The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

Western Australia is forecasting a $5.7 billion budget surplus for 2021/22 with Premier Mark McGowan championing one of the world's strongest economies.

Western Australia sets a fresh record with daily COVID case numbers, which represent almost a 40 per cent jump on Tuesday's figure, with about one in 40 now infected with the virus.

Hundreds of aged care workers in Queensland and Western Australia walk off the job in a stand for better pay and work conditions, but South Australian aged care staff remained diligently at work after the Fair Work Commission put off their strike until the day after the federal election.

Western Australia sets a new COVID record the day after St John recorded its third highest day of ambulance ramping, with more than a quarter of ambulances left waiting outside hospitals as emergency departments burst at the seams.

Aged care workers in Queensland and Western Australia have launched industrial action as part of a union push to improve pay and staffing in aged care homes.

Western Australia reports a new record in COVID-19 case numbers with another 10,394 infections, although hospitalisations remain steady and there have been no more deaths.

Western Australia records a new peak of 282 people with COVID-19 in hospital, although the number of new cases drops to 9,328 after yesterday's record high.

Modelling finds WA is about halfway through its COVID-19 outbreak, with around half a million more people expected to be infected and deaths set to double and peak somewhere near 300 by the end of June.

As the Goldfields region in Western Australia celebrates a spate of big lottery wins, a gambling behaviour expert warns that big dreams can come at a hefty personal cost.

Western Australia reports 10,182 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number of daily cases in the state since the pandemic began.

An epidemiologist warns Western Australia could be facing a much bigger peak and a slower let-up after dropping most of its COVID-19 rules, but a lot will depend on what individuals do to stop the spread.