The Australian
| "Welcome to the Contest of Ideas" | |
Front cover of The Australian, 26 July 2017 | |
| Type | Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | News Corp Australia |
| Editor-in-chief | Michelle Gunn |
| Editor | Kelvin Healey |
| Founded | 14 July 1964 |
| Political alignment | Centre-right |
| Headquarters | Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Circulation | Four-week reach (July 2023 to June 2024): 1.82 million (print); 4.06 million (cross-platform) |
| ISSN | 1038-8761 |
| Website | www |
The Australian, including its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian, is a six-days-a-week broadsheet-format newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. It is one of two Australian daily newspapers distributed nationally. Its readership as of September 2019, of both print and online editions, was 2,394,000. Its editorial line has been self-described over time as centre-right.