Western Australia was officially the hottest place on Earth this Christmas Day, with one corner of the State breaking a 120 year record.
Tegwen Bescoby
The driver, a man believed to be in his 60s, died at the scene.
Caitlin Vinci
Residents on one side of the country have been urged to monitor a nearby bushfire, while the threat of flooding is keeping people alert on the other.
Kat Wong
As rough‑sleeping camps are cleared and affordable housing estates are demolished, an urgent question emerges about one of Australia’s most vulnerable groups.
Blake Antrobus
A bushfire has come dangerously close to a property in the Gingin area.
Jessica Evensen
A bushfire alert has been issued for a town and mine site south-east of Perth.
Troy de Ruyter
West Aussies have flocked to our pristine beaches donned in Santa hats, antlers and Christmas rashies as Perth continued to swelter through a heatwave.
Oliver Lane
A Christmas Day shark warning has been issued for a beach in the State’s south.
Heartbreak has hit a retirement community in Perth’s south, as one home went up in flames and two more were damaged in the early hours of Christmas morning.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese marked the festive season by paying tribute to the Jewish-Australian community, still mourning the ‘horror fortnight’ they have endured.
Pamela Rontziokos
Keep an eye on your neighbours and friends this Christmas – that’s the message from welfare agencies who fear Christmas won’t be a joyous time for all.
Joe Spagnolo
Christmas can be a hard time for mental health patients at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital but Bob, the therapy dog, helps bring joy to those doing it tough.
Claire Sadler
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Early monsoon rain has triggered flood watch alerts across two states as the deluge threatens to disrupt Christmas travel and cut off outback roads.
Aris Schuler-Shah
A diver has described the terrifying moment a Great White Shark rammed him into a sandbank and circled him for 10 minutes as his air supply ran dangerously low.
The Prime Minister has responded after a man was charged as part of Operation Dalewood, launched in response to the Bondi terror attack.
West Australians planning to get away for Christmas were left stranded when their flights were cancelled not once but twice earlier this week.
A man has died after losing control of a rental e-scooter and falling on a footpath, with police appealing for witnesses.
A 69-year-old man has been airlifted to a Perth hospital after the crash in the Great Southern.
Off-duty doctors, police and volunteer lifeguards performed CPR on the 12-year-old after she was found unresponsive.
Caleb Runciman
SLSWA released the advice before Christmas after more than a dozen drownings last summer and an “extreme” number of rescues last festive season.
An e-scooter rider has died in Geraldton after losing control of the machine in the early hours.
While everyone is talking about the sizzling 41C the mercury is tipped to peak at on Christmas Day in Perth, another milestone — be it an uncomfortable one — is also set to be achieved.
Four men have been pulled from the water after clinging to their capsized boat when heavy swell threw them overboard.
