This interactive report is a companion to our News media in Australia: 2025 report.
The report explores the range of professional news outlets operating in Australia, including the total number of outlets and the platforms and locations they operate across.
View the report
Our News media in Australia series reports against the Media Diversity Measurement Framework. The Framework will provide a robust long-term evidence base to help inform government decision making in support of public interest journalism and media diversity in Australia. This work forms part of the government’s News Media Assistance Program.
More information
This report draws on data from the following sources:
- the Register of Radiocommunications Licences
- our register of eligible news businesses
- the Media Diversity Measurement Framework monitoring and desktop research strategy (see the News media in Australia: 2025 report).
- the Public Interest Journalism Initiative’s Australian News Index.
You can also:
- find out more about how to access the data in our interactive reports
- view a glossary of key terms used in these reports
- view other reports in this series.
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