Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

Tearful reunions as Western Australia ends COVID border closure

Australia’s largest state ends one of the world’s longest coronavirus-related border closures.

Al Jazeera

Coronavirus updates | March 3, 2022

Western Australia lifted restrictions on Thursday four months after Sydney began its staged reopening of quarantine-free travel and more than a week after all vaccinated tourists became eligible for visas.

The Hindu

WA super fund eyes Russian investment exit

Western Australia's government employee superannuation fund is among those exposed to major Russian oil and gas companies with close Kremlin ties.

AAP

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

One death, 2423 cases as WA opens borders

As Western Australia reopens to the rest of the nation, the state has recorded more than 2400 new COVID-19 cases and one death.

AAP

SA residents prepare to enter WA as COVID border restrictions lift

There's relief and excitement among South Australians as Western Australia opens its border after years of restrictions.

ABC News

Australia fully open to travel as last state reopens border

Australia is fully open to vaccinated travelers after Western Australia became the last state to lift border restrictions

The Independent UK

Federal campaign hits WA as border opens

Anthony Albanese has hit the campaign trail in Western Australia where Labor hopes to snatch three seats, including Christian Porter's electorate of Pearce.

AAP

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

WA Premier Mark McGowan won't rule out closing the border again in future

As Western Australia's hard border falls for the first time in nearly 700 days, Premier Mark McGowan says he cannot guarantee it is gone for good.

ABC News

WA border open after two years of COVID-19 travel restrictions, bringing tears of joy in Perth

Western Australia's hard border is lifted and the state opens back up to the world, prompting emotional scenes at Perth Airport and queues of motorists at road checkpoints as travellers pour in.

ABC News

Sydney spared worst of rain but Newcastle still under threat – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Why WA's border opening is welcomed by ordinary Australians

These are some of the everyday Australians who have been impacted by two years of strict border controls in Western Australia. Today, they welcome the state's reunification with the rest of the country with open arms.

ABC News

WA had two years to get homeless people off the street. So why are they still stranded as Covid surges?

As Western Australia is bringing down its hard border it is disturbing to see how little has changed for the most vulnerable

The Guardian - AU

Australia reunited as WA hard border drops

Australians are now free to travel to every state and territory after Western Australia's hard border restrictions, imposed during the pandemic, ended.

AAP

WA records 1,766 new local COVID-19 cases as state prepares to lift hard border and reopen

The day before Western Australia lifts its hard border and reopens to the world, the state records 1,766 new local cases of COVID-19, with the hospital system put on red alert.

ABC News

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Western Australia border reopens after 697 days as the ‘hermit state’

The reopening comes after one false start – and amid an Omicron outbreak and controversial new Covid restrictions

ABC News

WA to introduce tougher COVID-19 restrictions from Thursday as cases in remote communities revealed as false positives

Western Australia will move to the next level of COVID-19 restrictions from Thursday as COVID cases in Bidyadanga and Beagle Bay communities are revealed as false positives.

AAP

Dozens riot, set fires at major WA prison

About 100 prisoners were involved in a riot at Western Australia's largest prison, days after several COVID-19 cases were detected at the facility.

ABC News

Jacob Anthonisz pleads not guilty in Department of Communities public sector corruption case

Jacob Anthonisz is facing hundreds of charges related to the alleged siphoning of more than $20 million from Western Australia's Department of Communities.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Prison riot breaks out as inmates turn violent and start fires in cells

Cameras showed helicopter footage of the disturbance as prisoners escaped on to the roof of the jail in Acacia, Western Australia

AAP

Cyclone Anika makes landfall in WA

Residents in and around Kalumburu have been told to shelter as Tropical Cyclone Anika made landfall in Western Australia's north Kimberley coast.

ABC News

Western Australia notches up more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for second day running

Western Australia records 1,098 new local cases of COVID-19, with 15 people now in hospital.

AAP

Cyclone Anika set to hit WA, parts of NT

Cyclone Anika will be packing destructive winds of up to 130km/h when it makes landfall in Western Australia's Kimberley region, forecasters warn.

The Guardian - AU

Victoria records 15 Covid deaths, NSW 11 and Qld eight; flood fatalities – as it happened

Two people, including an SES volunteer, have died after being swept away in Queensland flood waters, bringing the toll to four. This blog is now closed

ABC News

WA records over 1,000 new COVID-19 cases as CHO warns asymptomatic infections 'out there'

Close contact rules are relaxed for police and health staff to keep them at work as another 1,043 COVID-19 cases emerge in Western Australia, with the Chief Health Officer warning authorities are "probably not capturing everyone" who is infected.

AAP

WA surpasses 1000 new daily Omicron cases

Western Australia's COVID-19 caseload has reached new heights with the state recording 1043 new cases and hospitalisations expected to grow.

1 … 46 47 48 49

People

Annastacia Palaszczuk

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Bureau of Meteorology

Department of Communities

27 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.