The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

The 26-year-old has not been seen or heard from since visiting a general store in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region

Friends last heard from Carolina Wilga on 29 June in the Beacon area of WA’s Wheatbelt region

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) and Hancock Prospecting have announced on Tuesday a joint investment of $1.61 billion to develop the Hope Downs 2 iron ore project in Western Australia's Pilbara region. A 50-50 investment will drive a significant expansion of the long-standing Hope Downs Joint Venture between the two companies.

Western Australia's government wants to host the return of an AFL State of Origin game as soon as next year.

This week, Environment Minister Murray Watt met with groups representing business, the environment, renewable energy and First Nations communities in a bid to restart Labor’s stalled environmental reforms. There was one group in the room Watt presumably had to woo hardest: Western Australia’s miners.

Broc Feeney has taken a dominant win in the third and final Supercars race at Wanneroo Raceway near Perth, in Western Australia.

Broc Feeney has taken a dominant win in the third and final Supercars race at Wanneroo Raceway near Perth, in Western Australia.

Ford and Chevrolet have split the wins in the two opening races of the Wanneroo Raceway Supercars round, near Perth in Western Australia.

Ford and Chevrolet have split the wins in the two opening races of the Wanneroo Raceway Supercars round, near Perth in Western Australia.

Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise

The federal government’s decision to extend the life of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas plant in Western Australia has been condemned as a climate disaster.