The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

WA's crayfish, dhufish rely on volunteers to drive Australia's largest seagrass restoration project

Australia's largest seagrass restoration project is helping to stop Western Australia's dwindling fish populations from disappearing forever.

ABC News · Sep 28, 2022

Annual report on WA's finances reveals record $6 billion surplus

An audit of Western Australia's finances finds an extra $344 million in operating surplus, taking the total surplus to $6 billion for the last financial year, a new Australian record.

ABC News · Sep 28, 2022

Revised WA budget surplus hits record $6b

Amid an ongoing standoff between the state government and unions over public sector wages, Western Australia's budget surplus has reached $6 billion.

AAP · Sep 28, 2022

Philippe, Short lift WA to win

Western Australia have begun their one-day Cup title defence strongly with a five-wicket win over Victoria built around a huge opening stand.

AAP · Sep 25, 2022

Biosecurity concerns on WA pastoral leases as travellers hunt for gold and wildflowers

Travellers to outback Western Australia in search of gold or wildflowers should consider the biosecurity risk they pose when accessing livestock properties, pastoralists say.

ABC News · Sep 24, 2022

Crocs v cane toads: can crocodiles in Western Australia be taught to avoid the toxic intruder?

Researchers are lacing corpses of the amphibian with nausea-inducing chemicals to train freshwater crocs not to eat them

The Guardian - AU · Sep 24, 2022

WA youth prison staff seeking compensation

An independent inspector has questioned the response of Western Australia's government to troubles at the Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre.

AAP · Sep 23, 2022

$1.7b 'clean nickel' mine planned for WA

OZ Minerals is going ahead with a $1.7 billion copper-nickel mine in Western Australia which it says will be one of the cleanest in the world.

AAP · Sep 23, 2022

World's strangest lakes - from bubblegum pink pools to 'mummifying' waters

Lake Hillier in Western Australia, Spotted Lake in Canada, Pamukkale in Turkey and Lake Natron in Tanzania are among the most striking and different lakes in the whole world

Daily Mirror · Sep 21, 2022

Cockpit fire behind fatal WA plane crash

Investigators believe a fatal light plane crash in Western Australia's Kimberley region may have been caused by a sudden cockpit fire.

AAP · Sep 21, 2022