Insurance Business America

Suspicious fires surge in WA as insurers brace for a more volatile bushfire season

Emergency authorities in the state’s South West recorded 20 suspicious or deliberately lit fires in December 2025, up from ...

Heat waves are reshaping the behavior of Western Australia's western ringtail possum

Extreme heat is forcing Western Australia's critically endangered western ringtail possum (Ngwayir) to cut back on vital activity and feeding, new research shows.
The Mandarin

Western Australia to pull cops out of retirement

Western Australian Police are not 'getting to old for this', according to Premier Rodger Cook's latest plan to tackle illegal ...
DatacenterDynamics

Pilot Energy to deploy gas flare data center module in Western Australia

Oil and gas firm Pilot Energy is deploying a containerized data center in Western Australia powered by flared gas. The ...
Weatherzone

Vast area of heat across Western Australia

A large portion of Western Australia is currently under the grip of a heatwave, with maximum temperatures soaring above the ...

WA Police defend response to Invasion Day bomb threat

Organisers were scathing of police’s response to the incident, and have demanded it be investigated as an act of terrorism.
Insurance Business America

Insurers track WA heat risk as temperatures near 50C

Insurers are monitoring heat risk in Western Australia as the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) signals severe to extreme heatwave ...

Western Australia extends coal mine subsidy, citing energy security

The state government of Western Australia committed on Wednesday to a five-year extension of a subsidy to the private Griffin ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

WA's gun laws in national spotlight with national reforms flagged after Bondi terror attack

Australia's gun laws are set to be strengthened in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, in an effort led by New South Wales Premier Chris Minns and WA Premier Roger ...