105-442: Newspoll is an Australian opinion polling brand, published by The Australian and administered by Australian polling firm Pyxis Polling & Insights. Pyxis is founded by the team led by Dr Campbell White, who redesigned Newspoll's methodology as former APAC Head of Polling at YouGov from 2019-2023. Newspoll has a long tradition of predicting Australian Federal Election results, both federal and state. Until May 2015, Newspoll
210-607: A republic over his dead body. In early 1994, Labor Minister Ros Kelly became involved in a scandal known as the 'sports rorts' affair, which eventually led to her resignation. Kelly had previously stated that Hewson would be the only one resigning. In May 1994, Hewson asserted that he was leader of the Liberal party, and was surprised by negative internal party polling on an episode of Lateline , which led to his falling out with Liberal Federal Director Andrew Robb . Hewson attempted to silence leadership speculation in general by calling
315-528: A $ 2.95/week charge for readers to view premium content on its website, mobile phone, and tablet apps. The paywall was officially launched on 24 October, with a free 3-month trial. In September 2017, The Australian launched a Chinese website. In October 2018, Chris Dore , former editor of The Daily Telegraph , The Courier-Mail , and The Sunday Times (Western Australia) was announced as taking over as editor-in-chief. After Dore resigned in November 2022,
420-526: A Coalition victory, however Labor was able to mount a successful campaign, with the party's net increase in seats allowing Keating to remain Prime Minister . Hewson continued on as Liberal leader for another year, losing a leadership spill to Alexander Downer in 1994. He left parliament the following year. Since then, Hewson has continued to be a public expert in business and political commentary. He resigned his Liberal Party membership in 2019, having been
525-480: A Liberal Party rule about speaking to the media and reports at the time claimed he could face expulsion from the party. Hewson has repeatedly appeared in television interviews and on political panels and has been a regular columnist for the Australian Financial Review since 2004. In 2011 Hewson was among 140 Australian community leaders who pledged support for an Emissions trading scheme, despite
630-579: A Minister in a Hewson government, a joke Costello would relay years later. In 1991, Hewson spoke at the Australian Council of Social Services , where he stated that the organisation was reinforcing the biblical reminder that "the Poor are with us forever" by making welfare provisions larger and otherwise want to acquire more money for welfare and making bureaucracies larger [1] . This caused controversy for Hewson, who came to be seen as harsh and untrustworthy in
735-559: A campaign against the Fightback package and particularly against the GST, which he described as an attack on the working class, as it shifted the tax burden from direct taxation of the wealthy to indirect taxation as a broad-based consumption tax . Keating memorably described the impact of Hewson's GST as "15% on this, 15% on that", and Hewson as a "feral abacus ." In 1992, Hewson attacked New South Wales Labor leader Bob Carr for his lack of
840-599: A community advisory committee for RepuTex, a company that provides analysis and forecasting for the energy sector and issued an annual public listing of Australia's top 100 socially and environmentally conscious companies. In 1995, in one of his few private enterprise successes, Hewson was invited to join IT&;T Services as a non-executive director. IT&T was a specialist IT and telecommunications design and project management group that delivered major technology projects for both corporate and government clients such as Citigroup ,
945-599: A consultant to ABN AMRO . In 2005, Hewson was elected to the Touring Car Entrants Group of Australia (TEGA) board as an independent member. He left in June 2006 after a dispute with V8 Supercars Australia chairman Tony Cochrane . Hewson held the position of chairman of the board of directors for the Elderslie Group, a company whose primary interests were corporate finance and property investments. Hewson touted
1050-445: A controversial joke about domestic violence policy several months prior, Downer, at the risk of a leadership challenge from John Howard, asked Hewson for his support against Howard. Hewson released a statement indicating that he would support either Downer or Howard for leadership, on the condition that he became Shadow Treasurer. This led to Peter Costello (The Shadow Treasurer) stating that Hewson's days had passed and describing him as
1155-767: A critic of its policy direction for a number of years, particularly on climate change . Hewson was born at Baroda Private Hospital in Carlton , Sydney , New South Wales . He was the first of four children born to Eileen Isabella (née Tippett) and Donald Hewson. His mother was born in England and arrived in Australia at the age of six. His father worked as a fitter and turner. Hewson spent his early years in Carlton, where his parents lived with his paternal grandmother and his father's three sisters. His father eventually saved enough money to buy
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#17328519311451260-441: A desire by the Liberal party to have generational change, according to John Howard, who believed Hewson was not ready to be leader. Previously, Hewson had endorsed Peacock as his deputy, which created much resentment for him among Howard's supporters. Peacock, however, had no interest in becoming deputy leader again and withdrew his candidacy. In 1991, Hewson's ex-wife Margaret declared on 60 minutes that she would vote for him at
1365-404: A family life when compared to Liberal Premier John Fahey , stating, "You've got to be suspicious of a guy that doesn't drive, doesn't like kids and things like that. When he's up against a full-blooded Australian like John Fahey, he hasn't got a hope". Keating responded by saying "I don't think Ben Chifley had any trouble being a full-blooded Australian and he didn't have any children", and Hewson
