The Central Great Southern Early Years Partnership Dental Health Project has won a State award for its work in health and wellbeing.
Amy Towers
Leading WA medical researchers have pressed the panic button on a “catastrophic” rate of grants being rejected by the Federal Government’s primary funding body.
John Flint
A Bunnings store, pharmacy and golf club were also listed as exposure sites.
Hannah Cross
Western Australia has recorded its first measles case of 2026, with the infection confirmed in a returned traveller from Bali. SEE THE LIST
Caitlin Vinci
Medical students from Perth universities started their placements at Albany Health Campus this week, marking the 21st cohort of students from the Rural Clinical School of WA beginning their careers in Albany.
Respiratory Care WA are bringing their specialist children’s respiratory care pop-up clinic to Albany for the first time this week, with dozens of families expected to take advantage of it.
Jacki Elezovich
Long-term exposure to air pollution could increase a person’s risk of developing motor neurone disease and accelerate its progression, according to new research.
RAC Roadside Assistance Patrols were called to 569 lock-in incidents across 2025, including 263 involving children and 306 involving pets — a 27 per cent increase on the previous year.
Visitors, patients and staff at the Great Southern’s largest hospital will no longer be forced to park on the verge now that the $2 million expansion of the facility’s carpark has been completed.
Melissa Sheil
A novel nerve implant treatment will be tested on WA sleep apnoea patients in a new University of WA-run trial.
Angela Pownall
Less than half of the Cook Government’s $50 million blitz to fix crumbling WA hospitals has been spent, months after the urgent action was unveiled.
Charlton Hart
Whether it was blissfully, or deliberately, ignorant of disrepair in some of Perth’s hospitals, the government has now been forced into action.
Jessica Page
Albany senior Aboriginal health worker Glenda Williams hit a major professional milestone this year, working 50 years with WA Country Health Service.
Officials at Perth Children’s Hospital do not know why dangerous amounts of lead have returned to drinking water facilities that were supposedly cleansed of the toxic metal.
Adrian Rauso
Labor has spruiked the successful rollout of its bulk-billing expansion, but new figures reveal WA is still lagging the rest of the nation and out-of-pocket costs to see other GPs have gone up.
Cheyanne Enciso
Pressure is rising to decide on the future of Albany’s hydrotherapy pool as the Albany MLA joins community advocates calling for the State Government to release the results of a feasibility study
Albany optometrist Victoria Walters says a regular eye check-up should not be something to put off, even if you think your vision is 20/20.
Cancer Council WA is urging people over 40 in the Great Southern to get any new or unusual symptoms checked, warning delays in treatment can reduce survival rates.
Manufacturers have been urged against adding unnecessary preservatives to food following a study that found they could increase cancer risk.
Brooke Rolfe
As the cost of living continues to bite, West Aussies like Alana Rose are being forced to become more budget savvy when they hit the supermarket.
WA Health issued an alert on Tuesday that there had been another case of a highly infection disease diagnosed in the State.
Tahnee Graham
People who were on board the flight returning from Bali have been urged to monitor for symptoms.
Kirsty Lichtenstein
A person infected with a highly contagious virus attended the western suburbs event.
Claire Sadler
A busy Bunnings, Coles and Woolworths have all been identified as exposure sites.
