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Rupert Murdoch digitises most regional papers or shuts them down
Regional Queenslanders and nearly all other districts across the nation are about to lose their local rag. Something as fundamental as a local newspaper which a reader can pick up from the newsagent is a part of Australian culture. Regional Australia can place the blame fairly and squarely on the LNP/ALP duopoly for allowing such a concentration of media in the hands of one media monolith. Murdoch took the abundant advertising cream from these tabloids for two to three decades after buying most independent newspapers from family owned businesses across Australia.
Murdoch editorials and general news stories have always favoured the LNP first, then the ALP and bugger everybody else. This is how Murdoch was allowed to have such a disproportionate concentration of media ownership which includes nearly all major city dailies and The Australian. Billions of dollars revenue from government advertising and the grocery duopoly also played a big part in the editorial flavour of News Ltd publications.
The opportunity now presents itself for new players to enter the print media market but there is one snag. Murdoch still controls most of the tabloid printing presses in Queensland and the price of printing a local paper might keep new publications from filling the void.
Banjo Peterson will roll over in his grave.
from the ABC
Queensland
| Newspaper | Editions |
|---|---|
| Cairns Post | Print and Digital |
| Townsville Bulletin | Print and Digital |
| Gold Coast Bulletin | Print and Digital |
| Toowoomba Chronicle | Print and Digital |
| Mackay Daily Mercury | Digital only |
| Rockhampton Morning Bulletin | Digital only |
| Gladstone Observer | Digital only |
| Bundaberg News Mail | Digital only |
| Fraser Coast Chronicle | Digital only |
| Gympie Times | Digital only |
| Sunshine Coast Daily | Digital only |
| Queensland Times | Digital only |
| Warwick Daily News | Digital only |
| Central and North Burnett Times | Digital only |
| Central Queensland News | Digital only |
| Chinchilla News | Digital only |
| Dalby Herald | Digital only |
| Gatton Star | Digital only |
| Noosa News | Digital only |
| South Burnett Times | Digital only |
| Stanthorpe Border Post | Digital only |
| Western Star | Digital only |
| Western Times | Digital only |
| Whitsunday Times | Digital only |
| Whitsunday Coast Guardian | Digital only |
| Bowen Independent | Digital only |
| Albert and Logan News | Digital only |
| Caboolture Herald | Digital only |
| Westside News | Digital only |
| Pine Rivers Press | Digital only |
| Redcliffe and Bayside Herald | Digital only |
| South-West News | Digital only |
| Wynnum Herald | Digital only |
| North Lakes Times | Digital only |
| Redlands Community News | Digital only |
| Springfield News | Digital only |
| Northside Chronicle/Bayside Star | Ceasing publication |
| North-West News | Ceasing publication |
| South-East Advertiser | Ceasing publication |
| Southern Star | Ceasing publication |
| Bribie Weekly | Ceasing publication |
| Buderim Chronicle | Ceasing publication |
| Caloundra Weekly | Ceasing publication |
| Capricorn Coast Mirror | Ceasing publication |
| Coolum News | Ceasing publication |
| Nambour Weekly | Ceasing publication |
| Ipswich Advertiser | Ceasing publication |
| Kawana/Maroochy Weekly | Ceasing publication |
| Gold Coast Sun | Ceasing publication |
| Hervey Bay Independent | Ceasing publication |
| Maryborough Herald | Ceasing publication |
| Balonne Beacon | Ceasing publication |
| Surat Basin News | Ceasing publication |
| Herbert River Express | Ceasing publication |
| Innisfail Advocate | Ceasing publication |
| Central Telegraph | Ceasing publication |
| The Atherton Tablelander | Will continue to appear in regional sections of the Cairns Post and Townsville Bulletin |
| Northern Miner | Will continue to appear in regional sections of the Cairns Post and Townsville Bulletin |
| Port Douglas & Mossman Gazette | Will continue to appear in regional sections of the Cairns Post and Townsville Bulletin |
| Burdekin Advocate | Will continue to appear in regional sections of the Cairns Post and Townsville Bulletin |
Rupert Murdoch and News Ltd warn readers the New World Order has begun
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News Ltd’s Far Northern daily newspaper the Cairns Post dropped the NWO bombshell on its front page, March 24, 2020. In a not so subtle headline the tabloid says the NWO, as mentioned frequently by former US President and Deep State operative George Bush, is upon us. Timed with martial law enacted by the Federal Liberal Government and the states, NWO preparedness is ravaging the economy which will regress the nation by a generation.
