The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

Hancock Prospecting, Main Roads WA proposal sparks fear for Aboriginal heritage, workers on Wittenoom route

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.

ABC News · Aug 4, 2022

Power back at Perth Airport after storm

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.

AAP · Aug 3, 2022

Series of cold fronts set to see wild weather in Western Australia continue until Wednesday

Wild weather which damaged properties, tore down power lines and uprooted trees in Western Australia's south overnight is set to continue lashing the southern half of the state until Wednesday.

ABC News · Aug 2, 2022

Conservation group seeks injunction to stop Woodside gas project to protect Great Barrier Reef

A massive Woodside gas project approved in the Western Australia will contribute to damage to the Great Barrier Reef, conservation lawyers will argue.

ABC News · Jun 21, 2022

'Stupid' gas policies led to energy crisis in eastern states, say former premiers

With WA's policy of quarantining 15 per cent of gas for its local market bearing fruit, former rivals and premiers Alan Carpenter and Colin Barnett say the east coast gas crisis was avoidable.

ABC News · Jun 11, 2022

WA braces for wild storms, risk of floods

Thunderstorms and damaging high winds are forecast for Western Australia's southeast while the state's Pilbara coast is under flood watch.

AAP · May 29, 2022

Liberal Melissa Price plans to stay the course in Durack, despite Kimberley and Pilbara slump

Melissa Price says she won't change her approach in northern Western Australia, despite losing nearly every community north of Carnarvon.

ABC News · May 23, 2022

WA braces for severe weather

The Bureau of Meteorology says a low-pressure system will bring damaging winds and heavy rain to Western Australia's southwest on Monday.

AAP · May 23, 2022

Pauline Hanson tests positive to COVID-19 days before federal election

The 67-year-old says she believes she caught the virus while campaigning in Western Australia.

ABC News · May 19, 2022

Greens and animal welfare groups push for Labor to give timeline for live export ban

Opposition says it will recommit to phasing out live sheep exports from Western Australia but has not indicated when it will do so

The Guardian - AU · May 5, 2022