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The Australian
The Australian, including its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian, is a six-days-a-week broadsheet-format newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. It is one of two Australian daily newspapers distributed nationally. Its readership as of September 2019[update], of both print and online editions, was 2,394,000. Its editorial line has been self-described over time as centre-right.
The Australian is published by News Corp Australia, an asset of News Corp, which also owns the sole daily newspapers in Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart, and Darwin, and the most circulated metropolitan daily newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne. News Corp's chairman and founder is Rupert Murdoch.
The Australian integrates content from overseas newspapers owned by News Corp Australia's international owner News Corp, including The Wall Street Journal and The Times of London.
The first edition of The Australian was published by Rupert Murdoch on 15 July 1964, becoming the third national newspaper in Australia following shipping newspaper Daily Commercial News (1891) and Australian Financial Review (1951). Unlike other original Murdoch newspapers, it is not in tabloid format. At its inauguration, a national paper was considered commercially unfeasible, since newspapers mostly relied on local advertising for their revenue. The Australian was printed in Canberra, from where plates were flown to other cities for copying. From its inception, the paper struggled for profitability, and ran at a loss for several decades.
A Sunday edition, The Sunday Australian, was established in 1971 but was discontinued the following year because printing-press capacity was insufficient to print it in addition to The Sunday Telegraph and the Sunday Mirror.
The Australian's first editor was Maxwell Newton, who left the newspaper within a year. He was succeeded first by Walter Kommer and then by Adrian Deamer. Under Deamer's editorship, The Australian encouraged female journalists and was the first mainstream daily newspaper to hire an Aboriginal reporter, John Newfong.
During the 1975 election, campaigning against the Whitlam government by owner Rupert Murdoch led to the newspaper's journalists striking over editorial direction.
Editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell was appointed in 2002 and retired on 11 December 2015; he was replaced by Paul Whittaker, formerly the editor-in-chief of Sydney's Daily Telegraph.
The Australian
The Australian, including its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian, is a six-days-a-week broadsheet-format newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. It is one of two Australian daily newspapers distributed nationally. Its readership as of September 2019[update], of both print and online editions, was 2,394,000. Its editorial line has been self-described over time as centre-right.
The Australian is published by News Corp Australia, an asset of News Corp, which also owns the sole daily newspapers in Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart, and Darwin, and the most circulated metropolitan daily newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne. News Corp's chairman and founder is Rupert Murdoch.
The Australian integrates content from overseas newspapers owned by News Corp Australia's international owner News Corp, including The Wall Street Journal and The Times of London.
The first edition of The Australian was published by Rupert Murdoch on 15 July 1964, becoming the third national newspaper in Australia following shipping newspaper Daily Commercial News (1891) and Australian Financial Review (1951). Unlike other original Murdoch newspapers, it is not in tabloid format. At its inauguration, a national paper was considered commercially unfeasible, since newspapers mostly relied on local advertising for their revenue. The Australian was printed in Canberra, from where plates were flown to other cities for copying. From its inception, the paper struggled for profitability, and ran at a loss for several decades.
A Sunday edition, The Sunday Australian, was established in 1971 but was discontinued the following year because printing-press capacity was insufficient to print it in addition to The Sunday Telegraph and the Sunday Mirror.
The Australian's first editor was Maxwell Newton, who left the newspaper within a year. He was succeeded first by Walter Kommer and then by Adrian Deamer. Under Deamer's editorship, The Australian encouraged female journalists and was the first mainstream daily newspaper to hire an Aboriginal reporter, John Newfong.
During the 1975 election, campaigning against the Whitlam government by owner Rupert Murdoch led to the newspaper's journalists striking over editorial direction.
Editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell was appointed in 2002 and retired on 11 December 2015; he was replaced by Paul Whittaker, formerly the editor-in-chief of Sydney's Daily Telegraph.