Tribune was the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia. It was published by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Australia from 1939 to 1991. Initially it was subtitled as Tribune: The People's Paper. It was also published as the Qld Guardian, Guardian (Melbourne), Forward (Sydney). It had previously been published as The Australian Communist, (1920-1921) The Communist, (1921-1923) and the Workers' Weekly (1923-1939).

The Tribune for the years 1939–1991 has been digitised, as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.

The Tribune was the flagship of Australia's left wing newspapers.

Two newspapers claiming to represent the Communist Party of Australia were published 1920–1921:

In May 1921 the two publications merged as The Communist. It continued publishing under the new title from 1921 to 1923.

The Communist folded in 1923 to be replaced by Workers' Weekly which became the official organ of the CPA. Esmonde Higgins served as editor of the Weekly until 1925.

Workers' Weekly ceased publication in 1939, Tribune becoming the official organ. Both CPA papers reviewed New Theatre productions, including the period 1948–1960 when that theatre was blacklisted by the major newspapers.

The Tribune was, on 24 May 1940, banned for publication within Australia on the grounds of weakening the war effort, along with Soviets To-day (Sydney), Communist's Review (Sydney), The Wharfie (Sydney), The Militant (imported), World Peace (Sydney). The Guardian (Melbourne), Workers' Star (Perth), and North Queensland Guardian (Townsville). On 15 June 1941 the Communist Party was banned and hundreds of properties were searched for printing presses and evidence of illegal membership.