1470-554: A house in Beverly Hills . Hewson attended Carlton Primary School and Beverly Hills North Primary School before attending Kogarah High School , graduating in 1963. He subsequently completed a Bachelor of Economics degree at the University of Sydney in 1967. He then completed a master's degree at the Regina , Canada campus of the University of Saskatchewan (which since 1974 has been
1575-608: A large number of articles about the Rudd government 's Building the Education Revolution policy, which uncovered purported evidence of overpricing, financial waste, and mismanagement of the building of improvements to schools such as halls, gymnasia, and libraries. On the newspaper's website, a section named "Stimulus Watch", subtitled "How your Billions Are Being Spent", contained a large collection of such articles. The following year, other media outlets also reported these issues and
1680-620: A larger extent during the Howard Liberal government (including the GST), while unemployment benefits and bulk billing were re-targeted for a time by the Abbott Liberal government. Since his departure from politics, Hewson has written extensively for the business and general press and spent time on the lecture circuit. In his writings, he demonstrated an increasing focus on corporate social and environmental responsibility. In 2003 and 2004, he chaired
1785-493: A leadership ballot on 23 May 1994. However, he lost the vote and the leadership to Alexander Downer , who had undermined Hewson while acting as Shadow Treasurer. Hewson had also lost the support of Federal Liberal Party President Tony Staley and Andrew Peacock, who had supported Hewson four years earlier and against Howard's 1993 leadership challenge. Staley broke it off with Hewson after being informed by fellow Liberal party member Ron Walker of difficulties in fundraising following
1890-554: A member of the Trilateral Commission , an alliance of top political and economic leaders from North America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe . In December 2012, Hewson was appointed as a non-executive director of Larus Energy, an oil and gas company developing operations in Papua New Guinea . After 1996 Hewson became increasingly critical of Prime Minister John Howard . In 2003 he opposed Howard's decision to take part in
1995-567: A press conference to respond to the allegations against her. In 2013, the Fair Work Commission commenced initial inquiries into allegations of improper union financial conduct, and the government initiated a judicial inquiry into the AWU affair in December of that year as part of a royal commission into trade unions. The Teachers Pet , an investigation into the disappearance of Lynette Dawson ,
2100-506: A radical collection of economic liberal measures including the introduction of a Goods and Services Tax (GST), various changes to Medicare including the abolition of bulk billing for non- concession holders , the introduction of a nine-month limit on unemployment benefits , various changes to industrial relations laws including the abolition of awards , a $ 13 billion personal income tax cut directed at middle and upper income earners, $ 10 billion in government spending cuts,
2205-510: A readership of 292,000 for the Monday–Friday editions and 576,000 for the Saturday edition. In June 2019, Roy Morgan reported figures of 851,000 (June 2018: 831,000) for the print version (total, weekend, and weekday editions); digital versions 1,965,000 (June 2018: 1,965,000); total cross-platform 2,421,000 (June 2018: 2,564,000). (By way of comparison, The Sydney Morning Herald total figure
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#17328519311452310-593: A senior journalist writing for The Australian , reported in 2005 about the Australian Wheat Board funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to Iraq and the government of Saddam Hussein before the start of the Iraq War . This story became known as the AWB oil-for-wheat scandal , and resulted in a commission of inquiry into the matter. Overington received a Walkley Award for her coverage. In 2009, The Australian ran
2415-533: A significant change in polling methods, from live telephone interviews to a mix of online and automated telephone interviews. However, the wording of Newspoll questions remained the same. In the first major test of this methodology, Newspoll conducted by Galaxy Research was the most accurate national published poll at the 2016 Australian Federal Election. A further change occurred in November 2019, with YouGov switching to entirely online polling. Since this change, Newspoll has been consistently accurate, being ranked as
2520-462: A similar fashion to how the Joh for Canberra campaign damaged John Howard in the 1980s. Through persistent questions over his leadership, Hewson's consistent response was that "leadership is not an issue". Highly regarded Australian psephologist Antony Green believes that had the former deputy Liberal leader Fred Chaney not retired in 1993 he could have succeeded Hewson as Liberal leader in 1993. Chaney
2625-541: A statement that "At no point does the research report claim that News Ltd publication fuelled far-right sentiment." In late 2022, editor-in-chief Chris Dore resigned from The Australian citing health issues. After acting as editor-in-chief following the departure of Dore, Michelle Gunn become the first female editor-in-chief at the newspaper in January 2023. Gunn was replaced as editor by Kelvin Healey. Caroline Overington ,
2730-545: A suicide bomber. Several days later, Downer resigned and Howard was elected Liberal leader for his second period. Hewson was not returned to the front bench as part of the Howard shadow cabinet and speculation spread that he intended to leave politics, a claim he denied while at the same time endorsing John Howard as Liberal party leader and prime minister. Former New South Wales Premier Nick Greiner confirmed he had advised Hewson to retire. On 28 February 1995, Hewson announced in
