List of newspapers in Australia

This article is about active newspapers. For defunct newspapers, see List of defunct newspapers of Australia.

This is a list of newspapers in Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald is the most-read newspaper in Australia, with over eight million readers as of 2021.^[1]

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Top 10 newspapers by circulation

Main article: List of newspapers in Australia by circulation

The following is a list of the top 10 newspapers in Australia by average paid print circulation in 2018.^[2][3]

Newspaper	Primary service area	Headquarters	Format	Circulation	Owner	Masthead
Herald Sun	Melbourne Victoria	Southbank	Tabloid	603,658	News Corp Australia
The Daily Telegraph	Sydney New South Wales	Surry Hills	Tabloid	526,216[lower-alpha 1]	News Corp Australia
The Courier-Mail	Brisbane Queensland	Bowen Hills	Tabloid	384,699[lower-alpha 2]	News Corp Australia
The West Australian	Western Australia	Osborne Park	Tabloid	335,369	Seven West Media
The Age	Melbourne Victoria	Melbourne CBD	Compact	308,752	Nine Entertainment
The Australian	National	Surry Hills	Broadsheet	303,809	News Corp Australia
The Advertiser	Adelaide South Australia	Adelaide CBD	Tabloid	272,310[lower-alpha 3]	News Corp Australia
Sydney Morning Herald	Sydney New South Wales	North Sydney	Compact	231,232	Nine Entertainment
The Sunday Times	Perth Western Australia	Osborne Park	Tabloid	168,432	Seven West Media
Australian Financial Review	National	North Sydney	Compact	86,550	Nine Entertainment

Other Major Metropolitan Mastheads

Newspaper	Primary service area	Headquarters	Format	Owner
The Canberra Times	Canberra Australian Capital Territory	Canberra	Tabloid	Australian Community Media
The Mercury	Hobart Tasmania	Hobart	Tabloid	News Corp Australia
Northern Territory News	Darwin Northern Territory	Darwin	Tabloid	News Corp Australia
Sunday Age	Melbourne Victoria	Melbourne CBD	Tabloid	Nine Entertainment
Sunday Herald Sun	Melbourne Victoria	Southbank	Tabloid	News Corp Australia
Sunday Mail	Adelaide South Australia	Adelaide CBD	Tabloid	News Corp Australia
The Sunday Mail	Brisbane Queensland	Bowen Hills	Tabloid	News Corp Australia
The Sunday Tasmanian	Hobart Tasmania	Hobart	Tabloid	News Corp Australia
The Sunday Telegraph	Sydney New South Wales	Surry Hills	Tabloid	News Corp Australia
Sunday Territorian	Darwin Northern Territory	Darwin	Tabloid	News Corp Australia
The Sun-Herald	Sydney New South Wales	North Sydney	Tabloid	Nine Entertainment
The Weekend Australian	National	Surry Hills	Broadsheet	News Corp Australia

National

Octopus attacks described in old Australian newspapers^[4]

In 1950, the number of national daily newspapers in Australia was 54 and it increased to 65 in 1965.^[5]

Daily newspapers

• The Australian (broadsheet)
• The Australian Financial Review
• The Guardian Australia (online only)
• The New Daily (online only)

Weekly newspapers

• The Saturday Paper
• The Weekly Times

Bi-weekly and monthly newspapers

• Koori Mail, bi-weekly
• Nichigo Press national edition, monthly, Japanese
• Red Flag, bi-weekly
• Green Left, bi-weekly

New South Wales

Main article: List of newspapers in New South Wales

Sydney newspapers

See also: Media in Sydney

There are many newspapers published in New South Wales, serving both the capital, Sydney, and the regions. Some newspapers are defunct; some have been renamed; some have been amalgamated. The two main Sydney newspapers are The Sydney Morning Herald, which was founded in 1831, and The Daily Telegraph, founded in 1879.

Regional newspapers

• Newcastle Weekly (2015– )

Broken Hill, though a city in New South Wales, has significant historical connections to South Australia.

• Barrier Daily Truth (1908– )
  • The Barrier Truth (1898–1908) - predecessor
• The Barrier Miner (1888–1974)
• The Barrier Weekly Post (1898– )

Newspapers in languages other than English

For a more comprehensive list, see List of non-English-language newspapers in New South Wales.

