The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

Experts slam WA Premier Mark McGowan over ‘terrorism’ link to Banksia Hill detainees

The union that represents prison guards has called for a change in the way youth justice is approached in Western Australia.

The New Daily · May 11, 2023

WA Budget 2023: Mark McGowan's third budget delivers another massive surplus for WA

Western Australia's position as the nation's strongest economy remains unchallenged as Mark McGowan delivers his third budget as treasurer, and issues a warning over anyone eyeing off the state's GST share.

ABC News · May 11, 2023

Jacob Hoysted pleads guilty to murder of elderly woman in Albany aged care home

A 20-year-old carer faces a possible life jail term after pleading guilty to murdering a resident of an aged care facility in Western Australia's Great Southern region.

ABC News · May 10, 2023

Albany's plans to become WA's first 'renewable energy city' stall as investment dries up

A city on Western Australia's south coast offers a wealth of opportunities for future renewable energy projects. But what, if any, are going ahead?

ABC News · May 3, 2023

Australian Transport Safety Bureau finds Boeing 737 crashed into ridge while fighting fire

Authorities complete their preliminary investigation into a firebombing aircraft crash in Western Australia's south earlier this year, revelaing the pilots escaped through a cockpit window.

ABC News · May 3, 2023

Fireball crossing Western Australian sky likely a 10cm meteor, astronomer says

An astronomer believes a fireball observed crossing WA's sky this morning was likely a 10-centimetre meteor that entered the earth's atmosphere and travelled west at 14 kilometres per second.

ABC News · May 2, 2023

I watched the moon 'take a bite of the sun' in a rare hybrid solar eclipse last week. Here's what I saw from Australia.

From my viewpoint in the Exmouth Gulf of Western Australia, the solar eclipse's totality brought a colossal corona and a dramatic drifting diamond ring.

Space · May 1, 2023

Why the king’s coronation will be a muted affair in Australia

As Charles III is crowned in London, only one state – Western Australia – is considering a public holiday and republicanism is resurgent

The Guardian - AU · May 1, 2023

Future of Derby's Spinifex Hotel, Boab Inn yet to be decided by WA Liquor Commission

The owner says "devastating" delays by Western Australia's Liquor Commission are jeopardising the future of his pubs following police allegations that he is unfit to hold a liquor licence.

ABC News · Apr 30, 2023

Tasmania regains top spot as best-performing economy, CommSec's State of the States report says

After one quarter in the sun, Queensland has been knocked off the top of CommSec's State of the States economic rankings, and overtaken by the island state, which now leads on three key indicators.

ABC News · Apr 30, 2023