The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

Western Australia's mining sector should look to establish a register of sexual offenders to force perpetrators out of the industry, an inquiry has recommended.

Fluor Corp’s (NYSE:FLR) Mining & Metals business has secured a contract to perform engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) for Iluka Resources Limited’s Eneabba project. Financial terms were not disclosed. Eneabba project is a fully integrated rare earth refinery in Eneabba, Western Australia. Fluor will complete the front-end engineering design and execute the…

Western Australia's WorkSafe commissioner will investigate the rising number of work-related deaths across the state's farming sector.

Western Australia's safety authority has announced an inquiry into the agriculture sector following a series of farm-related deaths.

The WA government apologises to gymnasts who suffered alleged abuse and mistreatment while taking part in the Western Australian Institute of Sport's women's artistic gymnastics program over a period of 28 years.

The Australian Conservation Foundation has asked a court to halt progress on the Scarborough gas project off Western Australia until reef impacts are assessed.

Midwives, theatre nurses and junior doctors remain in short supply in Western Australia as the state competes to attract healthcare workers.

The final buttons to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate were pressed in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia on Monday. I wrote about the distribution of preferences in Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania on Saturday, and the climate activist’s David Pocock’s ACT Senate victory on Tuesday.

Family found a Lamarckdromia beagle specimen washed up on the beach in Denmark in southern WA

Children at Western Australia's trouble-plagued Banksia Hill prison are breaking walls and smashing property, officials have told a parliamentary hearing.

In a wealthy country like Australia, a time with no government schools seems unimaginable. But back in the 1840s, when the Sisters of Mercy opened the first seconadary school in Western Australia, there were only a few tiny private schools. Many children, particularly girls, received no formal education.