There are also many current and past newspapers serving local communities in New South Wales that are published in languages other than English.

Victoria

Statewide newspapers

• VicNews^[6]

Melbourne newspapers

See also: Media in Melbourne

• The Age (tabloid daily)
• Epoch Times (broadsheet Chinese weekly, subscription English weekly)
• Vision China Times (Chinese weekly)
• Herald Sun (tabloid daily)
• Leader Community Newspaper group publishes 20 local news titles covering metropolitan Melbourne
• Melbourne Observer (tabloid weekly)^[7]
• Sameway Magazine (Chinese weekly)
• The Australian Jewish News (weekly)
• Viet Times (Vietnamese weekly)^{[citation needed]}
• Il Globo (bi-weekly, Italian)

Regional newspapers

• The Advertiser (Bairnsdale)
• Alexandra, Eildon, Marysville Standard
• Ararat Advertiser
• Armstrong Creek Times
• Bacchus Marsh Express
• Ballarat News
• Ballarat Times News Group
• The Bellarine Times
• Benalla Ensign
• Bendigo Advertiser
• The Bendigo Times
• The Bendigo Weekly
• The Border Mail (Wodonga)
• Brimbank Weekly
• The Camperdown Chronicle
• Casterton News
• Castlemaine Mail
• The Chronicle (Wangaratta)
• Cobram Courier
• Cohuna Farmer's Weekly
• Colac Herald
• Corryong Courier
• Country News (Shepparton)
• The Courier (Ballarat)
• Daylesford Advocate
• Dimboola Banner
• The Echo
• Euroa Gazette
• The Free Press
• The Geelong Advertiser
• The Geelong Times
• The Geelong News
• The Gippsland Times (Sale, Maffra and surrounding areas)
• Girgarre Gazette
• The Golden Plans Times (Golden Plans Shire)
• The Guardian (Swan Hill)
• Hamilton Spectator
• Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian
• The Horsham Times
• Kyabram Free Press
• The Latrobe Valley Express (Latrobe Valley and surrounding areas)
• Maryborough & Dunolly Advertiser
• Midland Express
• The Miner (Ballarat to Winchelsea)
• The Moe and Narracan News
• Moorabool News
• Mortlake Dispatch
• Morwell Advertiser
• Morwell and Yinnar Gazette
• Mount Wycheproof Ensign
• Murchison Advertiser
• Myrtleford Mail and Whorouly Witness
• Nagambie Times
• Narracan Shire Advocate
• Nathalia Herald
• Nhill Free Press
• The McIvor Times
• The North Central Review
• Ovens and Murray Advertiser
• Port Fairy Gazette
• The Portland Observer
• Riponshire Advocate
• Riverine Herald (Echuca)
• Rochester Express
• Romsey Express
• Rosedale Courier
• Rupunyup Spectator and Lubeck, Banyena, Rich Avon, and Lallat Advertiser
• Rutherglen Sun
• Shepparton Advertiser
• Shepparton News
• Snowy River Mail
• South Gippsland Voices Newspaper
• Sunraysia Daily (Mildura)
• Star News ( South East Suburbs)
• The Surfcoast Times (Surfcoast Shire)
• The Traralgon Journal
• The Walhalla Chronicle and Moondarra Advertiser
• Wangaratta Chronicle
• The Warragul & Drouin Gazette
• The Warragul Citizen
• The Warrnambool Standard
• The Weekly Times
• The Whittlesea Review
• Yea Chronicle

Queensland

For defunct newspapers, see Category:Defunct newspapers published in Queensland.

Brisbane newspapers

• Brisbane News (free weekly magazine)
• Brisbane Times (online)
• The Courier-Mail (tabloid)
• The Catholic Leader (Brisbane)
• The Epoch Times (Broadsheet Chinese weekly, Subscription English weekly)
• Newsbytes (online)
• Queensland Asian Business Weekly (Chinese weekly)
• Queensland Country Life (published in Brisbane for Queensland rural readers)
• Sameway Magazine (Chinese weekly)

Brisbane community newspapers

• The Independent
• Quest Community Newspapers (city and suburban editions)
• The Reporter
• The Westerner
• Westside News
• Wynnum Herald
• Brisbane Indian Times

