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0312-6323. Website. thewest.com.au. 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.
Western Australia is the largest state of Australia, with an area of 2,527,013 square kilometres (975,685 sq mi), [1] and its fourth most populous, with a population of 2,660,026 as of the 2021 Australian census. [2] Official population statistics are created by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, who have a census every five years.
The human history of Western Australia commenced "over 50,000 years ago and possibly as much as 70,000 years ago" with the arrival of Aboriginal Australians on the northwest coast. [1]: 5 The first inhabitants expanded across the east and south of the continent. The first recorded European contact was in 1616, when Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Western Australia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Western Australia (WA) confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on 21 February 2020, and its first death on 1 March. On 15 March, premier Mark McGowan declared a state of emergency.
731.1 mm 28.8 in. Perth (Nyungar: Boorloo) is the capital city of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth as of 2023 [update]. It is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of Perth's metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain ...
Western Australia is the world's largest iron-ore producer (34% of the world's total), and extracts 66% (6.9% of world production) of Australia's 306 tonnes (9.8 million troy ounces) of gold in 2022. [53] It is a major world producer of bauxite, which is processed into alumina at four refineries providing 11% of total world production.
The 2021 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday, March 13, to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia, where all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The incumbent Labor Government, led by Premier Mark McGowan, won a second consecutive four-year term ...
The West Australian Football League (WAFL / ˈ w ɒ f ə l / "waffle" or "W-A-F-L") is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia.The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from April to September, with the top five teams playing off in a finals series, culminating in a Grand Final.