The Australian Labor Party fell into line when its leader Anthony Albanese yesterday agreed in a wide-ranging interview with the ABC and commercial networks that the Federal Government was doing the right thing by introducing curfews, closing each state’s borders, placing the military on check points and having a permit system for entry into various districts.
This ‘divide and conquer’ strategy is killing off a nation in readiness for a cashless society and the ‘mark of the beast’. Survivors of East Germany would be looking on in wonderment. Every citizen soon will be dependent entirely on the ‘socialist government’.
Cairns Post front page March 24, 2020. News Ltd has laid out in plain sight what is occurring in Australia and much of the world under the cover of a virus only as dangerous as the common flu
The World Health Organisation, as strong arm of the United Nations, has been calling the shots for many countries ensuring populations are locked down supposedly to prevent further infections by ‘social distancing’, ie, keeping a 1.5 metre space between individuals at all times.
The herd mentality has unquestionably unfolded like the enigmatic herd immunity which supposedly kicks in after 60 per cent of the population has been exposed to a virus. No vaccine is on the horizon but some doctors are advising people to get a flu injection to ward off normal influenza as the season movers toward winter in the southern hemisphere.
Some medical professionals and the Australian Medical Association have warned taking a flu shot could cause more problems that it could prevent.
However Big Pharma controls the AMA and its members will always recommend drugs before any natural or drug-free remedies which have been proven to work against Covid19. No AMA doctor will ever mention Vitamin C or any of its derivatives as a treatment for Covid19 yet Chinese medical authorities have claimed to have treated many thousands successfully with Vitamin C.
Furthermore natural medicine practitioners advocate keeping the immune system strong by any number of proven herbal, vitamin or mineral remedies available on the market.
Big Pharma and its partner in matrimony the WHO are the problem. Neither of these entities has ever questioned the origins of Covid 19.
Thus the way has been paved for permanent NWO policies instructed by the UN. PM Scott Morrison has stated often that the country might have to be locked down for six months because of a virus that has killed so far, fewer that the annual flu. Other medical officers are claiming society might have to be in lock-down for 18 months, a proposition even the marginal thinkers are unable to contemplate.
Australia recorded 300,000 influenza cases last year with a mortality rate of between 1.3 and 2.8 per cent depending on age. The Influenza Specialist Group statistics below reveal the normal flu could be more dangerous than the Coronavirus, incidentally, which is found in the system of every human.
- Influenza (commonly known as “the flu”) is a highly contagious and potentially deadly disease that can be spread through coughing and sneezing. In Australia, influenza on average causes 1,500 to 3,000 deaths, about 18,000 hospitalisations and 300,000 GP consultations each year.
- Influenza is caused by a virus and causes more severe illness than the common cold. It can cause serious and debilitating complications, including pneumonia, especially in people that are vulnerable such as the elderly and other in the “at risk” group.
- People with a chronic disease have a 40 times increased risk of death from influenza.
- Annual vaccination is the single most effective measure to prevent influenza.
- Only 42 per cent of the “at risk” group under 65 years of age are being vaccinated annually.
- Less than 50 per cent of healthcare workers, who are at a greater risk of contracting and spreading influenza, are being vaccinated against influenza annually.
- Ten per cent of all workplace absenteeism associated with illness is due to influenza.
Why the Coronavirus madness?
