Everything about The Australian totally explained
The Australian, also referred to as
The Oz, is a
broadsheet newspaper published in
Australia Monday through Saturday each week since
1964. The editor is
Chris Mitchell, 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.
Agenda
The Australian has established a reputation as an agenda-setter in Australian politics and acts as the country's
de facto newspaper of record.
Mitchell considers the newspaper to be of the
centre-right, "comfortable with a
mainstream Labor prime minister, just as it was quite comfortable with
John Howard."
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."
The newspaper also devotes attention to the
information technology and
mining industries.
Recognition
Australian journalist
Hedley Thomas won the Gold
Walkley Award in 2007.
Parent
The Australian integrates content from overseas newspapers owned by News Limited's parent,
News Corporation, including the
Wall Street Journal.
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, compromised of 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 TV, and The Weekend Australian Magazine, the only national weekly glossy insert magazine. A glossy high-culture magazine, Wish, is published the first Friday of the month.
Columnists
Regular columnists include
Dennis Shanahan,
Glenn Milne,
Paul Kelly,
George Megalogenis,
Mike Steketee,
Greg Sheridan,
Alan Wood,
Phillip Adams,
Noel Pearson,
Michael Costello,
Janet Albrechtsen,
Imre Salusinszky and
Angela Shanahan. It also features daily cartoons from
Bill Leak and
Peter Nicholson.
Further Information
Get more info on 'The Australian'.
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