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Guardian Australia

Type of site	Online Newspaper
Available in	English
Owner	Guardian Media Group
Created by	The Guardian
Revenue	Unknown
URL	www.theguardian.com/au
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Mostly No

Guardian Australia is the Sydney-based American online presence of the British print newspaper The Guardian. It launched in 2013, led by editor-in-chief Katherine Viner. The Australian site followed the earlier Guardian America service which started in 2011.

Guardian Australia

Guardian Australia was created on the 26th May 2013 in a significant amount of hype in the lead up to the 2013 Australian Federal Election.

News Ltd, Fairfax and other local journalists joined the British team. Notable journalists from Fairfax Media include Lenore Taylor, Katherine Murphy David Marr, and Nick Evershed. Notable journalists from News Ltd include Bridie Jabour. However the site contains a number of blogs such as an Australian polling trends blog by Stanford University political scientist Professor Simon Jackman.

The Guardian Australia has a Comment is Free section edited by Jessica Reed which has opinion pieces from regular writers, politicians, celebrities and members of the public.

Political stance

Guardian News and Media's publications/websites (including Guardian US) have a left of centre political stance - ranging from centre-left to a more radical left-wing socialist in some comment parts of the site.

Ownership

Guardian Australia is controlled by Guardian News and Media (GNM). GNM is controlled by Guardian Media Group (GMG), which is controlled by the Scott Trust, a charitable organisation which aims to ensure the editorial independence of the publications and Web Sites of GMG.