How do mobile phone rules apply to WA learner drivers?

Correct answer: The same rules as every driver — calls hands-free or in a secured mounting are legal, but texting or holding the phone is not

WA is the only state without a learner-specific phone rule — the same law covers every driver: you may make or receive calls hands-free or with the phone in a secured mounting, and use a mounted phone for navigation, but holding the phone, texting, email and video are illegal for all drivers. A learner and provisional phone ban was announced in April 2026 but has not yet commenced.

Source: Department of Transport WA – Drive Safe handbook