The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

There are concerns about a "sizeable" shortfall in WA's future gas stocks, as a report from the Australian Energy Market Operator warns demand could outstrip supply for much of the coming decade.

Western Australia's premier has appointed new child protection and education ministers in a cabinet reshuffle midway through Labor's second term.

Businesses allegedly using software to avoid paying tax have been targeted by the AFP in Victoria, NSW, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania.

A former contractor to Western Australia's Department of Communities allegedly transferred money to a public servant who awarded him contracts.

Western Australia's water minister has resigned at the behest of Premier Mark McGowan, paving the way for a cabinet reshuffle.

Current and former Banksia Hill inmates allege they were subjected to human rights breaches including forcible strip-searches

Last week, four Indonesian fishermen were convicted for taking shark fins and poaching fish in Australian waters. The four men were spotted off remote Niiwalarra/Sir Graham Moore island in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, more than 150 nautical miles inside Australia’s exclusive economic zone.

North of Western Australia, NT and Queensland to swelter in up to 47C as ‘monsoon break’ allows build-up of intensely hot air mass

A new gallery at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison, the first of its kind in Western Australia, offers inmates the opportunity to sell their artworks and reshape their identity in a positive way.

The world's largest radio astronomy observatory is being built in Western Australia and South Africa to unlock the mysteries of the universe.

More than 100,000 antennas will be built on Wajarri country, enabling astronomers to peek billions of years back to the ‘cosmic dawn’