2835-440: A time when there was a leadership vacuum amongst the conservatives. The Coalition, led by John Howard, lost the 1987 election, but a majority of Liberal MPs voted to keep him as leader over his predecessor Andrew Peacock. Hewson was Howard's advisor when Howard was Treasurer and the two formed a friendship. However their friendship hit a low point when Hewson won Liberal preselection for Wentworth. After Hewson's preselection, Howard
2940-478: A turning point in the election campaign. In reference to the birthday cake interview in an August 2006 interview, Hewson said: "Well I answered the question honestly. The answer's actually right. That doesn't count...I should have told him (Mike Willesee) to get stuffed!". According to Channel 9's 20 to 1 episode Unscripted and Unplanned , the Birthday Cake Interview incident was the moment Hewson lost
3045-427: Is a daily newspaper in broadsheet format published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. As the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nationally, its readership as of September 2019 of both print and online editions was 2,394,000. Its editorial line has been self-described over time as centre-right . The Australian is published by News Corp Australia, an asset of News Corp , which also owns
3150-428: Is a podcast written by Hedley Thomas and Slade Gibson that ran in 2018. It was credited with generating new leads that led to the subsequent arrest of Chris Dawson for the murder of his wife, and the setting up of police enquiry Strike Force Southwood to explore claims of sexual assaults and student-teacher relationships at several Sydney high schools brought up on the podcast. The series has had 28 million downloads,
3255-626: Is down the middle in its news coverage". In 2007, Crikey described the newspaper as generally in support of the Liberal Party of Australia and the then-Coalition government , but has pragmatically supported Labor governments in the past as well. In 2007, The Australian announced their support for Kevin Rudd of the Australian Labor Party in the Federal election. As of 2021, the last time
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3360-460: Is published on the first Friday of the month. " The Australian has long maintained a focus on issues relating to Aboriginal disadvantage." It also devotes attention to the information technology , defence and mining industries, as well as the science, economics, and politics of climate change . It has also published numerous special reports into Australia's energy policy, legal affairs, and research sector. The Australian Literary Review
3465-415: Is widely cited in other Australian and global media. Newspoll was established in 1985 as a joint venture between News Limited and Yann Campbell Hoare Wheeler, which later was purchased by Millward Brown during the 1990s. In 2015 this company was wound up with The Australian announcing that henceforth Newspoll would become a polling brand administered by Galaxy. The transfer of operation to Galaxy came with
3570-468: The Fightback! policy manifesto, which proposed a series of major economic reforms with a goods and services tax (GST) as its centrepiece. Political platforms in the 1993 federal election focused mainly on economic policy, especially on how Australia should respond to the early 1990s recession . The Labor Party – led by Paul Keating – had been in power for 10 years at that point. Many polls suggested
3675-580: The Department of Defence , News Limited , and Ernst & Young across the Asia Pacific region. IT&T Services was acquired by the public company Powerlan Ltd in 2000. Hewson then became a professor of management at Macquarie University , Sydney, and Dean of the Macquarie Graduate School of Management in 2002, but resigned within two years. While at Macquarie University, he also served as
3780-618: The Fraser government , a business journalist, and a director of Macquarie Bank . In 1987 , Hewson was elected to the House of Representatives . He was appointed to the shadow cabinet in 1988, serving under John Howard and Andrew Peacock . After Peacock lost the 1990 election , Hewson was elected leader of the Liberal Party in his place, thus becoming Leader of the Opposition . In 1991, he launched
3885-463: The Iraq War although in 2004 argued it would be electoral "suicide" for the Liberal Party to replace Howard with an alternate leader. In July 2006, Hewson gave an interview to ABC 's Four Corners program in which he voiced concern at the growing influence of what he characterised as a "hardline right religious element" in the New South Wales branch of the Liberal Party. This was in breach of
3990-630: The Liberal-National Coalition to defeat at the 1993 Australian federal election . Hewson was born in Sydney , New South Wales, and earned a PhD in Economics from Johns Hopkins University . He has also attained degrees from the University of Sydney and the University of Regina . Before entering politics, Hewson worked as an economist for the Reserve Bank of Australia , an economic advisor to
4095-1404: The National Biography Awards in 2021. Columnists include Janet Albrechtsen , Troy Bramston, Henry Ergas , Ticky Fullerton , Antonella Gambotto-Burke , Adam Creighton , Robert Gottliebsen , Gideon Haigh , Paul Kelly , Chris Kenny , Brendan O'Neill , Nicolas Rothwell , Angela Shanahan, Dennis Shanahan , Greg Sheridan , Judith Sloan , Cameron Stewart , Peter van Onselen , Graham Richardson , Peta Credlin , and Claire Lehmann . It also features daily cartoons from Johannes Leak . Occasional contributors include Gregory Melleuish , Kevin Donnelly , Caroline Overington , Tom Switzer , James Allan , Hal G.P. Colebatch , Luke Slattery, Noel Pearson , Bettina Arndt , Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott , and Lucian Boz . Contributors to The Weekend Australian Magazine and "Review" in The Weekend Australian include Phillip Adams , national art critic Christopher Allen , actor and writer Graeme Blundell , Jeremy Clarkson , Antonella Gambotto-Burke , author Trent Dalton , author Nikki Gemmell , poet Sarah Holland-Batt , and demographer Bernard Salt . Film critic David Stratton retired in December 2023. In 1971, The Australian instituted its own "Australian of
