The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

Efforts to prevent criminals from reoffending in Western Australia are failing with the state's prisoner population increasing over the past decade.

Western Australia's unbeaten One-Day Cup campaign is on the line after Tasmania set an imposing victory target of 286, thanks to Caleb Jewell's century.

Western Australia will follow Victoria in holding an inquiry into forced adoption, following two years of campaigning by people who were adopted out as children and mothers who were forced to give up their babies.

Tasmania are 226 runs behind Western Australia with five wickets in hand following a poor start to their Sheffield Shield first innings in Hobart.

Australian energy heavyweight breaks cover to call for new gas plant in the west as coal exodus threatens supply crunch.

Western Australia's premier has described how his grandmother was forced to give up a child, as a parliamentary committee examines historical forced adoptions.

A century to Josh Inglis has put high-flyers Western Australia in a good position after day one of the Sheffield Shield clash against Tasmania in Hobart.

Remote Australian state hopes better wages and sunshine will attract UK workers. In-the-know expats give their verdict

Three fishermen clinging to a cooler box have been rescued in choppy seas off the coast of Western Australia state.The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) diverted a rescue aircraft on Wednesday after an emergency beacon was activated off Eclipse Island, about 17 kilometers (10.6 miles) south of the coastal city…