Australian

The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper headquartered in Sydney that describes itself as "Australia's national news brand." It has a weekend edition published each Saturday called The Weekend Australian.

Founded on July 14, 1964, the newspaper offers local, national and worldwide news along with analysis and opinion. An asset of News Corporation, The Australian shares content with sister newspapers including The Wall Street Journal and The Times of London.

This newspaper is owned by News Corporation.

The website is presented in the English language.

Websites

Australian newspaper website
All local news media in Sydney, Australia

Ratings

Content:     Very Good (10 votes)
Political Bias:   Leans Right (10 votes)
Credibility:   Moderate (8 votes)

News

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Australian Court Makes Publishers Liable for Facebook Comments
-- The High Court of Australia has ruled that Ozzie news media outlets can be held liable if a Facebook user posts a defamatory comment in response to a news item posted by the outlet on its Facebook page. Joshua Benton wrote at Nieman Lab on September 8, 2021: An Australian court ruling makes publishers legally responsible for every idiot Facebook user who leaves a comment
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, September 15, 2021

Over 110 Australian Newspapers to End Print Publication
-- News Corporation will shut down 36 of the newspapers entirely while 76 will become online-only. In New South Wales alone, the papers that will disappear are Coastal Views, Northern Rivers Echo and Richmond River Express Examiner. Amanda Meade reported at The Guardian on May 27, 2020: News Corp announces end of more than 100 Australian print newspapers in huge shift to digital
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, May 29, 2020

News Limited CEO Resigns
-- John Hartigan, chairman and CEO of News Limited, which publishes The Australian newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation empire, resigned his position as of November 30, 2011. Murdoch announced the news on November 9, 2011. "John's decision will end a distinguished 41 year career with News in which he has given us exemplary service and incredible...

Demi Moore, Australian Magazine Settle Out of Court
-- The Australian reported on September 27, 2010: "New Idea has settled out of court with Hollywood actress Demi Moore, who was to appear in court to give evidence against the gossip magazine. "The parties have resolved their differences and are glad that this matter is now behind them," a spokeswoman for New Idea told The Australian Online. Moore was to tell the Federal Court on Tuesday...

Students Develop iPad App So They Can Buy iPad
-- The Australian newspaper reported on July 12, 2010 that an iPad app developed by students is making media bosses nervous: "Two graduate students from Stanford University have sold 100,000 of the iPad news app they developed. TWO graduate students from San Francisco's Stanford University who developed an iPad application that aggregates news from multiple sources and presents it in a...

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