The Australian

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 (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. ^ Gerald Tooth; Mitchell, Chris (9 March 2006). "Chris Mitchell of The Australian". The Media Report. Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Company. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008.
  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.

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