The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

A 'hybrid' solar eclipse is about to be visible in Australia. Here's when and where you can see it

On Thursday 20 April, the Ningaloo region of Western Australia will experience a total solar eclipse. Eclipse chasers from around the world are converging on the town of Exmouth in hopes of experiencing the profound awe of standing in the Moon’s shadow as it quickly races by.

The Conversation · Apr 13, 2023

Cyclone Ilsa strengthens and turns, as impact to track inland

A severe cyclone bearing down on WA is expected to strengthen into a category-four system on Thursday as it turns and tracks towards land.

The New Daily · Apr 12, 2023

Concern in the Pilbara as Cyclone Ilsa strengthens

Residents and workers in Western Australia's Pilbara are bracing as Tropical Cyclone Ilsa, now a category-four system, bears down on the coast.

AAP · Apr 12, 2023

'We haven't got anybody': new research reveals how major parties are dying in remote Australia

On the eve of the 2019 federal election, a Labor Party politician made a panicked phone call to someone they knew in Kununurra, a remote town of over 5,000 people in Western Australia. As the person later recalled to us during an interview for our research, the conversation went something…

The Conversation · Apr 4, 2023

Man arrested after young boy abducted from home

A 34-year-old man is assisting police after he allegedly abducted a young boy from his home in the Wheatbelt town of Moora in Western Australia.

AAP · Mar 31, 2023

Drug searches at WA border zones under new police power

Western Australia's government will hand police the power to search for drugs at 22 border zones in a bid to reduce meth consumption and drug-related crime.

AAP · Mar 28, 2023

This Buddhist sculpture probably won’t ‘rewrite history’ – Western Australia already has a rich Chinese past

Does the discovery of a Ming Dynasty Buddha sculpture found near Shark Bay in remote Western Australia “rewrite history” and suggest the Chinese first visited Australia 600 years ago?

The Conversation · Mar 27, 2023

McLeod’s Daughters actor Peter Hardy drowns at Western Australia beach

The 66-year-old actor, who also appeared in Chopper and Neighbours, died while snorkelling at Fremantle’s South beach

The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2023

Bigamy case that captivated Perth in 1910 and fascinated public for decades catches eye of marriage researcher

A historical bigamy case in Western Australia proves rich pickings for a researcher keen to find out more about the illegal practice of marrying multiple people without a divorce.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2023

Western Australian archaeological project to connect 60,000 years of desert history

The project will involve ten different Indigenous communities and groups, and examine a rich history dating back 60,000 years or more across a massive stretch of Western Australia.

ABC News · Mar 16, 2023