in the first three months of the year went for less than the owners had paid for them, with nearly half of all units changing hands at a loss.

A bushfire which had been threatening lives and homes in Perth's north on Australia Day is brought under control by dozens of firefighters, with police now investigating the suspicious cause of the blaze.

A Perth man whose angry interaction with a household spider prompted a passer-by to call the police says it was the most embarrassing day of his life — but hilarious as well.

Dozens of illegal workers are in custody after Australian Border Force officers raided a strawberry farm on the outskirts of Perth.

The Catholic Church acknowledges the number of priests identified by the child abuse royal commission is indefensible, and says it is working hard to make sure the abuse is never repeated.

Transport Minister Rita Saffioti says $2.3 million was wasted by the previous government on upgrading a busy northern suburbs intersection, as a new $50 million overpass will make it redundant.

WA Labor claims the Barnett Government massively overstated the potential job losses that would flow from the party's plan to axe the Roe 8 extension across the Beeliar Wetlands.

WA Labor leader Mark McGowan dismisses the Federal Government's claims Commonwealth funding for Roe 8 and the Perth Freight Link cannot be reallocated to other state projects.

A West Australian council makes a pre-election plea for more jobs and infrastructure to service its rapidly expanding suburbs on Perth's northern fringes, but an academic warns the WA capital is sprawling too far.

Sport and Recreation Minister Mia Davies tells Parliament she was unaware her department had been in receipt of a draft safety audit for weeks before the latest death of a motorcyclist at Perth's Barbagallo Raceway.

One motorcycle rider is dead and another is fighting for his life after separate crashes at Perth's Barbagallo Raceway, as Motorcycling WA awaits the results of a safety audit on the track.

The State Opposition attacks the Government's privatisation plans, after Premier Colin Barnett gave the strongest indication yet he was prepared to sell Western Power.

A man who allegedly deliberately parked a car in front of a speed camera in Perth is charged over the incident.

The sport of rabbit showjumping is hopping into Western Australia, with training sessions proving so popular that some bunnies are on a waiting list.