Western Australia

Republic of Western Australia: how the west has always charted its own course, from secession to COVID

06 Jan 2022

WA Premier Mark McGowan’s strong stance on borders has reminded many of the long streak of separateness that has defined Western Australia throughout history.

Most read science stories of 2019

18 Dec 2019

This year's most popular science stories took readers from melting Antarctic ice sounding the alarm on microbes and climate change, to a pest-proof fence to protect native wildlife in far western NSW, and early signs of life in ancient rocks in the Pilbara, WA.

Earliest signs of life: scientists find microbial remains in ancient rocks

26 Sep 2019

Western Australia’s famous 3.5-billion-year-old stromatolites contain microbial remains of some of the earliest life on Earth, UNSW scientists have found.

Evidence of ancient life in hot springs on Earth could point to fossil life on Mars

10 May 2017

Life on the land could have started millions of years earlier on Earth than first thought. This could change the way we think about life developing elsewhere in the universe, writes Tara Djokic.

WA Senate poll a reminder that voters are being tricked

07 Apr 2014

Western Australia’s Senate election re-run shows once again the need to reform the process by which senators are chosen, writes George Williams.