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Western Australia will become the first state and territory to mandate a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for essential, mining, and healthcare workers, due to the spread of the Omicron variant.
2021-12-22

Lockdown restrictions are lifted in Perth, Western Australia, after no new community transmissions are reported. However, some indoor venues will remain closed, and the mask mandate will continue.
2021-04-27

The Labor Party wins the state election in Western Australia, in one of the biggest landslide victories in the country's history.
2021-03-13

Near the town of Ramle, Israeli archeologists uncover hundreds of gin and whiskey bottles dating back to the First World War at the site of a former British Army barracks.
2017-03-22

The High Court of Australia rules that the Senate election in the state of Western Australia was void, meaning that a half-Senate election will be held in that state.
2014-02-20

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011 finishes in the Australian city of Perth.
2011-10-30

The heads of government of the Commonwealth of Nations meet in the Western Australian city of Perth.
2011-10-28

Thousands of protesters demonstrate in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia against the coal seam gas industry.
2011-10-17

Claude Choules, the last person alive to have fought in World War I, is buried in the West Australian port of Fremantle, having died aged 110 on 5 May.
2011-05-20

Bushfires in Perth, Western Australia continue to burn out of control after having destroyed up to 40 homes.
2011-02-7