Media Partner

 

The Australian

The Australian newspaper was born in July 1964 as a bold venture in national journalism, vowing to provide ‘the impartial information and the independent thinking that are essential to the further advance of our country’.

Today, it retains that sense of adventure, covering the affairs of an island continent, with reporters across the country and foreign bureaus throughout the region and around the world. It is read by Australians from Broome to Burnie to Cooktown, and is published at six print sites around the country.

The editorial values focus on leading and shaping public opinion on the issues that affect Australia. As the national broadsheet, the newspaper’s core areas are federal politics, international affairs, business, sport, the arts, technology and education.

The Australian strives to be first with the big national stories and aims for factual reporting and penetrating analysis. It seeks to take its readers beyond the "spin" of the political, business and sport press release machinery.

In 2007 its website www.theaustralian.com.au was judged Online Newspaper of the Yearby PANPA.

Also in 2007, The Australian relaunched its marketing campaign around the theme ‘The Heart of the Nation’. In the same year The Australian’s journalists won five Walkley awards, including the Gold Walkley.