The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

20 years in the making: witnessing the _Dwoort Baal Kaat_ songline's incredible return to Noongar Country

The Hopetoun Community Resource Centre is a hive of activity this sunny morning in mid-September. It is the height of the Ravensthorpe Wildflower Show, an event that attracts thousands of visitors to small agricultural towns on Western Australia’s south coast each year.

The Conversation · Oct 18, 2022

Man 'bitten on the head' in vicious crocodile attack as friend fends off reptile with knife

The two men were crabfishing in Horizontal Falls, a popular tourist hotspot in Western Australia, when the beast "leapt" from the water and bit one of the men on the head

Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022

Faster internet is coming as NBN Co rolls out plans for fibre upgrades in Newcastle, Hunter

Upgrades will also be made in suburbs across the ACT, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 18, 2022

Japanese PM Kishida to visit Australia in late October

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will likely visit Australia later this month in a trip which will include the city of Perth, the state capital of the mineral and energy export state of Western Australia.

Reuters · Oct 10, 2022

Radiation ‘hotspots’: legacy of British nuclear tests lingers on idyllic islands in Western Australia

Tourists warned not spend more than an hour at the Montebello Islands sites – as a new study examines the effect of radioactive sands on marine life

The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2022

Teenage Australia prospect echoes Mario Balotelli after matching Ricky Ponting feat

Exciting 18-year-old Western Australia batter Teague Wyllie echoed Mario Balotelli's famous postman quote after celebrating his first hundred in rather reserved fashion

Daily Mirror · Oct 7, 2022

Man's arm 'nearly severed' by shark in WA

A man will be airlifted to Perth for surgery after his arm was almost severed by a shark in an attack off Western Australia's Pilbara coast.

AAP · Oct 7, 2022

Montebello Islands nuclear test research finds radiation still present 70 years after blast

Jim Marlow covered his head and eyes as the British military conducted a nuclear test off Western Australia's coast. Seventy years on, researchers say radiation is still present on the Montebello Islands.

ABC News · Oct 7, 2022

Review of West Australian hospital staffing levels presents scathing findings of 'cumbersome' nurse rostering system

An independent review of the number of nurses in West Australian hospitals finds the present system of rostering does not provide staffing levels to enable safe and quality patient care.

ABC News · Oct 6, 2022

Glenbank shipwreck: Finnish vessel that sank off coast of Western Australia in 1911 found

Western Australian Museum says discovery tells tale of global trade at turn of century

The Guardian - AU · Oct 5, 2022