Herd stupidity has shone through even when News Ltd lays it out in plain sight. To many people its seems incomprehensible.
Herd mentality continues to rear its many ugly heads by conditioning sane citizens to abandon any sense of community and to load shopping trolleys with as many goods as they can fit in but the completeness of subliminal conditioning to hoard toilet paper suggests Deep State has fulfilled its long-held manifesto.
News Ltd in damage control over Agenda 21/30
Junk news, News Ltd is in damage control over social media revealing the true status of the UN Agenda 21/30 agreement which Australian states signed up to in 1992. Since then in Queensland it has been the blueprint for state and local government planning and by-laws to affect every mortal way of life.
Agenda 30, ‘A call for action to change our world’
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld
Allotment sizes, storm water drainage, water ownership, road locations, vegetation control, fire management(no machinery), super cities, smart cities, environmentally smart homes, smart meters, power generation, national parks, forestry, education, science, ad infinitum…..
News Ltd owner Rupert Murdoch is in damage control over Agenda 21/30 being exposed by social media.
Sustainable Development Goals taken from Agenda 30
- Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
- Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
- Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
- Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
- Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
- Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
- Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
- Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
- Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
- Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
- Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
- Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
- Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts*
- Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
- Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
- Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
- Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch in damage control:
It is of interest that just on this site alone over 8 years there have been more than a quarter of a million views of our stories about this insidious UN Agreement which has been rigidly adhered to by Queensland and all other state governments since 1992.
Brain-dead News Ltd reporters are claiming a Facebook site shared an Agenda 21 story 30 times. Our articles do this almost on a daily basis. Cairnsnews has a much greater readership than the News Ltd hallmark social rag the Cairns Post and most of its other regional dailies. If this readership is combined with Australian Patriot Radio listeners then suddenly we are big players in the regional media stakes. Robert J Lee, Editor
Cairns Post newspaper – no news by omission
by Jim O’Toole, editor-at-large
Lachlan Murdoch’s trademark Far Northern Queensland rag, the Cairns Post, is well known for not covering the real news. It does a great job by publishing its version of daily events often far removed from the real deal.
The editorial content of major dailies is driven by the biggest advertisers.
In the case of News Ltd the largest contributor to their contracting coffers is the grocery duopoly Coles and Woolworths.
Followed by the banks are all three levels of government and national car dealership display ads.
Since the advent of Gumtree and other internet advertising kingdoms, classified line ads have been savaged.
Murdoch is feeling it across the nation as internet news, often more plausible than his columns of opinion and skewed, socialist scribble take a big hit. The Australian is a notable exception.
No news by omission is another favourite.
Tabloid publishers have always claimed their display ads have to occupy 60 per cent of every edition to be viable, unless some cashed up national advertiser takes out lucrative, full pages.
The volume of ads determines the number of pages for each edition.
The Weekend Post of February 23, is indicative of dwindling advertising revenue. There are almost no national advertisers and only a few local ads for products and services. More importantly, for News Ltd, there are few government ads. Coles and Woolworths are conspicuous by their absence.
Is this a sign of the times? For the local economy it certainly is. The Far North has been dragging the economic chain for years while in the not so distant past, News Ltd has sucked hundreds of millions of advertising dollars from struggling businesses in the Far North.
For some advertisers there is no discernible benefit. The Townsville and north western floods will impact the northern economy for a decade casting an even deeper shadow over the small business sector.
Murdoch has other regional tabloids locked in his stable which often perform better than the Cairns Post. That’s because News Ltd has devoured almost all independent regionals throughout the nation. Any that might have been missed have gone to the Fairfax opposition.
Cairns Post editor Jennifer Spilsbury toes the government line when it comes to political coverage.
Murdoch’s hand-picked Cairns editor Jennifer Spilsbury sits on the endless conveyor belt of scribes to be eventually disgorged by the New Ltd editorial monster.
