Western Australia

Western Australia moved to the top of the Pura Cup table with an innings and 107-run victory against Victoria at the WACA. Half-centuries to Matthew Elliott and Jon Moss slowed the Warriors, but Brad Williams and Darren Wates each picked up three wickets to lead their side to a comprehensive win. Mike Hussey became ...

Western Australia takes up Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest crusade to make minimum smoking age to be 21 ... make it illegal for Australians to smoke until their 21st birthday at a meeting of the nation's health ministers on Thursday as Western Australia takes up mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest crusade.

The Burbanks Project is located 9km southeast of Coolgardie, Western Australia.The Project comprises 3 tenements including M15/161 and covers the Burbanks Mining Centre and over 5km of the highly prospective Burbanks Shear Zone, the most significant gold producing structure within the Coolgardie ...

Australian clean energy provider Protean Energy has announced that it has utilised a $120,000 grant funding from the Korean government for the development and testing of the V-KOR range of vanadium redox flow batteries in Australia, in conjunction with its Korean affiliate KORID Energy. The grant has ...

I'm grateful that Western Australia have provided me with that opportunity and I look forward to the next phase of my cricket. I'd like to thank Cricket Victoria for the opportunities they have provided for me over eight seasons and I wish the team all the best in the future." Inness made his debut in 1997-98 as a 19-year-old and ...

With a strong batting line-up to follow, Western Australia will be confident of setting a decent target against an average bowling attack. "We bowled really well today and they had a bit of luck," Dorey said. "If these two [Hussey and Rogers] can stay out there for a fair while, there's still plenty of cricket left. With two days left, ...

About 150 whales were stranded on a beach in Western Australia on Friday, March 23, sparking a major rescue operation. A fisherman first spotted the whales on Hamelin Bay, about 300 km (180 miles) south of Perth on the beach at about 6:00 a.m. on Friday. Most of the whales—that officials say are ...

By Friday morning, more than 150 short-finned pilot whales had been found lying on a beach in Western Australia. News outlets report that some were pulled back out to sea by large cranes. The small whales can weigh between 907 to 5,443 kilograms. Fears that the carcasses were attracting sharks and a ...

The Premier of Western Australia, Mark McGowan, tweeted on arrival in London: "A new era of travel and opportunities for Western Australia's economy has officially begun." Those arriving in London in the early hours following their historic flight shared images of the welcome they received at Heathrow ...

Some of the more than 150 short-finned pilot whales that got beached at Hamelin Bay, Western Australia. Photograph: WA government/EPA. Volunteers have helped rescue five of the 150 short-finned pilot whales that became stranded on a beach in Western Australia. The whales were freed by authorities ...

A couple who were tasered by police in November 2008 will receive $1.1 million in compensation despite continuing legal action against them, the WA Attorney-General has promised. A spokeswoman for John Quigley has confirmed to the ABC the Attorney-General's recent statements in parliament were ...

More than 150 short-finned pilot whales were found stranded early Friday in Hamelin Bay, Western Australia, located in the country's southwestern tip. Despite ongoing rescue efforts, only six of the whales have survived the beaching, according to officials with Western Australia's Parks and Wildlife Service.

It's among the most geographically isolated cities in the world, and sits on the edge of the Indian Ocean, so it's only natural that the bright lights of Perth come from the sun and the sky. And that's what gives Perth its sense of openness, endlessness and possibility. Drive in any direction out of the city and the ...

A shark alert's been issued to swimmers in western Australia after 130 whales died stranded on a beach. Rescuers are trying to re-float 20 others which are still alive. The stranding in Hamelin Bay is nine years to the day since 80 whales and dolphins died there. Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports.

(CNN) — With Qantas launching its nonstop London to Perth flights on March 25, Western Australia will be more accessible than ever to Europe-based travelers. The 14,498-kilometer Dreamliner service will take approximately 17 hours. The world's longest flight, it'll be the fastest way to get to Australia from ...

Some sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in Western Australia, with Aboriginal communities in the north hit particularly hard by a syphilis outbreak. Across the population, Syphilis has more than doubled the five-year average, up 112 per cent. More than 95 per cent of cases reported in Perth were ...

The National Electricity Market could use West Australian solar to power the east coast if the country is willing to invest in a truly national electricity grid. Australia's NEM could become national with technology being developed to connect the east and west coast networks, allowing more energy to be spread ...

The hits keep coming for CITIC's magnetite project in Western Australia with the Chinese conglomerate warning of a write-down of up to $US1 billion ($1.27 billion). It is the fourth year in a row the Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed CITIC has flagged big impairments on Sino Iron, with the latest review of the ...

At least five members of the Mongrel Mob have been deported from Western Australia, as the gang reportedly tries to establish a foothold and an Australian chapter there. Joe Edmonds. Source: Joe Edmonds/Facebook. The Weekend West reports the deportations have taken place over the past year, and ...

However, in Western Australia, only 10 babies have been born through a surrogate in the last decade because the state's laws are so tough. The process often takes up to a year and costs roughly $80,000. That makes Robina and her husband Ryan's one year old son, Raphael, a rare baby. "You have to ...

A Singaporean businessman says Western Australia's pastoral industry could add a billion dollars in value by tapping into Western Australia's vast underground water reserves. Key points: Bruce Cheung says there is money to be made from investing in irrigation; Mr Cheung has spent millions transforming ...

PEOPLE are “in danger” and “need to act immediately to survive” a bushfire threatening residents in Western Australia. AAPMarch 10, 201811:49pm. Authorities have sent warnings to residents after a blaze in Picton, in Western Australia.Source:Twitter. RESIDENTS in parts of Bunbury south of Perth have been urged to flee ...

Just before Christmas, Franks was working in the small tourism town of Coral Bay, Western Australia, when he started suffering chest pain and dizziness. Knowing the other local nurses were all visiting the next town, but surrounded by modern medical technology, Franks performed an electrocardiogram ...

A curious wallaby at Lucky Bay in Western Australia's Cape Le Grand National Park. (Posnov / Getty Images). 1 / 15. Rainbow lorikeets and bright pink galah cockatoos flitted between eucalyptus trees and banksia blossoms that resembled giant yellow and orange candles. We were in the middle of Perth, ...

Western Australia's Margaret River is home to some of the world's finest Chardonnays and Cabernet Sauvignons. It isn't exactly easily accessible—the region is three hours south of Perth, itself a five-hour flight from Sydney—but towering karri tree forests, stunning coastlines, and extraordinary wines make ...

Tourism Western Australia gave commuters a taste of the region's sunny weather through a virtual reality experience to promote the first ever non-stop ... to give London commuters a taste of some of the extraordinary experiences waiting for them in Western Australia using state of the art VR technology.

A Perth family has found the world's oldest known message in a bottle, almost 132 years after it was thrown into the sea, Australian experts say. Tonya Illman picked up the bottle while going for a walk around sand dunes on a remote beach in West Australia. Her husband Kym Illman told the BBC they found ...

Australia's Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has on Thursday opened in the country's west, aimed at growing national capability in cybersecurity research, development, and commercialisation. Based out of Edith Cowan University in Perth, the federal government in September pledged ...