4200-592: The University of Regina ) and a second master's and a doctorate in economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore . In 1967, he married Margaret Deaves. Upon returning to Australia, Hewson worked as an economist for the Reserve Bank of Australia . From 1976 to 1983 he was employed as an economic advisor to two successive Liberal treasurers, Phillip Lynch and John Howard . During this period he developed an interest in politics and became determined to enter politics himself. While he espoused strong liberal views, he
4305-586: The Warringah by-election, was among those who voted against Hewson in the May 1994 spill. In the immediate aftermath, Abbott told The 7.30 Report that Hewson should be remembered for his first three years as leader, when he united the party following divisions caused by the Peacock-Howard rivalry, and not for his last twelve months. Abbott also remarked that as Fightback! was central to a Hewson Prime Ministership, when
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4410-508: The 1993 election defeat, including the fear of changes to Medicare and the zero Tariff policy. Peter Costello stated that he believes Hewson's Fightback! campaign caused unnecessary confrontations and that Hewson lacked the experience to know which policies to fight for and which ones to leave alone. Notable confrontations including the GST proposal receiving opposition from Churches and Welfare as well as opposition to abolishing bulk billing and changing superannuation . An additional reason for
4515-467: The 1993 election defeat. Staley believed Hewson to be unelectable. Journalist Laurie Oakes claimed that Hewson viewed Peter Costello as his would-be challenger, unaware of the threat posed by Downer. Several days later after blaming Andrew Robb for his losing the leadership to Downer, Hewson was appointed as Shadow Minister for Industry, Commerce, Infrastructure, and Customs in Downer's shadow cabinet, becoming
4620-539: The 1995 Wentworth by Election. Analysts had speculated that had Hewson remained in Parliament, he would have been at risk of losing Liberal party endorsement in a party pre-selection challenge to his seat potentially from Peter King . In other words, Hewson would have been forced to retire at subsequent federal election unless he stood as an independent if he quit the parliamentary liberal party. Hewson's former chief of staff, Tony Abbott , who had just entered Parliament in
4725-405: The 2nd IT Journalism Awards in 2004, The Australian won the top award, Best Title ("Gold Lizzy"), as well as three other awards. The paper has won Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association awards on several occasions: John Hewson John Robert Hewson AM (born 28 October 1946) is an Australian former politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. He led
4830-589: The House of Representatives that he would resign as Member for Wentworth, citing his second wife's pregnancy and the fact he was seen as interfering when he spoke up and as holding a seat he should vacate if he remained silent. He said in his resignation speech that while the Coalition might have won in 1993, if he had not released the Fightback! document before the election he would have had difficulty in passing legislation with
4935-469: The June quarter of 2013, the average print circulation for The Australian on weekdays was 116,655, and 254,891 for The Weekend Australian . Both were down (9.8 and 10.8%, respectively) compared to the June quarter the previous year. As of March 2015, the weekday edition circulation was 104,165 and the weekend edition was 230,182, falling 6.5% and 3.3%, respectively, compared to the same period in 2014. The Australian had 67,561 paid digital subscribers in
5040-479: The Liberal Party lapse. He has criticised various Liberal Party members, including former Prime Ministers Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison for their poor record on climate action. Hewson publicly campaigned for a price on carbon , a policy introduced by the Gillard Labor government and opposed by the Liberal Party's then leader Tony Abbott, who went on to scrap it as prime minister. On 26 January 2001, Hewson
5145-668: The Native Act and the Republic issue. Hewson felt he had to remain Leader, believing that Howard failed his Liberal leadership tenure from 1985 to 1989 and would not be a good leader of the party. Hewson also rejected suggestions like the one made by Senator Michael Baume that he was being used by Andrew Peacock and his supporters to block Howard from returning. Hewson defeated Howard in a post-election party leadership challenge in March 1993, which included
5250-537: The Opposition Leaders with the highest and lowest career ratings. In many cases the highest and second-highest (etc.) or lowest and second-lowest (etc.) ratings are held by the same Opposition Leader. For instance, 14% is not the second-lowest "Better Prime Minister" score ever recorded, since Brendan Nelson recorded ten scores of below 14%. Kevin Rudd has had the highest recorded approval rating, of 68% (16–18 February 2007 and 11–13 May 2007). Mark Latham has
5355-469: The Senate, and he had therefore released it in an effort to secure support and gain a mandate for its goals. He also predicted that under Howard, the Coalition would win the next election as the electorate took its revenge on those who had pursued a "politics of fear and misrepresentation" in 1993. He is the only Liberal leader to leave politics without serving as a minister Hewson was replaced by Andrew Thomson in
