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Western Australia’s Pilbara and Kimberley regions are being urged to prepare for a major heatwave, with the temperatures not predicted to drop below the mid to high-20s overnight in the coming days.
An extreme heatwave warning is in place for the Pilbara while there is a severe heatwave warning for the Kimberley and North Interior.
“Maximum temperatures are forecast to range from the high thirties to the mid forties with overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high twenties,” the Bureau of Meteorology warns.
“Severe to extreme heatwave conditions are expected to continue to intensify through northern parts of WA over the next few days.”
Locations predicted to be affected by the heatwaves include Karratha – which faces extreme heatwave conditions from Sunday to Tuesday – as well as Fitzroy Crossing, Karratha, Kalumburu and Marble Bar.
“Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell,” the bureau warned.
“Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
“Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
“If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.”
A 19-year-old girl was trapped inside a car when it flipped on its roof in a crash in Morley on Thursday night.
The teenager wasn’t seriously injured in the crash, which happened just before 8.30pm on the corner of Crimea Street and Walter Road West, but had to be freed from the wreckage.
She was taken to Royal Perth Hospital, however the other car involved in the crash allegedly fled, and police remained at the scene until late on Thursday to investigate.
Police have urged anyone with any information on the crash to contact Crime Stoppers.
Here’s what is making news elsewhere today.
Labor is weighing an unprecedented federal intervention to start bulk-buying natural gas from east coast producers and selling it to local businesses at discounted rates as it seeks to head off shutdowns of manufacturing plants battling soaring energy costs. The move could be announced as early as next week.
The Pentagon’s review of the AUKUS defence pact has affirmed the deal’s existing timeline, but warned that all three countries must meet critical deadlines for the project to succeed, a person who has read it says. The much-anticipated review, which took nearly six months to complete, has been read by members of the congressional armed services committees, and handed to the Australian government. The Pentagon did not intend to make the review public, a spokesman said.
Good morning readers, and welcome to our live blog for Friday, December 5 – and the last WA live news blog for the year.
While we’ve still got a busy day of news ahead today, as the year winds down and the silly season ramps up, we’re giving the live news blog a well-earned break until the new year.
You can continue read the latest news from across Perth and around WA on the WAtoday homepage, or follow us on Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.
Be sure to check in over the Christmas and New Year break as we keep you updated on the news you need to know.
But onto today’s headlines, with revelations a letter sent to commercial anglers whose businesses will be hit by a major fishing ban encouraged them to contact a seafood industry-specific mental health organisation that shut down in Western Australia months ago.
The letter, from the Fisheries and Aquaculture executive director Nathan Harrison to licence holders, communicated Wednesday’s total commercial fishing ban of demersal fish species along 900 kilometres of coastline from Kalbarri to Augusta known as the West Coast Zone.
In the correspondence, Harrison said the department recognised “these arrangements may place significant pressure on the operations and livelihoods of fishers, and we acknowledge the uncertainty and stress this can cause.”
Harrison’s message was followed by the number for Lifeline, Beyond Blue and a series of numbers for Stay Afloat – a Commonwealth-funded mental health organisation specifically for people in the seafood industry.
Stay Afloat shut up shop in WA during September after its Commonwealth funding ended that month.
You can read the full story here.
Meanwhile, as the 16 Days in WA campaign continues, 9News Perth journalist Holly Edwards-Smith asks what it will take to change the story on domestic violence.
Edwards-Smith writes:
…it doesn’t matter that “it’s not all men”. It’s enough men.
Enough to stop women doing things they love. Enough to change how women act and where they go.
But now enough is well and truly enough.
The prolonged treatment of women and ongoing attitudes many groups of men have is just one reason the beast still thrives.
As Roger Cook said this week: “Disrespect doesn’t always lead to violence, but we know that violence always starts with disrespect.”
You can read her full opinion piece here.
And finally, WA’s first major inquiry into the rules governing devices like e-scooters has urged a complete overhaul of the state’s regulatory framework to make the increasingly popular vehicles safer on the state’s roads and paths.
The report, tabled in Parliament on Thursday, found injuries involving e-rideables were now a daily occurrence, with Royal Perth Hospital’s trauma unit admitting at least one seriously injured rider every day.
Read Carla Hildebrandt’s report here.
Thank you again for joining us this morning. Stay tuned as we bring you all the news you need to know.

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