The West Australian

The West Australian
The West Australian
Front page of The West Australian
21 January 2022
TypeDaily newspaper (Mon. – Sat.)
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Seven West Media
Editor-in-chiefChristopher Dore
EditorSarah-Jane Tasker
Founded5 January 1833 (5 January 1833)
Political alignmentCentre-right[1]
Headquarters50 Hasler Road,
Osborne Park, Western Australia
Circulation (as of 2024, 340,000)
ISSN0312-6323
Websitethewest.com.au Paid subscription required

The West Australian is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM),[2] as is the state's other major newspaper, The Sunday Times. It is the second-oldest continuously produced newspaper in Australia, having been published since 1833. It tends to have conservative leanings, and has mostly supported the Liberal–National Party Coalition. It has Australia's largest share of market penetration (84% of WA) of any newspaper in the country.

  1. ^ "How Partisan is the Press? Multiple Measures of Media Slant" (PDF). Joshua S. Gans; Andrew Leigh. Australian National University. 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  2. ^ Seven West Media Limited (SWM) at Australian Securities Exchange