article_snippet: we've seen change in WA and NSW with whispers that other states are hopefully set to follow suit.
article_snippet: Information supplied by HealthDirect.gov.au .
article_snippet: According to The Department of Health's notifiable disease report, there have been 244 cases of whooping cough in WA in the year to date, compared to 292 cases for the corresponding period last year and 232 cases in the first 10 weeks of 2013.
article_snippet: Data recorded on immunisation rates across Australia on the Department of Health's website shows, in 2012, WA had the lowest vaccination rates for whooping cough and for immunisation overall.
article_snippet: In WA 91 per cent of children were immunised against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis by 12 months of age and 90.2 per cent were fully immunised.
article_snippet: In 2013, the department's notifiable disease report said that despite a long-standing immunisation program, 'pertussis remains highly prevalent in Australia and the least well controlled of all vaccine-preventable diseases'. '
highlights_snippet: In Australia it is the least well controlled of all vaccine-preventable diseases .