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#17328519311455460-726: The Year award" separate and often different from the Australian of the Year chosen by the government's National Australia Day Council . Starting in 1968, the official award had long had links to the Victorian Australia Day Council, and at the time a public perception arose that it was state-based. As a national newspaper, The Australian felt it was better situated to create an award that more truly represented all of Australia. Nominees are suggested by readers, decided upon by an editorial board, and awarded in January of every year. In
5565-446: The abolition of state payroll taxes , and the privatisation of a large number of government owned enterprises − representing the start of a very different direction from the keynesian economic conservatism practiced by previous Liberal/National Coalition governments. The 15 percent GST was the centrepiece of the policy document. In December 1991, Keating successfully defeated Hawke and became prime minister. In 1992, Keating mounted
5670-812: The alliance between the Greens and Labor. We wear Senator Brown's criticism with pride. We believe he and his Green colleagues are hypocrites; that they are bad for the nation; and that they should be destroyed at the ballot box." The Australian has been described by some media commentators and scholars as working to promote a right-wing agenda, and as a result, encouraging political polarisation in Australia. In 2019, former The Australian journalist Rick Morton reported in The Saturday Paper that an unpublished study by Victoria University, Melbourne , found that The Australian "fuels far-right recruitment" through dog whistle coded language. Victoria University issued
5775-418: The arts, health, wealth, and higher education. A traveland indulgence section is included on Saturdays, along with "The Inquirer", an in-depth analysis of major stories of the week, alongside much political commentary. Saturday lift-outs include "Review", focusing on books, arts, film, and television, and The Weekend Australian Magazine , the only national weekly glossy insert magazine. A glossy magazine, Wish ,
5880-455: The company to investors at a time when Elderslie was in financial difficulties, eventually leaving the company facing liquidation and large losses. When he resigned, he said that he was unsatisfied with the direction in which the Group was heading. On 2 July 2008, global accounting firm PWC was appointed as receiver and administrator of the failed Elderslie Group. Since around 2005, Hewson has been
5985-524: The country's wealthiest people from one to 250, in order of their net worth. Daily sections include national news ("The Nation"), world news ("Worldwide"), sport news, and business news ("Business"). Contained within each issue is a prominent opinion/editorial (op/ed) section, including regular columnists and occasional contributors. Other regular sections include technology ("Australian IT"), media (edited by Darren Davidson since 2015), features, legal affairs, aviation, defence, horse-racing ("Thoroughbreds"),
6090-423: The defeat was the partial backdown Hewson made in Fightback! policy in 1992 by agreeing not to levy the GST on food. This concession caused Hewson to be exposed to assertions of weakness and inconsistency, and also complicated the financial arithmetic of the whole package, as the weakening of the GST reduced the scope for tax cuts, the most attractive element of the package for middle-class voters. The complications of
6195-436: The election with the interview held 10 days before polling day, even though polls supported a Coalition victory right up to election day. Hewson announced that if the Coalition lost the 1993 election, he would resign as Liberal Leader. However, he changed his mind after the election and decided to not resign as Leader due to his objection to John Howard as his replacement, and the uncertainty this would create for issues like
6300-419: The equal second-highest career-peak "dissatisfied" rating, with 68% (2–4 September 2011). Until mid-1991, "Better Prime Minister" ratings were only surveyed during election campaigns. Kevin Rudd has the highest "Better Prime Minister" score, with 73% (28 Feb-2 Mar 2008 and 4–6 April 2008). John Howard has the second-highest career-peak "Better Prime Minister" score, with 67% (20–22 June 2003). Bob Hawke has
6405-453: The equal second-highest career-peak score, of 48% (6–8 February 2015). Brendan Nelson holds the record, with 7% (29 February-2 March 2008). Simon Crean (28–30 November 2003), Malcolm Turnbull (27–29 November 2009) and Bill Shorten (4–6 December 2015) recorded the equal-second lowest career low, with 14%. See note at top of this section. The Australian The Australian , with its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian ,
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#17328519311456510-461: The fact the Coalition and its leader Tony Abbott (Hewson's former Press Secretary) opposed the carbon tax . In July 2015, Hewson was critical of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's continuing support for Speaker Bronwyn Bishop during the travel expenses scandal, stating that the cost of that support would be "enormous". In a 2019 interview on Sky News in which he was speaking alongside Greens MP Adam Bandt , Hewson said that he had let his membership of
6615-453: The highest dissatisfaction rating, of 69% (2–4 December 1994). Andrew Peacock recorded the second-highest career-high dissatisfaction rating, of 67% (16–18 March 1990). John Hewson recorded the third-highest career-high dissatisfaction rating, of 64% (11–13 March 1994). Kevin Rudd holds the record with 50% (19–21 October 2007). Alexander Downer recorded the second-highest career-peak score, of 48% (8–10 July 1994). Bill Shorten recorded
6720-473: The initiative was abandoned, Hewson had nothing to stand on as a leader. In fact unlike Peacock and Howard or Malcolm Turnbull who departed from the Liberal Party leadership before returning to it there was no chance of Hewson regaining the position of leader. Hewson is alleged to have not taken advise from experts as leader and also closing the door on the backbench liberal mps/ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133338929 Hewson's career stands as one of
