{"id":696267,"date":"2026-05-26T19:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/696267\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T19:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:12:10","slug":"as-it-happened-wa-news-on-tuesday-may-26-watoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/696267\/","title":{"rendered":"As it happened: WA news on Tuesday, May 26 &#8211; WAtoday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxPbUFTbEYtcXRhbHdfQTBHdUFLc1NxU3UwSzNqOGthZ2hkYjFpTGZYSXlxOERMN1cxc05SYTU4ejBWMjhuVEdpMFAtenQzTWV1LU1lbnZmVTlMSms3T3JYQ1dySzN4aWd2QWppVE1JUGxWc1hBY0ozMXA1anlfTklaQ2l5MUZaNTJOdUkxTkxwZjk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">As it happened: WA news on Tuesday, May 26<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WAtoday<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxQNVF0ZW9wVkhmSjlWb3NlVFNXX1RQWDVTcVh3b1k4NENsRjVBUDJXMjN0YnowdEJrRzA3eGZ3Vm9XQUtDbzBiTW1qT3NrdTJ5SzZUbE9VVmZoY0IwV0lsbzE3RGpodHczVUtqV2dWeUFxLXZ2Y0wyVUx0eHdnTkUzMFg5cDB3N1doa1ZWakpXbWx5ZlQ5WXV4bVowU2xEaE5yTzhF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Defence industry could rival WA resources sector under weapons hub plan<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxPSVVtNk5IbHNMU2pCaklRQjBvdEEtUUtjLWFMZ1B6WlhyN01TT1p1V2FvZzRxU1dKZ1VjY1RvLUFsb2ZtTXJHN3BMRzF1REZFMGlSSGt5S3MyTWo4OHNucnd2UHN4Q1BsaTM1bUo3UXM1b0xNWlVvOF9zTGZxMkZtMGM5SlFFSUNjVmliOUp3d01JRVZoeFR4Z1drdnNoN0VOUmZuZ1Y0ZnVNQUJ0djcyOHdDc1FBSGJmcHhlSS1JT2RITk83alhEdVR0U3RKY3RZYWZr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018I\u2019m a jobs dealer, not an arms dealer\u2019: Premier defends WA military manufacturing hub<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Age<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxOVE5GdmVlZF9TRURZN1R2TkNCN3lnaHJRel80MWxmX3RCZW1CdEExMFFEQ0E0bDhZdktNWk1TeXloUE9nMGZscWV3Y29FOS1PTmFHM1k2UXhHc0JKN2JnbFo4U3NqRVp5cUFYeDBPQ0c1NXJvdlJxaFd0QTlUbzE2a295eDE1VkUzRVZ6S1VpMWZQd2NKT196ZVdYa2dId2RNRzY5ZExvblVDb0JJeDVJcEMtcTdudw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WA premier reveals plan for defence industry manufacturing hub<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Beyond the subs, the focus is on WA\u2019s new role in global defence<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As it happened: WA news on Tuesday, May 26&nbsp;&nbsp;WAtodayDefence industry could rival WA resources sector under weapons hub&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-696267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}