Major Business Newspaper to Cease Publishing in Western Australia

The printing press business in Australia continues to shrink.

An Australian Financial Review, next to another Farifax paper, The Sydney Morning Herald, is taken from a newsstand in Sydney on Aug. 23, 2007. AP Photo/Rick Rycroft

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) claims it can no longer afford to produce a print edition in Western Australia.

The paper is part of the stable of media owned by Nine, which includes the TV channel of the same name, plus talkback radio in four state capitals, online news and specialist sites such as drive.com.au and four major print titles: The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun Herald, The Age, and the AFR.