Western Australia

A mining workshop has been shut down after a worker lost their hand in a serious workplace incident, and the safety watchdog is now involved.

Worker loses hand in WA mining workshop accident

A mining workshop has been shut down after a worker lost their hand in a serious workplace incident, and the safety watchdog is now involved.

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Feeding wild dolphins has been shown to lower reproduction and young survival.

The simple act that could wipe out WA’s dolphin population

Dolphins in Western Australia – and across the country – could be pushed toward extinction twice as fast as would otherwise have been the case due to one simple act, a new study has revealed.

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Carolina Wilga's tell-all book will reveal how she miraculously survived 12-days in WA's outback.

Backpacker reveals how she survived 12-day outback nightmare

Caroline Wilga reveals how she was repeatedly brought to ‘the brink of madness’ during her terrifying 12-day nightmare ordeal in WA’s outback in a tell-all book set to be published tomorrow.

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Police allegedly found meth in a man’s McMuffin during a traffic stop last month.

WA Police reveal wild discovery inside man’s Maccas feed

A breakfast burger has become an unlikely piece of evidence after police in WA’s north uncovered a shocking addition hidden inside. 

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One Nation WA leader Rod Caddies with Luke Herdegan after his win.

One Nation triumph sends shockwaves through WA politics

Pauline Hanson has declared One Nation’s stunning result in Secret Harbour is just the beginning of the party’s rise in WA, and warned Anthony Albanese she is coming for him in 2028.

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Strong wind warnings are in place for parts of the country after the east coast was hit by thunderstorms this week.

Thunderstorm shift as severe winds to batter parts of nation

Strong wind warnings are in place for parts of the country after the east coast was hit by thunderstorms this week. See the weather forecast for your city here

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Justin Arie Bourbon was sentenced in Albany District Court on August 24.

‘Sex-for-drugs’ relationship with schoolgirl sees man jailed

A WA man who plied a schoolgirl with illicit drugs such as ketamine and MDMA in exchange for a sexual relationship has been sentenced in court and been added to the reportable offenders list.

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Fresh weather warnings have been issued for two Aussie States.

The States on alert as flood, thunderstorm warnings issued

Fresh weather warnings have been issued across two States. See the nation-wide weather forecast here.

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Richard Marles in Henderson today where he gave a press conference alongside the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Premier of Western Australia Roger Cook

$25b or $70b? Marles fails to clear up shipyard cost puzzle

The projected cost of a massive new Defence Precinct remains unclear amid claims it will become the ‘largest naval shipbuilding maintenance hub in the southern hemisphere’.

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The Prime Minister is facing a grilling from fired up West Aussies when he arrives in Perth on Sunday.

Anthony Albanese facing $9bn GST firestorm ahead of WA visit

The Prime Minister is facing a grilling from fired up West Aussies when he arrives in Perth on Sunday, as mining and business groups seek an iron clad guarantee WA will keep its $9 billion-a-year GST deal.

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WorkSafe investigators arrived at the scene and were seen speaking with witnesses.

Woman killed in serious workplace incident

A 29-year-old woman has been killed in a tragic workplace incident in Western Australia.

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Former Bishop of Broom Christopher Saunders was found guilty of 13 sex crime charges in WA.

Undercover mission behind ex-Bishop’s sex crime conviction

Chris Reason spent two weeks trekking around WA with a handycam hidden in a shopping bag, capturing undercover pictures of what would become one of the biggest scandals to hit the Catholic Church.

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Anthony Albanese is being urged by the Productivity Commission to unwind his Liberal predecessor’s GST deal hated by east coast states.

Albanese urged to scrap GST carve up that favours WA

Anthony Albanese is being lobbied by east coast premiers and the Productivity Commission to scrap a costly GST deal that stops Western Australia being punished for its iron ore riches.

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Defence experts warn the suspicious severing of two vital undersea cables off the West Australian coast over the weekend highlights the country’s high vulnerability to being cut off from global internet communication. 

Internet cables cut off WA coast as suspicious vessel lurked

Defence experts warn the suspicious severing of two vital undersea cables off the WA coast over the weekend highlights the country’s high vulnerability to being cut off from global internet communication.

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Roger Cook has launched another blistering attack on One Nation, blasting it as a party that celebrates and promotes convicted criminals when pressed on his Secret Harbour candidate’s historic claims Labor had a culture of workplace sexual harassment.

Premier blasts One Nation after Tree’s ‘skeletons’ comment

WA premier Roger Cook has blasted One Nation as a party that promotes convicted criminals after candidate Georgia Tree had claimed Labor had ‘skeletons’ in its closet regarding workplace sexual harassment.

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A woman acquitted of murdering an Indigenous teenager who was chased into bushland and beaten to death with a metal pole has returned to court.

Woman cleared of Indigenous teen's murder back in court

A woman acquitted of an Indigenous teen's murder but convicted of abducting and assaulting other boys is back in court for breaching her suspended sentence.

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Justin Verduyn suffered burns in a house fire in Ballajura, Perth.

Dad risks life in ferocious blaze to save family documents

The property went up in flames after an electric heater caught fire.

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