The Australian

This article is about the newspaper published by News Corp Australia. For the newspaper founded in 1824, see The Australian (1824 newspaper). For other uses, see The Australian (disambiguation).

The Australian
The Australian front cover on 26 July 2017
TypeNewspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)News Corp Australia
Editor-in-chiefMichelle Gunn[1]
EditorKelvin Healey[1]
Founded14 July 1964; 60 years ago (1964-07-14)
Political alignmentCentre-right[2][3]
HeadquartersSurry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
CountryAustralia
Circulation4 week reach (July 2023 – June 2024): 1.82M (print); 4.06M (cross-platform)[4]
ISSN1038-8761
Websitewww.theaustralian.com.au

The Australian, with its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian, is a daily newspaper in broadsheet format published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.[5][6][7][8] As the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nationally, its readership as of September 2019 of both print and online editions was 2,394,000. Its editorial line has been self-described over time as centre-right.[3][9]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference gunnnamed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Mitchell, Chris (9 March 2006). The Media Report, Radio National, 9 March 2006 Archived 17 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Australian Broadcasting Company.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference CrikeyBias was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "The Australian". News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 September 2024. Based on Roy Morgan Single Source Australia; July 23 – June 24; P14+; Last 4 weeks.
  5. ^ Sinclair, John (12 January 2017). "Political economy and discourse in Murdoch's flagship newspaper, The Australian". The Political Economy of Communication. 4 (2): 3–17. ISSN 2357-1705. Retrieved 12 August 2024. Chris Mitchell's time as editor-in-chief further consolidated a long period of managerial stability and elaborated a conservative identity for The Australian. (p. 6) ... Any criticism of the conservative order that The Australian stands to defend is not even acknowledged as a disagreement, or a legitimate but wrong-headed point of view (p. 12)
  6. ^ Bruns, Axel (2008). "11. The Active Audience: Transforming Journalism from Gatekeeping to Gatewatching". In Chris Paterson; David Domingo (eds.). Making Online News: The Ethnography of New Media Production. New York: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-1433102134. The Australian has long positioned itself as a loyal supporter of the incumbent government of Prime Minister John Howard, and is widely regarded as generally favouring the conservative side of politics.
  7. ^ Taylor, Tony; Collins, Sue (2012). "The politics are personal: The Australian vs the Australian curriculum in history". Curriculum Journal. 23 (4): 531–552. doi:10.1080/09585176.2012.731015. S2CID 144518784. This article reviews the relationship between the conservative newspaper The Australian and the development of a national history curriculum in Australia.
  8. ^ Archer, Verity (1 March 2010). "The Australian tax revolt: constructing a 'new class' in 1978". Journal of Australian Studies. 34 (1): 19–33. doi:10.1080/14443050903522036. ISSN 1444-3058. S2CID 143246315. The article demonstrates that a culture of aggressive conservatism exercised in this Murdoch press outlet reaches beyond the field of conventional political debate to constitute a serious and concerning influence in the dynamics of curriculum policy development.
  9. ^ Mitchell, Chris (9 March 2006). The Media Report Archived 17 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Australian Broadcasting Company.