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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.
- 3,246articles · 30d
- 1+ hour agolatest article
- Aug 15, 2026earliest in window
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- 146avg words
- News 865
- Sports 682
- Sports & Fitness 652
- Politics 650
- Sport 608
- Economy, Business & Finance 587
- Crime & Law 572
- Sensitive Subjects 525
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Former volunteer firefighter jailed over one punch attack
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (296+ words) Matthew Anthony Jennings, 42, was sentenced at Perth Magistrates Court on Monday, nearly two years after punching Glenn Cahill — unprovoked — in the face on the afternoon of November 5, 2024. A former volunteer firefighter who coward punched a Perth father outside a Hillarys…...
Australian father, two children found dead in Bali
5+ hour, 19+ 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....
Top cop 'Golly' honoured at emotional funeral service
5+ hour, 45+ min ago (23+ words) Former Queensland police commissioner Steve Gollschewski has been remembered for his ethics and commitment to serve his state at an emotional funeral service....
Abused mum 'sorry' for slaughtering, cutting up husband
7+ hour, 1+ min ago (25+ words) A mother and daughter have been reduced to tears during evidence about whether the older woman was sorry for dismembering her husband after killing him....
Man seriously injured and trapped in car in Beaufort River
8+ hour, 26+ min ago (201+ 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. The RAC Rescue helicopter has been dispatched to Beaufort River where emergency services are…...
Alan Jones comes face to face with his alleged victim
8+ hour, 26+ 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....
'Fed up': 13 arrested after crackdown on remote unrest
8+ hour, 38+ 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....
Aussie family found dead in Bali villa
8+ hour, 42+ min ago (110+ 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. An Australian man and his two young children have been found dead inside a…...
Shuttered Bougainville copper mining camp attacked
10+ hour, 36+ 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....
Australia’s first female High Court judge dies at age 83
13+ hour, 36+ min ago (402+ words) Australia’s first female High Court judge, Mary Gaudron, has died at the age of 83. Ms Gaudron’s death was announced on Sunday, prompting tributes from across Australia’s legal and political landscape to a woman whose career helped transform the country’s judiciary…...