The Weekend Australian
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet, Online, App |
| Owner(s) | News Corp Australia |
| Editor | John Lehmann |
| Editor-in-chief | Paul Whittaker |
| Founded | 14 July 1964 |
| Political alignment | Right |
| Headquarters | Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia |
| ISSN | 1038-8761 |
| Website | theaustralian |
The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Paul Whittaker; the editor is John Lehmann and the editor-at-large is Paul Kelly.
Available nationally (in each state and territory), The Australian is the biggest-selling national newspaper in the country, with a circulation of 116,655 on weekdays and 254,891 on weekends, figures substantially below those of top-selling local newspapers in Sydney (The Daily Telegraph), Melbourne (The Herald Sun), and Brisbane (The Courier-Mail). Its chief rivals are the business-focused Australian Financial Review, and on weekends, The Saturday Paper. In May 2010, the newspaper launched the first Australian newspaper iPad app.The Australian is owned by News Corp Australia.
The Australian is published by News Corp Australia, an asset of News Corp, which also owns the sole dailies in Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin and the most popular metropolitan dailies in Sydney and Melbourne. News Corp's Chairman and Founder is Rupert Murdoch.
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