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The West Australian

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.

  • 3,447articles · 30d
  • 5+ hour agolatest article
  • Aug 15, 2026earliest in window
  • 99%with images
  • 146avg words
articles per day
Categories
  • News 916
  • Sports 724
  • Sports & Fitness 691
  • Politics 687
  • Sport 646
  • Economy, Business & Finance 621
  • Crime & Law 611
  • Sensitive Subjects 561

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thewest.com.au > news > crime > australian-father-two-children-found-dead-in-bali-c-22867596

Australian father, two children found dead in Bali

8+ hour, 58+ 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....


thewest.com.au > news > indigenous-australians > most-primitive-hanson-blasted-for-indigenous-slur-c-22867710

'Most primitive': Hanson blasted for Indigenous slur

8+ hour, 59+ 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....


thewest.com.au > news > disaster-and-emergency > shark-attack-leaves-man-in-serious-condition-c-22867402

Shark attack leaves man in serious condition

9+ hour, 24+ 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....


thewest.com.au > news > man-in-50s-rushed-to-hospital-after-shark-attack-north-of-geraldton-in-wa-c-22867474

Man attacked by shark at popular surf beach

9+ hour, 23+ 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…...


thewest.com.au > news > wa > australias-10-sweatiest-towns-as-revealed-by-the-summer-stuffiness-index-and-all-of-them-are-in-wa-c-22866518

REVEALED: Australia’s 10 sweatiest towns - they’re all in WA

9+ hour, 24+ 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…...


thewest.com.au > news > not-just-memes-andrew-hastie-warns-australia-could-become-supplicant-state-without-ai-c-22867151

Not just ‘memes’: How Australia could become ‘supplicant state’

9+ hour, 45+ 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....


thewest.com.au > sport > rugby-union > prodigy-petaia-back-in-wallabies-fold-ahead-of-cup-tilt-c-22867248

Prodigy Petaia back in Wallabies fold ahead of Cup tilt

9+ hour, 45+ 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....


thewest.com.au > news > meena-kondo-thai-airways-flight-attendant-accused-of-heroin-import-at-melbourne-airport-c-22867089

Flight attendant accused of $500k drug plot

10+ hour, 10+ 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…...


thewest.com.au > news > disaster-and-emergency > glenfield-beach-shark-attack-man-rushed-to-hospital-after-shark-attack-at-beach-north-of-geraldton-c-22866868

Horror scenes as man attacked by shark at WA beach

10+ hour, 40+ 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…...


thewest.com.au > business > business-council-of-australia-ceo-bran-black-warns-lagging-pay-levels-to-drag-on-unless-major-change-occurs-c-22866879

The productivity crisis putting workers pay at risk of cuts

10+ hour, 53+ 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....