A swimmer has been bitten by a 1.5-metre tiger shark at a Perth beach near Fremantle Port. The incident happened at 2.30pm (5.30pm AEDT) at Sandtrax surfing spot. Swimmers have been told to take ...

In lighter news, fresh statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveal a positive shift in Western Australia's job market. The unemployment rate in the state has decreased by 0.2 percentage ...

A swimmer has been rescued from the water off Port Beach in Perth’s south after being bitten by a shark which circled him as ...

It’s no Bondi Beach, but Pondi, or Penrith Beach, has been a welcome relief to the city’s sweltering western suburbs.

Kristine Carroll plopped herself down in the only shade on the beach — a triangle cast by the makeshift lifeguard station ...

Sodden parts of north Queensland face yet more rain, with a severe weather warning for downpours of up to 200 millimetres.

A new analysis of census data has revealed the Perth suburbs where 70 per cent or more of secondary students are enrolled in ...

Australia’s best young beach volleyballers are set to battle it out this week on the Gold Coast for the Australian Youth ...

Australia rugby star Brandon Paenga-Amosa was involved in a dramatic beach rescue as he saved a man from drowning despite admitting he can "barely swim himself".

From microplastics washing up on once-pristine beaches to discarded fishing gear entangling marine animals, the impact on ...

One such route is the Iceland Ring Road, which encircles the entire nation, covering 1,333 kilometres of road. Then there is ...

Rarely found in the Southern Ocean, a 2.5-metre sunfish washed up on WA's Lowlands Beach between Denmark and Albany could be ...