The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

Aussie slang and abbreviations are notoriously wild, nay confusing. I have lived in Perth my entire life and didn’t know what the fuck togs were until someone who lives in Sydney had to explain they are, in fact, just bathers. While one may argue that living in Western Australia practically…

Perth could set a new record for the lowest ever maximum temperature in November as a cold snap hits Western Australia.

The body that runs Western Australia's biggest power system may have to spend tens of millions of dollars hiring diesel-fired backup generators as part of desperate efforts to keep the power on.

The federal government has rejected claims it plans to cut $678 million from a key infrastructure project that would connect outback Western Australia to country Queensland.

Two men are dead after the helicopter they were in crashed in Western Australia's wheatbelt region while they were participating in a club event.

A business group in the Kimberley region hopes to expand its new regional migration agreement to help fix chronic labour shortages impacting some of Western Australia's premier tourism towns.

Scientists found a three-dimensionally preserved heart of a 380 million-year-old jawed vertebrate in Australia.

A painted fibreglass cow is on a 4,000km road trip around Western Australia to raise $100,000 for a cancer support service.

A group of hikers make their way up Bluff Knoll to experience a rare flurry of snow on southern Western Australia's highest peak, as temperatures plunge across the region.

The company led by Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, wants to put iron ore roads and workers' camps in Western Australia's north near a national park and through asbestos-riddled Wittenoom.

A significant cold front has left thousands of Perth homes without power and caused flights to be delayed and cancelled at Western Australia's biggest airport.