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Living
in Perth
Perth
Newspapers
The
main hardprint newspapers in Perth are:
The
West Australian
The
West Australian ("The West") dominates as the only major
hardprint newspaper in Perth. The West covers local news, entertainment,
sports, business, and classifieds including real estate and employment.
The Saturday edition of The West is usually heftier than weekday
editions with special liftout sections including Weekend Extra,
Travel Extra and The West Magazine.
The Sunday
Times
The Sunday Times is owned by News Corporation and competes with
the Saturday edition of The West. It includes special liftout sections
including Lifestyle, Travel, Readers Mart, and the Sunday Times
Magazine.
Classified
Newspapers
Quokka
a classified newspaper, also owned by The West is useful for those
looking to buy and sell an exhaustive list of all manner of items.
The various items for sale include leisure and lifestyle items,
real estate, computers, workshop items, and motor and marine items.
There is also a business and career section. It is popular amongst
bargain hunters and free for the sellers wanting to place private
for sale ads. Better be quick if you are looking for a bargain!
Local Newspapers
Community
Newspapers
The
Community Newspaper Group is part of News Corporation and distributes
weekly editions of its community newspapers tailored towards providing
local news within suburb catchments.
The Post
The Post
is a local newspaper which is independent and privately owned. It
had its beginnings in 1997 as the Subiaco Post. In addition to the
Subiaco Post, it now publishes editions of the Post for the suburbs
of Claremont-Nedlands, Mosman Park-Cottesloe, Floreat and Cambridge.
WA Business
News
WA Business News is an independent weekly newspaper with a focus
on local business issues in Perth and Western Australia, company
news, business events, and profiles of who's who about town in the
business community.
Regional
WA Newspapers
There are a
range of regional newspapers published by The West that cover regional
locations such as Albany, Broome, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Karratha
and Kununurra.
The Countryman
has been in circulation since 1885 and covers rural business and
regional issues including developments with major industries such
as mining, energy and forestry. The Countryman is owned by The West.
National
The Australian
is the only National newspaper and is owned by News Corporation.
The Australian
Financial Review is the only National newspaper with a financial
focus and is owned by Fairfax Media Limited (Fairfax).
Other States
The main newspapers
in the other States are:
Sydney - Sydney
Morning Herald (Fairfax), The Daily Telegraph (News Corporation)
Melbourne -
The Age (Fairfax), The Herald Sun (News Corporation)
Brisbane - The
Courier Mail (News Corporation), Brisbane Times (Fairfax)
Adelaide - The
Advertiser (News Corporation)
Tasmania - The
Mercury (News Corporation)
With the launch
of the online newspaper Brisbane Times by Fairfax to complement
The Age in Melbourne and Sydney Morning Herald in Sydney, the next
move for Fairfax could well be the launch of an online newspaper
for Perth, Western Australia.
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