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The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs.
- 3,462articles · 30d
- 34+ min agolatest article
- Aug 15, 2026earliest in window
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- News 917
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- Sports & Fitness 697
- Politics 693
- Sport 653
- Economy, Business & Finance 620
- Crime & Law 610
- Sensitive Subjects 562
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Shark attack leaves man in serious condition
13+ min ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....
Man attacked by shark at popular surf beach
12+ min ago (147+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. A man has been rushed to hospital after being attacked by a shark at…...
REVEALED: Australia’s 10 sweatiest towns - they’re all in WA
13+ min ago (468+ words) WA has delivered a clean sweep in the battle for Australia’s stuffiest towns — taking all 10 spots in a new ranking of more than 3300 locations. From the Kimberley to the Pilbara, WA’s tropical north has dominated the list after researchers crunched…...
Not just ‘memes’: How Australia could become ‘supplicant state’
34+ min ago (497+ words) Without a sovereign AI model Australia will become a “supplicant state”, a Liberal frontbencher has warned, as the Senate debates an “extinction” risk....
Prodigy Petaia back in Wallabies fold ahead of Cup tilt
34+ min ago (27+ words) Precocious outside back Jordan Petaia is back in the Wallabies squad for the first time since the 2023 Rugby World Cup as Australia brace for the Springboks....
Flight attendant accused of $500k drug plot
59+ min ago (268+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. A flight attendant accused of importing heroin aboard an international flight is discussing a…...
Horror scenes as man attacked by shark at WA beach
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (188+ words) A man has been rushed to hospital after a shark attack at a beach north of Geraldton. Authorities were called to Glenfield Beach on Monday morning following reports of a “shark incident”. St John WA said they received the report…...
The productivity crisis putting workers pay at risk of cuts
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (397+ words) The lobby group for Australia’s most prominent corporate executives warns workers will continue seeing their pay lag behind inflation unless major change occurs....
Hundreds of jobs to be axed at steelworks
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (232+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. Up to 600 jobs are set to be axed at and around South Australiaâs…...
Pauline Hanson calls Indigenous Australians ‘primitive race’
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (153+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has branded Indigenous Australians âthe most primitive raceâ…...