6825-417: The marketplace as a newspaper that supports economic libertarianism". Laurie Clancy asserted in 2004 that the newspaper "is generally conservative in tone and heavily oriented toward business; it has a range of columnists of varying political persuasions, but mostly to the right." Former editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell has said that the editorial and op-ed pages of the newspaper are centre-right but "claims it
6930-520: The mind of Australian reporter Laurie Oakes . Shortly after gaining the leadership, Hewson made up ground on the Hawke government in the opinion polls as the Australian economy struggled with the early 1990s recession . Hewson was determined to make a break with what he saw as the "weak pragmatism of past Liberal leaders." In November 1991, the opposition launched the 650-page Fightback! policy document −
7035-422: The new portfolio of Urban and Regional Strategy. Despite his advocacy of right-wing economics, Hewson supported abortion , gay rights , and increasing working mothers' benefits. In August 1994, Hewson was dismissed by Downer from the shadow ministry after declaring his view on homosexual rights and for promoting himself as the conscience of the liberal party in Downer view. [2] . During January 1995, following
7140-452: The newspaper appointed its first female editor-in-chief, Michelle Gunn, in January 2023. The editorial board began investigating a senior editor after allegations of misconduct were raised following events of the papers' Christmas drinks. The senior editor was accused of inappropriate conduct at the event by multiple female employees. Since 2019, The Australian has published an annual study, called Australia's Richest 250 , which ranks
7245-401: The next election, as did his son Tim, who claimed Hewson had placed politics before his family and that was why his father had divorced Margaret. Margaret claimed the first six months of her divorce was the hardest and she had not realised someone else was on the scene. Hewson's shadow ministry included newly elected Member for Higgins Peter Costello ; Hewson had told Costello he would not be
7350-465: The nomination of Bruce Reid , Member for Bendigo . However, Hewson was not guaranteed to still be Coalition Leader by the time of the next Federal election in early 1996. Liberal MP's such as Peter Costello and Bronwyn Bishop consistently undermined his leadership over the subsequent year; the media coverage of Bishop's transfer from the Senate to the House of Representatives in 1994 damaged Hewson in
7455-525: The paper endorsed the Labor Party at any level, state or federal, was the 2010 Victorian election. Along with other Australian papers owned by News Ltd, The Australian has been highly and repeatedly critical of the Labor Party. The Australian presents varying views on climate change , including articles by those who disagree with the scientific consensus, such as Ian Plimer , and those who agree, such as Tim Flannery and Bjørn Lomborg . A 2011 study of
7560-462: The paper until his death. Stuart Rintoul (active from around 1989) was a senior writer with The Australian , with some expertise in Indigenous languages and history. His 2020 book Lowitja: The Authorised Biography of Lowitja O'Donoghue , a biography of Indigenous Australian trailblazer Lowitja O'Donoghue , was shortlisted for a Walkley Award for Best Non-Fiction Book, and was highly commended in
7665-517: The passing of the Mabo act would be "a day of shame" for Australia, stating that an alternative solution should be sought for the Aborigines . Hewson claimed his inflammatory remarks were directed at Keating's policy and not extinguishing pastoral leases, but he never explained what better solution he was seeking and never withdrew his offensive remarks. In 1994, Hewson declared Fightback! to be dead. Around
7770-423: The policy turned into a political embarrassment for the government, which until then had been able to ignore The Australian ' s reports. Along with the government's insulation stimulus policy , it contributed to criticisms, perceptions of incompetence, and general dissatisfaction with the government's performance. On 16 July 2010, Julia Gillard was reported to have admitted that the school-building program
7875-614: The previous seven years of articles claimed that four out of every five articles were opposed to taking action on climate change. In 2010, ABC's Media Watch presenter Paul Barry accused The Australian of waging a campaign against the Australian Greens , and the Greens' federal leader Bob Brown wrote that The Australian has "stepped out of the fourth estate by seeing itself as a determinant of democracy in Australia". In response, The Australian opined that "Greens leader Bob Brown has accused The Australian of trying to wreck
7980-424: The prime ministers with the highest and lowest career ratings. In many cases the highest and second-highest (etc.) or lowest and second-lowest (etc.) ratings are held by the same prime minister. Kevin Rudd has the highest career-peak approval rating, with 71% (18–20 April 2008). Scott Morrison has the second-highest career-peak approval rating, with 68% (22–25 April 2020 and 24–27 June 2020) John Howard has
8085-493: The real shadow treasurer. In the lead-up to the 1990 election , Hewson, the trained economist, was seen to have performed well against the then-treasurer Paul Keating . In December 1989, Hewson claimed that Keating was reluctant to debate with him on the economy. When the Coalition were defeated at the 1990 federal elections, Peacock quit and supported Hewson, who was elected to the Liberal leadership despite having been in Parliament for only three years, as Hewson had been one of
8190-417: The revised Fightback! package were demonstrated in the " birthday cake interview ", in which Hewson was unable to answer a question posed by journalist Mike Willesee about whether or not a birthday cake would cost more or less under a Coalition government. Hewson was instead forced into a series of circumlocutions about whether the cake would be decorated, have ice cream in it and so on, considered by some as
