About Us

Welcome to WAtoday, Western Australia's only major stand-alone news website.

Since 2008, a specialist team of digital journalists has focussed on reporting what is making news in WA - and breaking it fast.

While the competition worries about what to publish online and what to save for print, there's no hesitation for the WAtoday staff - all our content goes straight to our digital platforms.

Of course, online news isn't all about speed, it's also about quality and accuracy.

Backed by the substantial resources of Fairfax Digital, WAtoday is proud of its reputation as WA's premier website for quality news and information.

A dedicated staff of passionate journalists focus on providing accurate, well-researched and up-to-date WA news, sport, entertainment, lifestyle As well as keeping West Australians up to date with what's happening in the West, WAtoday features some of Australia’s best journalism with content from Fairfax Digital's sister sites: smh.com.au, theage.com.au, brisbanetimes.com.au and canberratimes.com.au.

As well as traditional website content, WAtoday's mobile news site is growing dramatically, fed by an online newsroom staffed by some of the most-experienced multimedia journalists in the state who write, shoot, blog, and commentate using the latest technology for all our digital platforms.

Our focus is also on creating a discussion with our audience providing opportunities through social networking and story comments to engage with WAtoday and our audience.

We hope you enjoy our take on the news that matters to West Australians.

Best regards

Allen Newton