Western Australia, which has mostly dodged the coronavirus by sealing itself off from the rest of the world, has scrapped its plan to reopen next month based on concerns about the omicron variant. But ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. In Perth, Western Australia, Kasia White’s 4-year-old daughter and 4-month-old son enjoy a childhood from another time. In this nearly COVID-free utopia, ...

Nurses at two Western Sydney hospitals held demonstrations at the end of their shifts on Monday morning, protesting chronic understaffing and overcrowding amid a growing surge of COVID-19 infections.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with reporter Jacob Kagi of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation about how Western Australia has managed their COVID-19 numbers throughout the pandemic. As we've seen with ...

SYDNEY, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Australia will remain a divided nation, with the vast mining state of Western Australia cancelling plans to reopen its borders on Feb. 5, citing health risks from a surge in ...