The Australian, with its Saturday edition, The Weekend Australian, is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. As the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nat…

In October 2018, it was announced that Chris Dore, former editor of The Daily Telegraph, would be taking over as editor-in-chief. Read how government influences media in Australia.mediabiasfactcheck.comThe Australian is owned by News Corp Australia, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Revenue is derived through advertising and a subscription paywall.

Read how government influences media in Australia. There is the moderate use of loaded language such as this: ‘Democracy put in danger,’ and ABC ‘wants to skate over socialist failure’ in Venezuela.mediabiasfactcheck.comThe Australian also integrates content from overseas newspapers owned by News Corp Australia’s international parent News Corp, including the right-leaning Wall Street Journal and The Times of London.

[11] [13] [16] [3] [9] [11] [13] [16] The Australian's first editor was Maxwell Newton, before leaving the newspaper within a year, [14] and was succeeded by Walter Kommer, and then by Adrian Deamer.en.wikipedia.orgUnder Deamer's editorship, The Australian encouraged female journalists, and was the first mainstream daily newspaper to hire an Aboriginal reporter, John Newfong.