8295-426: The same period. As of August 2015, according to third-party web analytics providers Alexa and Similarweb , The Australian ' s website was the 72nd- and 223rd-most visited websites in Australia, respectively. SimilarWeb rates the site as the 23rd-most visited news website in Australia, attracting almost 3 million visitors per month. In June 2018, according to Roy Morgan Research , The Australian had
8400-691: The same time, he declared his support for the Mardi Gras. Although the Labor Treasurer John Dawkins had presented a badly received 1993/1994 budget, Hewson seemed to not be making any momentum against the Federal Labor government as he had done in his previous parliamentary term. Hewson gave a speech arguing that hardline Monarchists were an anachronism , which resulted in John Howard storming into his office and shouting that Australia would be
8505-491: The second-highest career-peak approval rating, of 66% (19–21 March 2004). John Hewson has the third-highest career-peak approval rating, of 55% (17–19 January 1992). Alexander Downer recorded the lowest approval rating, of 20% (2–4 December 1994 and 16–18 December 1994). Three leaders have recorded career-low approval ratings of 22%. They are Andrew Peacock (19–21 May 1989), John Hewson (11–13 March 1994) and Simon Crean (28–30 November 2003). Alexander Downer recorded
8610-540: The shortest of any political party leader in Australia. Former Liberal Federal director Andrew Robb believes Hewson and the Liberals were spooked into releasing the policies of Fightback! too early by the Hawke government and parts of the media. Despite the 1993 election being regarded as a rejection of Fightback! , several parts of it were later adopted into law during the final term of the Keating Labor government, and to
8715-497: The sole daily newspapers in Brisbane , Adelaide , Hobart , and Darwin , and the most circulated metropolitan daily newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne . News Corp's chairman and founder is Rupert Murdoch . The Australian integrates content from overseas newspapers owned by News Corp Australia's international parent News Corp, including The Wall Street Journal and The Times of London. The first edition of The Australian
8820-417: The story being removed and an apology and retraction posted in its place. On 18 August 2012, Hedley Thomas reported that Gillard had left her job as a partner with law firm Slater & Gordon as a direct result of a secret internal investigation in 1995 into corrupt conduct on behalf of her then-boyfriend Ralph Blewett. The story was ignored for a long time by other media outlets until after Gillard held
8925-461: The third former Liberal leader in the group alongside Peacock (who quit politics later that year) and Howard. Notwithstanding not foreseeing Downer as his replacement when he appointed him Shadow Treasurer, Hewson's strategy of saving his leadership was to promote rivals such as promoting Peter Costello to the Finance portfolio and bringing Bronwyn Bishop straight to Shadow Cabinet from the backbench with
9030-440: The third-highest career-peak "Better Prime Minister" score, with 62% (5–7 June 1987 and 16–21 June 1987). Paul Keating has the lowest "Better Prime Minister" score, with 27% (20–22 August 1993). Tony Abbott has the second-lowest career-low "Better Prime Minister" score, with 30% (6–8 February 2015). John Howard has the third-lowest career-low "Better Prime Minister" score, with 31% (24–6 July 1998). Note: The lists below show
9135-460: The third-highest career-peak approval rating, with 67% (10–12 May 1996) . Bob Hawke's highest approval rating was 62% (24–26 Jan 1986), but Newspoll did not poll until over two years after he became prime minister. Paul Keating has the highest recorded "dissatisfied" rating, with 75% (3–5 September 1993). Tony Abbott has the second-highest career-peak "dissatisfied" rating, with 68% (6–8 February 2015 and 20–22 February 2015). Julia Gillard has
9240-401: The top Liberal players in the 1990 election campaign. In the contest for leadership, Hewson defeated Peter Reith 62 votes to 13. Reith was then elected deputy leader over David Jull , with Hewson making Reith Shadow Treasurer. One of the reasons for Hewson's election to the leadership was that Peacock wanted to prevent Howard from regaining leadership. Another reason for Hewson's election was
9345-553: The top pollster at six out of seven elections since 2020 by respected Australian Psephologist Dr Kevin Bonham, including having the final 2PP within 1% of the actual results in the Federal, South Australian, Victorian and NSW state elections as well as - the first election conducted under Pyxis - the referendum on the Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians . The lists below show
9450-542: Was Maxwell Newton , before leaving the newspaper within a year, and was succeeded by Walter Kommer, and then by Adrian Deamer . Under Deamer's editorship, The Australian encouraged female journalists, and was the first mainstream daily newspaper to hire an Aboriginal reporter, John Newfong . During the 1975 election , campaigning against the Whitlam government by its owner led to the newspaper's journalists striking over editorial direction. Editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell
9555-504: Was 4,125,000; The Age (Melbourne) 2,782,000, Herald Sun (Melbourne) 2,729,000. The only other nationally distributed daily newspaper, the business-focused Australian Financial Review , had 1,587,000 cross-platform readers.) The paper had a 4 week reach in June 2024 of 1.82 million in print, 3.56 million on its digital platform, and 4.06 million cross-platform. Several journalists writing for The Australian have received Walkley Awards for their investigative reporting. In
9660-465: Was a market research and polling company, part owned by News Corp Australia . In May 2015 administration of Newspoll was transferred to Galaxy Research . In December 2017, Galaxy Research was acquired by YouGov. In August 2023, the contract to administer Newspoll was granted to Pyxis Polling & Insights. Newspoll's surveys of voting intention are published exclusively in The Australian . The poll
