The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

Australian state plans to poach 31,000 British doctors, police officers and teachers

Western Australia will send delegation to UK this month in bid to lure underpaid UK workers

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2023

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kate Chaney on life as a teal MP

Kate Chaney was one of half a dozen new “teal” MPs elected to parliament last year, winning the previously solid Liberal seat of Curtin in Western Australia.

The Conversation · Feb 16, 2023

'We are here to steal your workers' Aussies want to tempt people Down Under

Delegation to UK selling the surf and sun lifestyle to recruit more than 30k workers to Western Australia

Wales Online · Feb 16, 2023

WA to overhaul gun laws as underground stash uncovered

The discovery in Western Australia of a bunker allegedly containing a cache of high-powered firearms comes as the state looks to overhaul its gun laws.

AAP · Feb 14, 2023

Diver kicks 'cunning' shark in face after 'survival instincts kick in' during attack

Tao Hoogland was diving with his friend Joseph at Shark Bay, Western Australia, on Friday when suddenly they were just inches away from a hungry and aggressive shark

Daily Mirror · Feb 13, 2023

Shark barrier plans for Perth's Swan River after death

Western Australia's government has advanced plans to install shark barriers in the Swan River after a 16-year-old swimmer was fatally attacked.

AAP · Feb 13, 2023

Redbacks edge closer to win over Shield leaders WA

Sheffield Shield holders Western Australia need 206 runs to win with five wickets in hand after South Australia had the better of the day four opening session.

AAP · Feb 13, 2023

Redbacks set massive Shield test for high-flying WA

South Australia have four sessions to bowl out Sheffield Shield leaders Western Australia, set 468 for victory, and secure a famous win in Adelaide.

AAP · Feb 12, 2023

Western Australia's 1929 centenary celebrations were full of colonial pride, but festivities went awry

A poetry competition whose entries were so bad the judges got legal advice and a fireworks display "overrun by hooligans" were two of the ways Western Australia marked 100 years as a colony.

ABC News · Feb 11, 2023

Fears for Fitzgerald River National Park native species as bushfire burns UNESCO biosphere

A Western Australian botanist says some native plants in the Fitzgerald River National Park are not rejuvenating from historical bushfires, and believes more research is required into the impact of all fires, including prescribed burns.

ABC News · Feb 11, 2023