Australia, est 1901, is an island country which lies close to New Zealand and Indonesia, in the Pacific Ocean. It is a commonwealth of Britain.

National News

Australian Broadcasting Corporation is a news company owned and funded by grants from the Australian government. It produces national media, including newspapers, tv channels, and radio channels.  

Special Broadcasting Service is a news company partially owned and funded by grants from the Australian government. It produces national media, including newspapers, tv channels, and radio channels.  

Nine Entertainment Co. is a news company owned by  Consolidated Media Holdings, an Australian investment company based in Sydney. Nine owns and operates multiple news sources, including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and Australian Financial Review

News Corp Australia is a subsidiary of an American mass media and publishing company which produces both national and local news sources, such as The Australian, news.com.au, The Daily Telegraph (New South Wales), Herald Sun (Victoria), The Courier Mail (Queensland), The Advertiser (South Australia),  Mercury (Tasmania), and many other local news sources

Guardian Australia is the Australian branch of a global online media presence Guardian Media Group, which is owned and headquartered in the UK.

Snapshot Data

Region:  Oceania
Capital: Canberra
Government:

Constitutional 
Monarchy; 
Commonwealth of
Britain

Website:  www.australia.gov.au
United Nations: unny.mission.gov.au

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