| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | News Limited |
| Editor | Chris Mitchell |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Political allegiance | Conservative |
| Headquarters | 2 Holt Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Website | The Australian |
The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia on Monday to Saturday each week since 1964. The editor is Chris Mitchell and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly.
The Australian is the biggest-selling national newspaper in the country, its chief rival being the business-focussed Australian Financial Review, with weekday sales of 135,000 and Saturday sales of 305,000. These figures are substantially below those enjoyed by metropolitan dailies in the major cities. The Australian is published by News Limited, which also owns the sole or most popular metropolitan daily in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin.[1]
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Agenda
Mitchell has said that the editorial and op-ed pages of the newspaper are centre-right,[2] "comfortable with a mainstream Labor prime minister, just as it was quite comfortable with John Howard."[1]
The newspaper has long maintained a particular focus on issues of Aboriginal disadvantage: "We always campaign very hard on Aboriginal issues because our readers want to see the problem fixed, not because they just wanted an apology."[1]
The newspaper also devotes attention to the information technology and mining industries.[1]
Under the previous Howard Government, The Australian's perceived cosiness with the government caused it to be nicknamed 'The Government Gazette' among journalists, including sections of the Canberra press gallery.[3]
The Australian has run many articles critical of the science and, more particularly, the politics of climate change[4]. The international climate change commentary website RealClimate awarded The Australian an award for "Most consistently wrong media outlet"[5] and the paper's editor-in-chief, Mitchell, won the 2009 Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association's award for "Media Excellence for leading the newspaper's coverage of climate change policy"[6].
Recognition
Australian journalist Hedley Thomas won the Gold Walkley Award in 2007.
It won the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association Online Newspaper of the Year award.[7]
Parent
The Australian integrates content from overseas newspapers owned by News Limited's parent, News Corporation, including the Wall Street Journal and The Times.[1]
Sections
Daily sections include National News (The Nation) followed by Worldwide News (Worldwide), Sport and Business News (Business). Contained within each issue is a prominent op/ed section, including regular columnists and non-regular contributors. Other regular sections include Technology (AustralianIT), Media, Features, Legal Affairs, Aviation, Horse-Racing (Thoroughbreds), The Arts, Health, Wealth and Higher Education. A Travel & Indulgence section is included on Saturdays, along with The Inquirer, an in-depth analysis of major stories of the week, alongside much political commentary. Saturday lift-outs include Review, focusing on books, arts, film and television, and The Weekend Australian Magazine, the only national weekly glossy insert magazine. A glossy magazine, Wish, is published on the first Friday of the month.
Columnists
Regular columnists include Dennis Shanahan, Simon Adamek, Glenn Milne, Paul Kelly, George Megalogenis, Mike Steketee, Greg Sheridan, Alan Wood, Phillip Adams, Noel Pearson, Michael Costello, Janet Albrechtsen, Imre Salusinszky, Emma Tom and Angela Shanahan. It also features daily cartoons from Bill Leak and Peter Nicholson.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Manning, James (2008-03-10). "National daily plans new business website and monthly colour magazine". MediaWeek (Sydney, Australia) (854): 3,7,8.
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2006/1586075.htm
- ^ Polls apart at the Sausage sizzle
- ^ http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/specials/vertical/0,25402,11949,00.html
- ^ http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2008/12/2008-year-in-review/
- ^ http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25579486-7582,00.html
- ^ http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,22213598-462,00.html
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