ABC Perth

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been forced to clarify the party's housing policy after multiple MPs were unclear on elements.

Both Barnaby Joyce and senator Sean Bell had disastrous interviews when asked questions about foreign owners of homes in Australia.

Please explain: Multiple One Nation MPs are unclear about their party's housing policy After Barnaby Joyce needed a do-over interview to explain One Nation's housing policy, a senator's interview was terminated after it turned into a 'train wreck'.

Western Australia's new chief health officer is confident the risk of Ebola entering the state is low as authorities continue to monitor travel from the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid an outbreak of the deadly disease.

With several WA-based mining companies and contractors travelling to and from the country, discussions are underway about what to do if a suspected case does reach Australian shores.

Clare Huppatz says Ebola is just one of a number of potentially fatal disease outbreaks she's had to model since assuming the state's top health job in late February.

Another pandemic 'something we need to prepare for', WA's public health chief says Clare Huppatz, the first woman to be appointed WA's chief health officer, takes up her role at a time when Ebola, diphtheria and the flu are public health concerns.

Three people have been charged in Western Australia after allegedly attempting to smuggle a suspected Queensland fugitive out of Australia.

The yacht was found off the coast of Exmouth, 1,250km north of Perth and was allegedly heading for Indonesia.

It is the first time anyone in WA has been charged with attempted people smuggling.

Yacht intercepted by police off Exmouth allegedly carrying outlaw gang member WA Police and Australian Federal Police intercepted a yacht off the coast of Exmouth in northern WA which allegedly had a Queensland fugitive on board.

: Australians have been held hostage to the housing market for the better part of this century.

Before the federal budget, the housing market was already starting to choke on its own excesses. Now some economists are tipping an extended period where home prices grow no faster than general inflation, writes business editor Michael Janda.

The housing 'super cycle' may be ending, and that could be a good thing Before the federal budget, the housing market was already starting to choke on its own excesses. Now some economists are tipping an extended period where home prices grow no faster than general inflation.