Regional newspapers

• Albert & Logan News
• Ayr Advocate
• Balonne Beacon
• Beaudesert Times
• The Border Post (Stanthorpe)
• Bowen Independent
• Bundaberg NewsMail
• Caboolture Shire Herald
• Cairns Bulletin
• Cairns Newspapers
• Cairns Northern News
• The Cairns Post
• Cairns Sun
• The Canungra Times
• The Capricornian
• The Central & North Burnett Times
• Central Queensland News (Emerald)
• Central Queensland Today (Rockhampton)
• The Charleville Courier
• Chinchilla News and Murilla Advertiser
• The Chronicle
• Cooktown Local News
• The Daily Mercury
• Darling Downs Gazette
• The Evening Advocate
• The Gladstone Observer
• Gold Coast Bulletin
• Gold Coast Mail
• Gold Coast Sun
• Goondiwindi Argus
• Gympie Life
• Gympie Times
• Herbert River Express
• Hinterland Times
• Home Hill Observer
• Innisfail Advocate
• The Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser
• Ipswich News
• The Kuranda Paper^[8]
• Logan West Leader
• Longreach Leader
• The Maryborough Sun (Maryborough)
• The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton)
• The Noosa Journal
• MacIntyre Gazette
• Moreton Daily News
• Noosa News
• The National Tribune^[9]
• Northern Herald (former Millstream Times)
• The Northern Miner (Charters Towers)
• Northern Times
• Pine Rivers Press
• Port Douglas and Mossman Gazette
• The Queensland Times (Ipswich)
• Redcliffe & Bayside Herald
• Redland City Bulletin
• South Burnett Times (Kingaroy)
• Southern Herald
• Sunshine Coast Daily
• Tablelander
• Tablelands Advertiser
• The Weekend Post
• The Whitsunday Times
• Toowoomba Chronicle
• Torres News
• Townsville Bulletin
• Townsville Sun
• Warwick Daily News
• Western Cape Bulletin
• The Western Star and Roma Advertiser
• Whitsunday Coast Guardian formerly The Proserpine Guardian and The Guardian
• Tropic Now
• The Coastal Rag (Discovery Coast, Queensland)

Western Australia

Main article: List of newspapers in Western Australia

Perth newspapers

• Countryman
• Fremantle Herald
• Subiaco Post
• The Sunday Times
• WA Business News
• The West Australian
• Great Southern Weekender
• WAtoday (online only)

Regional newspapers

Further information: Category:Newspapers published in Western Australia by region

• Albany Advertiser
• Avon Advocate
• Broome Advertiser
• The Bunbury Herald
• Bunbury Mail
• Busselton-Dunsborough Mail
• Busselton-Margaret Times
• Capes Herald
• Coolgardie Miner
• Darlington Review
• Esperance Express
• Echo Newspapers
• Geraldton Guardian
• Gnowangerup Star (defunct)
• Golden Age (Coolgardie daily)
• Goldfield Courier (Coolgardie)
• Goldfields Express (Goldfields region)
• Great Southern Herald (Katanning)
• Harvey Reporter
• Kalgoorlie Miner
• Kimberley Echo (Kununurra)
• Kimberley Times (Derby)
• Mandurah Coastal Times
• Mandurah Mail
• Manjimup-Bridgetown Times
• Midwest Times
• Mundaring Magazine
• Murray Mail (Pinjarra)
• Narrogin Observer
• North West Telegraph (Port Hedland)
• Northern Guardian (Carnarvon)
• The Northern Times (Carnarvon, W.A.)
• Northern Valleys News (Northern Valleys – Bindoon, Bullsbrook, Calingiri, Chittering, Gingin, Mogumber, Muchea, Wannamal)
• Pilbara Echo (Karratha, Dampier, Port Hedland)
• Pilbara News (Karratha)
• Pinjarra Murray Times (Pinjarra)
• Sound Telegraph (Rockingham)
• South Western Times (Bunbury)
• Southern Avon Chronicle (Northam, York)

South Australia

See also: List of newspapers in South Australia by circulation

Adelaide

• The Advertiser (tabloid)
• InDaily (online only)
• Messenger Newspapers
• Sameway Magazine (Chinese weekly)
• Stock Journal (statewide)
• The Southern Cross (Catholic weekly newspaper, now monthly)
• Sunday Mail (tabloid)

