Western Australia

Video
Videos have emerged of students boxing each other at Halls Head College.

WATCH: Footage shows wild Year 8 ‘fight club’ at WA school

Shocking footage has emerged of wild brawls happening in a classroom during school time. WATCH THE VIDEO

Updated
Read more (1 min) →
The stomach bug has spread through swimming pools.

WA Health issues warning after spike in cases of gastro bug

WA Health has issued a major health warning over cryptosporidiosis which has spread via swimming pools, childcare centres and through infected food.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →

Sign up to The Nightly's newsletters.

Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.

Email Us
By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.
Police think they may have unmasked a serial killer after an extraordinary breakthrough in the unsolved 1979 murder of Kerryn Tate.

Is this former Australian soldier a hidden serial killer?

Police think they may have unmasked a serial killer after an extraordinary breakthrough in the unsolved 1979 murder of Kerryn Tate.

Updated
Read more (5 min) →
Video
Steven Payne, 37, vanished while surfing at Wharton Beach, near Esperance in Western Australia’s south, on Monday.

Surfer killed in WA shark attack remembered as ‘really good lad’

Tragic details have emerged after the 37-year-old’s ‘heartbreaking’ death on Monday.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
Video
A surfer has been attacked at Wharton Beach near Esperance in WA.

Victorian surfer taken by shark in front of horrified partner identified

The couple and their dog were just weeks into dream holiday when tragedy struck near Esperance in WA.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Dante Arthurs killed Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia Shu at Livingston Marketplace shopping centre.

Thousands petition to keep evil child killer behind bars

The family of a young girl murdered by one of the country’s most evil child killers fear he could reoffend if he is released on parole in just a matter of weeks.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Nicola Forrest and Philippa Watson.

Nicola Forrest brings in banker to helm new family office

Wealthy philanthropist Nicola Forrest has begun making moves at her new family office by poaching a banker as the firm’s first chief executive.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Allegations have been made about the Kingsley Football Club treating its women’s team differently to their male counterparts with its resources.

Footy club in Perth’s north hit by mass player exodus

Allegations have been made about the club treating its women’s team differently to their male counterparts with its resourcing.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
If you squinted right, Roger Cook’s speech on Saturday night could have been delivered by Anthony Albanese.

WA offers Albo a blueprint to potential election victory

KATINA CURTIS: Roger Cook’s victory shows voters in WA are open to an offering shaped around local jobs, manufacturing, better services and stable governance in times of global uncertainty.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
A surfer is missing after a “serious” shark attack at a popular beach east of Esperance.

Board found with shark bite marks, surfer missing

The surfboard — covered in bite marks — has been found but there is no sign of the surfer after the shark attack east of Esperance.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
Amy Ennor, 30, was tragically killed in a car crash on March 1.

Mother-of-two killed in a car crash on her way to pick up her son

Amy Ennor, 30, collided with a grain truck while driving through Ravensthorpe on March 1.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
WA Premier Roger Cook will lead his government to a third term. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

Labor clinches victory to govern for third term in WA

WA Labor will hold a third term in office, with the early vote count showing the Liberals failing to gain traction with any significant swing.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Every politician in Australia will be eyeing the WA election on Saturday, and not because they’re interested in who wins, writes Ben Harvey.

Why every Aussie politician has an eye on WA this weekend

BEN HARVEY: Every politician in Australia will be eyeing the WA election on Saturday, and not because they’re interested in who wins.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
Video
A WA teenager has been charged after allegedly posting threatening messages targeting a mosque southwest of Sydney.

Parents ‘horrified’ over teen’s alleged massacre taunt: ‘Christchurch 2.0’

A teen was arrested in WA just hours after a Sydney mosque, 3800km away, raised the alarm.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →