Maxwell Newton
| Maxwell Newton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
29 April 1929 Cottesloe, Western Australia |
| Died | 23 July 1990 (aged 61) Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Known for |
Melbourne Observer Daily Commercial News Canberra Post |
| Spouse(s) | Anne neé Robertson (1952) Diane neé Austin (1976) Olivia (Valerie) neé Waldron (1981) |
| Children | Sarah; Anthony; Penelope; Natasha; Sally; Emma-Jane |
Maxwell Newton (29 April 1929 – 23 July 1990) was an Australian media publisher. He was a founding editor of The Australian. He was the owner of Daily Commercial News from 1969 to 1981, publisher of the Melbourne Observer from 1971 to 1977, and, during a similar time frame, the Canberra Post.
Maxwell Newton was born to George William Newton, lead-burner, and his wife Nora Christian, legal secretary, on 28 April 1928 at Nurse Doyle's Private Hospital, in Cottesloe, Western Australia. The family lived with Nora's parents at 17 York Terrace, Mosman Park. At the age of four they moved to Bayswater where Newton was to attend Bayswater State School until the age of 12, when he won a scholarship to the academically selective Perth Modern School. From there he matriculated with exhibitions in English and history.
Newton graduated from the University of Western Australia with first class honours in economics and was awarded a Hackett scholarship to attend Clare College, Cambridge.
From 1960 to 1964 Newton was editor of the Australian Financial Review, turning it from a weekly to a daily. In 1964 he became founding editor of The Australian but left in March 1965, after falling out with its owner, Rupert Murdoch. He then became correspondent for the London Economist and the Financial Times and in June 1965 began a weekly newsletter in Canberra, the Incentive (sub-titled A Weekly Report on Business Trends and Economic Policy by Maxwell Newton). In 1957, he became political correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald in Canberra.
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