The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

Pink lakes in Western Australia get their color from pigments produced by microbes, but climate change and other human threats are killing these tiny organisms.

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) reported its weakest half-year profit since 2020, as soft iron prices and weather-related disruptions in Western Australia weighed on results. The top global miner posted a 22% drop in net profit to $4.5 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2025. Underlying earnings declined 16% year-on-year…

Western Australia remains the top economic performer in CommSec's State of the States rankings, but its "breakneck" growth is starting to lose momentum.

On Friday, the Murujuga Cultural Landscape in northwest Western Australia was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. We were in Paris to see Murujuga become Australia’s 21st world heritage property, but only our second property listed exclusively for its Indigenous cultural values.

Carolina Wilga, a German backpacker went missing for nearly two weeks during a trip to explore Western Australia. Here's her entire story.

Lost German backpacker Carolina Wilga was found alive but "ravaged by mosquitoes" on Friday, 12 days after going missing in remote bushland in Western Australia.

Police believe Carolina Wilga will have a ‘remarkable’ story to tell after surviving in the bush

The 26-year-old’s van had been found abandoned but police hail a ‘great result’ in finding her safe but ‘ravaged by mosquitoes’

The discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in Western Australia. But not everyone is convinced it is Earth’s oldest

Carolina Wilga, 26, was last seen at a general store in the town of Beacon in Western Australia on 29 June

Missing German backpacker Carolina Wilga was last seen on CCTV arriving at a general store at the corner of Lucas Street and Shemeld Street in Beacon, in a black and silver Mitsubishi Delica van, on 29 June.