Is there another plant in Perth that can print AFR locally? If not, then readers will have to subscribe to AFR online or rely on friends to bring in copies from interstate.
EDIT: according to the AFR article, on April 23 (the day Nine relaunched WAToday website) Tory Maguire received an email from Seven’s chief financial officer Shane O’Connor, saying his company wanted to end the current printing deal between the two companies with 28 days’ notice. From the 29th day, the cost of printing AFR would double from $3000 to $6000 a day. No exact reason was given. While the article suggested it was a targeted decision, a Seven spokesman responded by saying it was “a commercial decision” and that “to suggest anything else would be inaccurate and disingenuous.”
EDIT 2 13/5: the current print run of AFR in Perth is about 2000 copies per weekday, or 10% of its national print circulation.