A senior commodity economist says it is too soon to tell whether the Timor Sea oil spill will dampen investor confidence in the oil and gas industry.
ABC - November 8, 2009, 10:46 amThe state's road toll now stands at 160 after the death of a 25 year-old Victorian man in Marmion in Perth's northern beaches.
ABC - 50 minutes agoThe medical director of Western Australia's ambulance service has quit ahead of the release of an independent review of the ambulance service.
ABC - November 8, 2009, 1:24 pmA Perth teenager with no driver's licence faces further charges after a boy died following a car crash.
November 7, 2009, 4:21 pm
Figures from the National Tidal Centre show sea levels along Western Australia's coast are rising at a rate double that of the world average.
ABC - November 7, 2009, 2:50 pmRaids on an airport hangar, a plane and several properties south of Perth have unearthed drug manufacturing materials, firearms and ammunition, WA police say.
November 7, 2009, 1:23 pm
A 48 year old man has appeared in court, charged over the discovery of drugs in a hangar at Jandakot Airport.
ABC - November 7, 2009, 1:06 pmThe company hoping to build the world's biggest wave power plant in Western Australia has missed out on federal funding.
ABC - November 7, 2009, 12:26 pmOil and gas company Woodside says it is working to improve its Indigenous employment record in Western Australia.
ABC - November 7, 2009, 7:15 amThe wet season has kicked off in Broome with a record deluge of November rain.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 10:00 pmThe State and Federal Governments have awarded a West Australian not-for-profit organisation nearly $30 million to build a new centre for the homeless in East Perth.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 8:00 pm
A 47-year-old Perth man has been sentenced to life with a 20 year minimum for murdering the mother of his 13 children.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 5:22 pmThe ship carrying asylum seekers rescued from a sunken boat near the Cocos Islands has arrived at Christmas Island.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 5:19 pm
The Perth businessman behind the failed fuel technology company Firepower has complied with a Federal Court order compelling him to hand in any passports or travel documents he holds.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 4:35 pm
A Perth man has been fined more than $100,000 for buying black market abalone and selling it for a profit.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 4:23 pmThe Education Minister Liz Constable, has shelved a plan to move year seven students into the high school system next year. But she is not prepared to shut the door on the possibility of it happening sometime in the future.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 3:37 pm
Port Hedland police are trying to determine the cause of a car crash which left two children with serious injuries.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 2:07 pm
The Deaths in Custody Watch Committee says it is outraged that the contract of a prisoner transport company which contributed to the death of an Aboriginal elder will not be terminated.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 1:35 pm
The consumer protection watchdog has launched court action against a dating website for allegedly using fictional profiles to 'flirt' with registered users.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 1:03 pmThe Federal Resources Minister says oil companies will be forced to co-operate with an inquiry into the West Atlas oil spill.
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