9765-511: Was a monthly supplement from September 2006 to October 2011. The tone and nature of The Australian's coverage has changed over time, but since the late 20th century under the ownership of Rupert Murdoch and with Chris Mitchell as editor-in-chief, it has taken a markedly conservative direction. It was outspoken in supporting the conservative government of Prime Minister John Howard . Defunct Defunct Former editor Paul Kelly stated in 1991, " The Australian has established itself in
9870-413: Was appointed in 2002 and retired on 11 December 2015; he was replaced by Paul Whittaker , formerly the editor-in-chief of Sydney's Daily Telegraph . In May 2010, the newspaper launched the first Australian newspaper iPad application. In October 2011, The Australian announced that it was planning to become the first general newspaper in Australia to introduce a paywall , with the introduction of
9975-588: Was critical of what he saw as unconvincing and inconsistent Liberal Party economic policies. He was a supporter of some of the economic policies of Margaret Thatcher . After the defeat of the Fraser government in the 1983 election , Hewson went into business journalism and became a director of a private bank, the Macquarie Bank . After divorcing Margaret Deaves in 1985, Hewson would go on to marry Carolyn Somerville in 1988. Deaves claims that Hewson left her because he
10080-466: Was described by Hewson as "the little ***** from the West". As well as staying as Leader after the 1993 election defeat, Hewson also appointed himself Shadow Minister for Arts and Heritage, a position he held until the end of his leadership in May 1994. During this time he shadowed Arts Ministers Bob McMullan and Michael Lee. In 1993, during Parliamentary question time, Hewson declared to Paul Keating that
10185-540: Was flawed and that errors had been made because the program was designed in haste to protect jobs during the Great Recession . In 2011, Glenn Milne reported on the allegations against Prime Minister Julia Gillard concerning the AWU affair , including a claim regarding Gillard's living arrangements with Australian Workers' Union official Bruce Wilson. Gillard contacted the chief executive of The Australian , resulting in
10290-554: Was honored as a Member of the Order of Australia . Hewson married Margaret Deaves in 1967 and they divorced in 1985. In 1988 he married Carolyn Somerville who was described by the media as "a formidable figure in investment banking". They divorced in 2004. In 2007, Hewson married publicist Jessica Wilson. As of 2010 , they reside in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Since leaving politics, Hewson has been involved in
10395-447: Was later forced to withdraw the remark. Carr and his wife Helena did not respond to Hewson's attack. Keating won the 1993 election , marking a record fifth consecutive Labor term, with the Coalition losing what many had described as "the unlosable election" for them. The issue of the GST was dropped from the Liberal Party's agenda until the 1998 election campaign. Apart from the GST, other factors were believed to have contributed to
10500-531: Was printed in Canberra, then plates flown to other cities for copying. From its inception, the paper struggled for financial viability, and ran at a loss for several decades. A Sunday edition, The Sunday Australian , was established in 1971. It was discontinued in 1972, though, because press capacity was insufficient to print The Sunday Telegraph , the Sunday Mirror , and it. The Australian's first editor
10605-438: Was published by Rupert Murdoch on 15 July 1964, becoming the third national newspaper in Australia following shipping newspaper Daily Commercial News (1891) and Australian Financial Review (1951). Unlike other original Murdoch newspapers, it is not a tabloid publication. At the time, a national paper was considered commercially unfeasible, as newspapers mostly relied on local advertising for their revenue. The Australian
10710-411: Was seen talking to Dr. Jane Munro, who like Hewson was also an academic and was Hewson's main rival for the preselection. Hewson then angrily accused Howard of supporting Munro for the preselection instead of Hewson. Government and Opposition MPs who are new to Parliament usually take their place on the backbench but Hewson believed he was an exception to this due to his personal history with Howard. Hewson
10815-568: Was the number-one Australian podcast and reached number one in the UK, Canada, and New Zealand. Both Hedley and Gibson received Gold Walkleys for their work on the series. Former columnists include Mike Steketee, David Burchell , Michael Stutchbury , Simon Adamek, Emma Jane , George Megalogenis , Glenn Milne , Cordelia Fine , Alan Wood, Michael Costa , P. P. McGuinness , Michael Costello , Frank Devine , Matt Price , Christopher Pearson , Niki Savva . Political cartoonist Bill Leak worked for
10920-432: Was therefore disappointed not to be offered a shadow portfolio by Howard. Hewson instead sat on the backbench until September 1988 when Howard appointed Hewson as shadow finance minister. In May 1989, when Andrew Peacock replaced Howard as Leader after a challenge in which Hewson voted for Howard, Hewson became shadow treasurer. Even prior to Howard's removal, when Peacock was the shadow treasurer, Hewson had been seen as
11025-526: Was under the impression she would not be able to cope with the responsibilities of public life as the wife of a prominent public servant despite her working to support him while he was studying overseas. Hewson was elected to the House of Representatives for the affluent Sydney electorate of Wentworth in the 1987 federal election . Before the election he was told he would have to give up his Ferrari to be pre-selected. However, Hewson kept his car despite it attracting controversy. He entered Parliament at
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