Regional newspapers

• The Border Chronicle (Bordertown)
• The Border Times (Pinnaroo)
• The Border Watch (Mount Gambier)
• The Bunyip (Gawler)
• Burra Broadcaster (Burra)
• Coastal Leader (Kingston SE)
• The Courier (Mount Barker)
• The Eyre Peninsula Tribune (Cleve)
• The Flinders News (Port Pirie)
• Gibber Gabber
• Herald (Tanunda)
• The Islander (Kingscote)
• The Leader (Barossa Valley)
• The Loxton News (Loxton)
• The Murray Pioneer (Renmark)
• The Murray Valley Standard (Murray Bridge)
• The Naracoorte Herald (Naracoorte)
• The Northern Argus (Clare Valley)
• On the Coast (Victor Harbor)
• The Pennant (Penola)
• The Plains Producer (Balaklava)
• The Port Lincoln Times (Port Lincoln)
• The Quorn Mercury (Quorn, Flinders Ranges)
• The Recorder (Port Pirie)
• The River News (Waikerie)
• The Southern Argus (Strathalbyn)
• South Eastern Times (Millicent)
• The Times (Victor Harbor)
• The Transcontinental (Port Augusta)
• Victor Harbor Times (Victor Harbor)
• The West Coast Sentinel (Ceduna)
• The Whyalla News (Whyalla)
• Yorke Peninsula Country Times (Kadina)

Tasmania

Main article: List of newspapers in Tasmania

Hobart newspapers

• The Mercury
• The Sunday Tasmanian

Regional newspapers

• The Advocate (Burnie)
• Circular Head Chronicle (Smithton)
• The Examiner (Launceston)
• The Gazette (New Norfolk)
• Huon Valley News (Franklin)
• The North Coast Post (Meander Valley)
• The Independent (Launceston)
• Kingborough Chronicle (Kingborough)
• North-Eastern Advertiser (Scottsdale)
• Tasmanian Country (Hobart)
• Sorell Times (Sorell)
• Tasman Gazette (Tasman peninsula)
• East Coast View (East coast)
• Hobart Observer (Hobart)
• Glenorchy Gazette (Glenorchy)
• Eastern Shore Sun (Eastern shore)

Northern Territory

Darwin newspapers

• Darwin Sun
• Northern Territory News (1952–present)
• Palmerston Sun

Regional newspapers

• Alice Springs News
• Arafura Times
• Centralian Advocate
• Eylandt Echo
• Katherine Times
• Litchfield Times
• Top End Review
• Wagaitear

Australian Capital Territory

• Canberra Weekly
• Canberra City News
• Canberra Illustrated: A Quarterly Magazine
• The Canberra Times
• The Federal Capital Pioneer
• The Good Neighbour
• The RIOT ACT

See also

• Jschool
• List of magazines in Australia
• List of student newspapers in Australia
• Mass media in Australia

Notes

1. Including figures of The Sunday Telegraph.
2. Including figures of The Sunday Mail.
3. Including figures of Sunday Mail.

References

1. "Sydney Morning Herald the most read newspaper in the country". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 November 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021.
2. Samios, Zoe (16 August 2018). "News Corp releases digital subscription numbers following withdrawal from AMAA audit". Mumbrella. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020.
3. Wallbank, Paul (20 February 2019). "Newspapers continue slump in latest audited circulation figures". Mumbrella. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020.
4. "Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program - National Library of Australia". www.nla.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
5. Pippa Norris (Fall 2000). "Chapter 4 The Decline of Newspapers?". A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Post-Industrial Societies (PDF). New York: Cambridge University Press. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
6. "Geelanmedia Publications - Issuu".
7. http://www.MelbourneObserver.com.au Archived 31 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine
8. Association, Kuranda Media. "Kuranda Paper 270 October 2015". www.kurandapaper.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
9. "The National Tribune".

External links

• ANPlan: The Australian Newspaper Plan – an initiative of Council of Australian State Libraries (CASL)
• Australian Newspapers Online. Try searching Libraries Australia (the Australian national bibliographic database) to see which Libraries in Australia carry which newspaper/s.
• Paperboy Australia: Australian newspapers listed by city and state