The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

Western Australia's government is likely to be exposed to compensation claims over its treatment of children in detention, a prominent barrister says.

Premier Mark McGowan is forced into isolation as an infectious diseases expert warns a deeper look into how COVID is spreading in Western Australia is needed before restrictions are eased further.

An independent inspector says conditions at Western Australia's only juvenile detention centre are inhumane and children's rights are being violated.

Scott Morrison has used a trip to Western Australia to announce two new hydrogen hubs but unions have warned against a plan to reform industrial agreements.

Defence officials have quietly travelled to the Canary Islands and bought a five-year-old ship for Pacific Ocean operations, angering the local industry which was expecting the ship to be built in Western Australia.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has used an election campaign visit to Western Australia to announce a $121 million patrol vessel investment.

Western Australia's government will invest $25 million into the trouble-plagued Banksia Hill youth detention centre in next month's budget.

A pilot and passenger have survived a crash landing near an airport in Western Australia's remote north.

Western Australia's Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson officially declares the state is past its peak in COVID-19 cases, but warns that scrapping face masks now could have a devastating impact.

Western Australia's unemployment rate has fallen to a national low of 3.4 per cent, its lowest level in 14 years with almost 1.5 million people now in work.

Limited access to rapid antigen test kits, insufficient health services, a food shortage and overcrowding in homes has led Western Australia's remote Kimberley communities to say they feel 'abandoned' in the state government's response to remote COVID outbreaks.