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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Samantha Goerling |Rosemary Murphy
West Australian wildlife authorities are on their way to the state's southern coast following reports that seven false killer whales have been stranded. A spokesperson for Parks and Wildlife said it was believed they had stranded on House Beach, about 12 kilometres east of Bremer Bay and 540km south of Perth. It is believed the whales became stranded on Monday afternoon.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Rosemary Murphy |Paul Cook
Comments by a regional Western Australian councillor suggesting Greens voters in the federal election should be used as target practice have been condemned by the city's mayor and the Greens. In response on social media to a profile of Greens candidate for the seat of O'Connor, Giz Watson, by the Albany Advertiser, Mr Lionetti said: "Who votes these muppets in needs lining up for our army's target practice."Ms Watson said the comments were not acceptable.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Samantha Goerling |Rosemary Murphy
A woman has been winched to safety after falling down a gully in Torndirrup National Park. She was on her way to a popular fishing spot with her children when she fell. The woman was retrieved by helicopter late on Monday and taken to hospital for treatment. A woman has been winched to safety and taken to hospital after suffering serious injuries at a national park on Western Australia's south coast.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Rosemary Murphy |Samantha Goerling
Residents in the Great Southern town of Gnowangerup, 350 kilometres south-east of Perth, have been left without a supermarket after a fire ripped through its local IGA. To get groceries, residents will have to make a 130km round trip to the next town of Katanning. Emergency services were called to the blaze on Wednesday afternoon. Crews were able to quickly contain the fire before it could spread to other buildings.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Andrew Chounding |Rosemary Murphy |Keane Bourke
WA Liberal candidate for Albany, Thomas Brough, has been referred to the State Administrative Tribunal for alleged professional misconduct. The referral related to comments Dr Brough made falsely linking the LGBQIA+ community with paedophiles. Dr Brough says the leak had been perpetrated by his political opponents and will not distract him from his campaign.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Rosemary Murphy |Andrew Chounding
The head of Western Australia's peak medical body has dismissed suggestions mental health checks for firearm owners will be "rubber-stamped", after a Liberal candidate implied a "posse" of rural doctors would help potential gun owners through the process.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Rosemary Murphy |Sam Tomlin
Authorities are urging residents along Western Australia's Pilbara and Kimberley coasts to expect severe weather for much of the week as uncertainty remains over where a forecast tropical cyclone will make landfall. Currently north-west of the Kimberley coast, tropical low 18U is expected to intensify into a tropical cyclone by Wednesday night. It is currently about 290 kilometres north-west of Broome and moving south-west at about nine kilometres per hour.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Verity Gorman |Rosemary Murphy |Kelly Gudgeon |Michelle Stanley
Emergency crews are working to clean up asbestos in Marble Bar in Western Australia's north after a severe thunderstorm ripped through the town, destroying five homes. A caravan park ablution block was also destroyed and a further 11 properties were damaged. The Bureau of Meteorology says an isolated storm hit the Pilbara town just after 6:00pm on Thursday with 115kph winds recorded. An emergency warning was issued for the area shortly after.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Verity Gorman |Rosemary Murphy |Kelly Gudgeon |Michelle Stanley
A severe thunderstorm has damaged homes in Western Australia's north. The Weather Bureau says an isolated storm hit the Pilbara town of Marble Bar around 6:15pm on Thursday with 113kph winds recorded. An emergency warning was issued for the area shortly after. Jessica Jenkins from the Marble Bar Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services told the ABC that six homes had lost roofs and walls and a further 10 homes had been damaged. "The storm was a scary experience for Marble Bar locals," she said.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Charlie Mills |Rosemary Murphy |Verity Gorman |Alistair Bates
Residents along Western Australia's Pilbara coast are celebrating after the passage of Tropical Cyclone Sean left behind a transformed landscape. The system peaked at category four late on Monday afternoon and has continued to track away from the WA coast in the hours since. With emergency warnings being downgraded and only minor damage and flooding reported, locals have largely welcomed the relief from the hot and steamy conditions.
