Aug 14, 2026 – 8.00pmThe cast iron body of the high-speed printing press hidden inside a vast 1500-square-metre warehouse in Perth’s east dwarfs everything in its orbit, including the production staff circling it.The 24-unit rotary press that once printed a Canadian daily newspaper was gathering dust until it was dismantled, loaded into 10 40-foot shipping containers and made the 14,000-kilometre journey to Perth by sea.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
The suburban paper that cracked Kerry Stokes’ media monopoly
It began as a symbol of defiance. Now a veteran newspaper owner in Perth’s affluent western suburbs is using his printing press to drive a news renaissance.
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