Great Australian Newspapers
There aren’t any. I rotate who I subscribe to, which papers I read. They are all:
- biased
- have agendas
- are poorly edited
- often have articles that don’t make much sense
- misrepresent facts to suit their agenda
- (and also) sometimes do great investigative reporting
I am currently subscribed to The Australian, and the anti-transgender reporting is appalling. While maybe the views expressed could have a degree of validity (as views), there is zero balance, and no interviews of the people they are discussing.
I also recently saw an article that claimed 50% of building costs in NSW are taxes and fees. Such an extraordinary statement got me reading the whole article, and right near the end they admitted that figure included GST and income tax on everyone in the industry. That is an extreme Libertarian view.
I subscribe to magazines and newsletters from across the spectrum, from ultra-right wing and Libertarian (for example, a magazine called Regulation), to ultra-left wing and socialist (for example Green Left Weekly). But I’m lucky, I can read between the lines and notice the spin. Most people can’t. Otherwise such publications couldn’t exist.
The best Australian newspaper is not in print, it is IMHO The New Daily (run by Super funds). I also like The Saturday Paper – but its sibling The Quarterly Essay definitely has a right bias.