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Western Australia repeals a five-week-old law aimed at protecting Aboriginal sacred sites in the state, citing complexities in implementing the law.
2023-08-8

Western Australia indefinitely suspends the reopening of its borders to fully vaccinated international and inter-state travellers in order to allow people to receive a booster dose due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
2022-01-20

Darwin and surrounding towns enter a two-day lockdown after a COVID-19 outbreak linked to the recent cluster in Sydney was reported. Restrictions also increase in Western Australia after a woman who recently returned from Sydney also tests positive.
2021-06-27

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces that all states and territories in Australia will reopen their borders by Christmas, with the exception of Western Australia.
2020-11-13

Anglo-Australian mining corporation Rio Tinto admits blowing up the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge caves in Pilbara, Western Australia, on May 24. The firm issues an apology to Aboriginal Australians who are the traditional owners of the site, saying "We are sorry for the distress we have caused".
2020-05-31

Three adults and four children are found shot dead at a property in Margaret River, Western Australia. Police suspect murder-suicide.
2018-05-11

Western Australia's Pilbara region braces for the impact of Cyclone Stan, which is expected to make landfall as a Category Three storm.
2016-01-30

Tropical Cyclone Olwyn intensifies with the potential to reach Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale before making landfall in Western Australia's Pilbara region on March 13.
2015-03-12

Voters in the Australian state of Western Australia go to the polls for a Federal Senate election.
2014-04-5

Voters in the state of Western Australia go to the polls for a state election with the coalition government of Colin Barnett winning a convincing victory.
2013-03-9