WAMN News
{{Short description|Australian online news outlet}}
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| founder = Ivan Leung
| launch_date = January 2013
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WAMN News (also known as WAMN News Online or simply WAMN) is an Australian online news outlet based in Perth, Western Australia. It livestreams press conferences on its Facebook page, and airs a weekly news bulletin.{{cite web |title=Indigenous death highlights urgency of WA homelessness crisis |url=https://nit.com.au/04-08-2021/2219/indigenous-death-highlights-urgency-of-wa-homelessness-crisis |publisher=National Indigenous Times}}{{cite web |title=Police shoot dead 16yo who stabbed man in WA |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/news-specials/police-shoot-dead-16yo-who-stabbed-man-in-wa/103806872 |publisher=ABC Listen |date=5 May 2024 |quote=A picture captured from the scene in Willetton overnight by local media outlet WAMN News}}
History
WAMN News was founded by journalist Ivan Leung in January 2013. Leung had previously founded DHK News in 2007, which covered news in Perth and Hong Kong.{{cite web |title=Students make headlines of their own |url=https://www.murdoch.edu.au/news/articles/students-make-headlines-of-their-own |publisher=Murdoch University}}{{cite web |title=ABC 7.30 Report interviews Ivan Leung from DHK News |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dsWFh8r3OkM |website=YouTube |publisher=DHKChannel}}
Talk-back radio host Howard Sattler joined WAMN as a contributor in 2014 after being fired from radio station 6PR over a controversial interview with former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, in which he asked her whether her partner Tim Mathieson was gay.{{Cite web|last=Orr|first=Aleisha|date=14 June 2013|title=Howard Sattler sacked by 6PR|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/howard-sattler-sacked-by-6pr-20130614-2o989.html|website=WAtoday|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=11 June 2021|title=Former radio host Howard Sattler dies in Perth|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-12/howard-sattler-dies-in-perth-after-long-illness/100210544|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}
WAMN won the Communications Award at the 2021 Western Australian Multicultural Awards, hosted by the Western Australian government's Office of Multicultural Interests.{{cite web |title=WA’s champions of multiculturalism |url=https://www.omi.wa.gov.au/home/news/2021/03/23/recognition-for-wa-s-champions-of-multiculturalism |publisher=Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries}}
Former ABC political reporter Peter Kennedy joined WAMN in early 2022.{{cite web |title=McGowan's Majority: Two Years On |url=https://www.6newsau.com/post/mcgowan-s-majority-two-years-on |publisher=6 News Australia}}
As of December 2023, WAMN has over 55,000 followers on Facebook.{{cite web |title=WAMN News |url=https://www.facebook.com/wamnnews/ |website=Facebook |publisher=WAMN News}}