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Up to 160 whales have beached themselves at Toby Inlet near Dunsborough, more than 250km south of PerthFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAuthorities are rushing to save more than 150 whales from a mass stranding at a beach in Western Australia’s south-west. Four pods have spread across roughly 500...

Three brothers and family friend died at the scene in Clackline in the state’s wheatbeltThree brothers, one of them only nine years old, and a family friend have been killed in a car crash in the Western Australian wheatbelt region.The brothers, aged 21, 19 and nine, died at the scene in Clackline in the early hours of Friday morning, along with a 45-year-old man,...

Advocates say the boy took his own life, leaving his family ‘devastated’ and triggering a coronial inquestGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA 10-year-old First Nations boy has died in an apparent suicide in state care in Western Australia, advocates for the family say.Advocates for the family say the boy, who cannot be named, took his own life...

St John Ambulance WA spokesperson says two rescue crews dispatched to town 220km north of PerthFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA woman in her 40s has been attacked by a tiger shark at a small island near Jurien Bay in Western Australia.The woman was bitten by a two-metre tiger...

This blog is now closedAlbanese signs WA GST pledge on reporter’s arm and signals possible support for state’s nickel minersGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBirmingham backs Dutton’s asylum boat commentsThe shadow foreign minister, Simon Birmingham, was on ABC RN earlier this morning.It is our responsibility to hold the government to account and if there are cuts to...

PM says federal government will make ‘no changes’ to Western Australia GST payments, which could hit $50bn over a decadeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government is considering “time-limited support” for the nickel industry in Western Australia as it faces growing international competition from Indonesian producers, Anthony Albanese...

Move comes after second group found in Western Australia and believed to have arrived on same boat as group found 25km away on FridayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMore than 40 asylum seekers have been taken to Nauru after they were found in a remote part of Western Australia.Guardian...

Government says plan for MV Bahijah to sail around Africa to avoid Houthi attacks in Red Sea mean it’s not safe for the animalsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe controversial live export industry has been dealt a blow after the federal government denied an application to re-export more than...

Serious animal welfare concerns over exporter’s plan to resume journey, MP says, with animals set to spend 60 days ‘on a stinking hot ship’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA stranded live export ship carrying about 16,500 animals will be partially offloaded in Western Australia before resuming its journey to export the livestock.About 16,500 animals are packed into...

Police charge 20 people with a total of 56 offences in three-day Kalgoorlie operation as part of crackdown on outlaw motorcycle gangsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWestern Australian police say they have busted a backyard gold refinery in Kalgoorlie, seizing more than 30 tonnes of gold-bearing ore that was...

Exclusive: Leader of successful class action says government should ‘step in to overturn the convictions’, amid calls for a formal apologyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Indonesian fisher who led the challenge against Australia’s unlawful detention of hundreds of children found on people-smuggling boats has urged the government to...

Heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding forecast across Kimberley, Northern Territory and much of Cape York peninsulaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNorthern Australia is battening down the hatches as the Bureau of Meteorology warns intensifying activity in the Coral Sea is likely to result in the formation of Cyclone Kirrily.While the low-pressure system won’t be...

Heavy rain and winds hit central wheat belt, goldfields, south coastal and great southern districts shortly after BoM severe weather warning, leading to widespread power outageFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAbout 15,000 households are without power in the south-western region of Western Australia after a thunderstorm tore through the...

Wet weather drenches Melbourne and Sydney as BoM forecast shows 55% risk of another Queensland cyclone by MondayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWet weather continued across northern and eastern parts of Australia on Wednesday, as Queensland residents prepared for the possibility of another cyclone in coming days.The Bureau of...

Improved technology allows officers to lay charges in decade-old sexual assault case as well as an unrelated commercial burglary in 2012Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice in Western Australia have laid charges in two separate, decade-old cases thanks to enhanced DNA analysis techniques.In separate statements issued on Tuesday, Western...

Saunders has not been charged with any offence and denies allegations he sexually assaulted and groomed young Aboriginal men in WA over 50-year careerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChild abuse detectives have searched a Broome property which the ABC reported was the temporary home of the disgraced bishop emeritus...

Fire breaks out at RAAF base as firefighters battle four significant blazes in the Wanneroo and Chittering areasGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA potentially dangerous fire has broken out at an RAAF base as soaring temperatures and windy conditions cause havoc for firefighters north of Perth.The blaze broke out on Saturday afternoon near the entrance to RAAF...

Madeleine King says she is ‘extremely disappointed’ while the opposition criticises Labor for ‘embarrassing failure’ on industry policyGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal resources minister, Madeleine King, says she is “extremely disappointed” at the closure of a major alumina refinery in her electorate, with about 800 job losses expected, as the opposition criticises the government over...

Buyers and renters compete for limited stock as the Western Australian capital favours sellers and landlords, CoreLogic analysts sayThe Australian property boom has shifted from east to west, with buyers and renters tussling for a limited number of Perth homes and creating a housing crisis for those left behind.Perth has become the hottest selling market among state capitals, with homes listed for a median...

Festival will be free of fossil fuel sponsorship for the first time in decades after the departure of Chevron as a sponsor last yearFossil fuel company Woodside has now severed all ties with the arts company behind one of the largest fringe festivals in the world, after sustained complaints and protests over several years from performers, producers and audiences.A Woodside spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday...

Seven of at least 148 people released after November judgment have since been rearrestedA further two former immigration detainees released in the wake of the high court’s NZYQ ruling have been rearrested after breaches of their conditions.The men’s arrests over the Christmas period bring the total number of arrests to seven since the high court ruled that indefinite detention is unlawful where it is...

Commissioner Col Blanch says alleged offender appeared to be resisting arrest during incident at Perth pubFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesWestern Australia’s top cop has backed a police officer filmed punching a man who was pinned to the ground outside a Perth pub during New Year’s Eve celebrations.Video of the incident shows the officer repeatedly punching the 25-year-old man in the...

New plan bans selling of native timbers and includes transition payouts to sawmills and towns to diversify industryThe end of unsustainable commercial logging in Western Australia could save almost 20,000 square kilometres of forest, the state government says.Chopping down native karri, jarrah and wandoo hardwood in the state’s south-west and selling it is banned from Monday. The state’s environment minister, Reece Whitby, said it...

BoM forecasts heavy rain for south-east Queensland and northern NSW, while across the far north temperatures will remain in the 40sParts of south-east Queensland are being battered by heavy rain in a soggy start to the new year, with dangerous flooding predicted.Intense falls in some areas could lead to life-threatening flash flooding, the Bureau of Meteorology warned on Monday afternoon. Continue reading...