The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts parched conditions across virtually all of Australia this winter as a double whammy of drought-linked climate drivers brew in waters to the west and east.

With the withdrawal of his principal challengers and the implicit endorsement from key factions within the Labor party, Roger Cook will become Western Australia’s 31st premier. We can expect final endorsement from the Labor caucus and a formal swearing-in from the WA governor in the coming days.

The Morrison government’s decision to give a special deal to Western Australia for the distribution of the income from the goods and service tax is one of the worst public policy decisions made in Australia in the past two decades.

Australia's largest state by land area, resource-rich Western Australia, is set to elect deputy premier Roger Cook as its new leader after he secured the support of most legislators from his party.

After spending the morning meeting with a key WA Labor faction, it is confirmed Roger Cook will be the state's new premier.

The very first Myanmar refugee to establish a life in the Western Australian town recounts the long journey there after escaping conflict at home, then spending a decade in a Thailand camp where he and his wife raised four children.

Roger Cook has hit the ground running, gaining the approval of Labor's right faction today to confirm his endorsement as WA's next premier.

Roger Cook and Rita Saffioti are emerging as strong contenders to lead WA Labor, after Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson earlier secured key factional backing.

After being lauded for his tough Covid response and winning the most one-sided election in Australian history, Labor premier goes out at the top

One of the most dominant premiers in recent Australian political history, Mark McGowan, has resigned as Western Australian premier and the member for Rockingham.

Western Australian politician to end nearly three-decade career, including six years as the state’s leader