In the heady days of Pauline Hanson and One Nation during the late 90’s any reporter then working for the Townsville Bulletin would remember when Lachlan Murdoch, in response to a favourable editorial by the then editor, rampaged through the newsroom.
“Kill the cow (Pauline Hanson),” he ranted. Then I was living near Townsville and this episode was related to me at the time by a friend who worked for the Bully.
I can’t remember the ultimate fate of the editor.
It more recent times it would appear a similar scenario is playing out at the Cairns Post with help from its former managers, by mostly running the Liberal line.
Rumblings among the business sector indicate some big players and a good deal of the smaller ones are sick and tired of the local Liberal member and his policy platitudes.
According to a media release from Katters Australian Party, Bob Katter and Robbie Katter announced senate candidates in Cairns on Friday. Cairnsnews got this release then one could assume, so did the others. A segment appeared on Win Television.
We remember a huge splash in the Cairns Post for the Labor senate candidate recently parachuted into Cairns from the Gold Coast.
This KAP show should have been a significant, newsworthy event for the Far North but a quick glance at today’s Cairns Post reveals nothing about the two Katters being present in Cairns.
There are assorted bits about fashion queens, council spats, irrelevant LNP crocodile yarns from the Gold Coast, sports beat-ups and Sams pies with Worcestershire sauce but not much about policies supporting the economic future of the north
Cairnsnews is not in the habit of making excuses for Murdoch mendacity but we will publish Friday’s political event in its absence from the hallowed pages of the Cairns Post.
After all, editor Jennifer Spilsbury makes the point in her opinion piece today:
“Newspaper companies are tasked with tackling very serious and important topics. Politics and crime to us is what roads, rates and rubbish is to councils.
But we do much more than that. We celebrate our way of life, proudly highlighting the very best of who and what we are and what we like to do.”
Commendable Jennifer, but what happened to the political news?
Murdoch media tentacles move onto APN regionals
Rupert Murdoch – Greed & Power Monger
Media baron Rupert Murdoch has taken a 14.99 per cent stake in the country’s second largest regional media organisation, APN News and Media (Australian Provincial Newspapers).
APN has long been an alternative source of regional news and often takes a more reasonable and believable news view than that of News Ltd or its corporate oligarchy.
If Murdoch had taken a 15 per cent share of APN he could have attracted the attention of the Federal Government or the competition watchdog.
Malcolm Turnbull – snake oil salesman
But as it stands with Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, any larger stake would no doubt have had his blessings, in light of his demand last week that media ownership laws be relaxed even further, a topic he brings up in each term of parliament.
Turnbull cannot be trusted about much at all, particularly the media or banking, when he is a key player in the international investment bank, Goldman Sachs, a large Jewish financial corporation named in the US for its part in huge financial swindles.
Polls, lying polls and dodgy data
A Galaxy poll commissioned by News Ltd, published in the Cairns Post newspaper has the ALP State leader Annastacia Palaszczuk one point behind Campbell Newman as preferred Premier. Whilst we know Campbell is on the nose it is hard to believe he is this far behind!
It has Palmers United party at 12 per cent and Katters Australian Party at zero. But don’t dismay this happened before Clive’s public outpouring of antipathy towards the Chinese Government. Polls, lying polls and dodgy data are the usual products of opinion polls, especially from those polling companies that are owned by Rupert Murdoch of News Ltd.
Annastacia Palaszczuk
Their methodology is simple – just ask a loaded question and you get the required result. For example which leader is your preferred choice of Premier, Newman or Palaszczuk?
There are no other options on offer so the interviewee has to pick one or the other, neither of whom he likes at all. If the pollster was to ask, “If you don’t like either on offer, who is your choice of Premier?” Then the polling result would be much different.
This polling subterfuge is what happens when the ALP and the LNP allow Rupert Murdoch to control the vast majority of Australian media.
Thank God for the internet!
This great Australian died by the hands of politicians in government. His quest to reclaim peoples rights to stop mining on farming land has now 80,000 fighters and growing by the hour.
