The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

Thousands protest in Canberra; NSW records 32 Covid deaths and Vic 19 – as it happened

Pauline Hanson mobbed by protesters as Lifeline book fair forced to cancel. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU · Feb 11, 2022

Three WA emergency bushfire warnings

Emergency bushfire warnings have been issued for residents in parts of Jerramungup, Hopetoun and Mount Sheridan in Western Australia.

AAP · Feb 11, 2022

Former coronavirus advisory board head Neville Power pleads guilty to breaching WA's COVID-19 border laws

The former head of the National COVID-19 Commission Advisory Board faces a possible jail term after he flew into Western Australia without a G2G pass and failed to quarantine for 14 days.

ABC News · Feb 11, 2022

Victoria’s ‘code brown’ to end; WA records second Covid death – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 10, 2022

McGowan defends WA allowing AFLW games

Western Australia premier Mark McGowan is confident other sporting codes will soon join the AFLW in hosting matches in Perth again.

AAP · Feb 10, 2022

Another six COVID cases confirmed at Juniper's Cygnet aged care home in Perth's south

There have now been eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 at an aged care home in Perth's south as Western Australia records its highest number of new local cases since the start of the pandemic.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2022

Alarm raised over spate of WA farm deaths

An elderly farmer has died after being struck by a tractor in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region, prompting a WorkSafe investigation.

AAP · Feb 10, 2022

Aged care cases among WA Omicron spike

Authorities are yet to determine the source of Western Australia's first aged care COVID-19 outbreak as the state posts a daily record of 139 new infections.

AAP · Feb 10, 2022

Western Australia's big miners step up measures to keep COVID-19 out of their workforces

Western Australia's iron ore miners are doing all they can to prevent COVID-19 infiltrating their workforces.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2022

Woman, 20, forced to swim 200m to shore after 'Great White Shark' attacked her in sea

Jacquelin Morle, 20, was lounging in an inflatable pool ring in the sea off Western Australia's south coast when a monster Great White Shark plunged its razor-sharp teeth into her torso - leaving her severely injured 200 metres from the safety of the shore

Daily Mirror · Feb 9, 2022