Australia news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 6 major Australia news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language. Or jump straight to a curated comparison by political leaning.
The Australia media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Australia's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. The 6 titles tracked here span the spectrum — 2 we place on the left, 1 near the centre and 3 on the right — so a comparison can genuinely cross editorial lines rather than sampling one side twice.
By kind of outlet, the 6 titles break down as 3 daily newspapers (The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian and The Age), 1 news portal (news.com.au), 1 public broadcaster (ABC News) and 1 television news channel (Sky News Australia). The public-service broadcaster is ABC News — the natural fixed point for a comparison, because a public remit is breadth rather than a party line.
Australia sits in Australia and New Zealand, on Crosswire's Oceania hub. By outlets tracked it is 1st of the 2 countries in Australia and New Zealand and 1st of the 8 across Oceania, where the average is 4 outlets per country. Its neighbours in Australia and New Zealand with hubs of their own are New Zealand (6).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Australia's main news outlets?
Across Australia's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists on the left, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age; near the center, ABC News; on the right, The Australian, news.com.au and Sky News Australia. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
ABC News is the news service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia's publicly funded national broadcaster. It provides English-language coverage of domestic politics, international affairs, business, and culture across television, radio, and online. The ABC operates under a statutory charter requiring impartiality and is one of Australia's most trusted and widely used news sources.
The Sydney Morning Herald is one of Australia's oldest and most respected daily newspapers, published by Nine Entertainment. Based in Sydney, it covers national and international news, politics, business, and culture in print and online. It is regarded as a leading metropolitan broadsheet, often viewed as centrist to centre-left in editorial outlook.
The Australian is a national daily newspaper published by News Corp Australia, founded by Rupert Murdoch. It covers national politics, business, and international affairs, and is generally regarded as conservative or centre-right in its editorial stance. As the country's main national broadsheet, it is influential among policymakers and business readers.
news.com.au is a popular Australian online news portal owned by News Corp Australia. It provides English-language coverage of breaking news, politics, sport, entertainment, and lifestyle for a broad general audience. One of the country's most visited news sites, its content is often described as populist with a centre-right lean.
The Age is Melbourne's metropolitan daily, founded in 1854 and owned by Nine Entertainment following its 2018 merger with Fairfax Media. Alongside its Sydney stablemate it produces subscription-funded quality journalism covering Victorian and national affairs, and its editorial outlook is generally characterized as centre-left, contrasting with News Corp's Melbourne tabloid the Herald Sun.
Sky News Australia is a 24-hour news channel owned by News Corp Australia and distinct from the British broadcaster of the same name. Daytime bulletins are complemented by opinion-led evening programming whose hosts are widely characterized as right-leaning, drawing comparisons to Fox News. The channel reaches a large digital and YouTube audience alongside subscription television.
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