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The Age is a broadsheet daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia that was founded on October 17, 1854, and is published by The Age Company Ltd , a subsidiary of John Fairfax Holdings Limited, the group also responsible for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Canberra Times, The Dominion Post, and The Australian Financial Review .

Its only local rival is the Murdoch tabloid Herald Sun.

The Age's editorial position is reasonably consistent with the modern social-democratic position - mostly pro free-trade and moderately liberalIn terms of politics, the word liberal (or Liberal can refer to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism or something in accordance to this ideology. Note: the words "liberal" or "liberalism" can be different in various countries and can be related to t on social issues. For example, The Age regularly prints featured opinion pieces from The GuardianThe Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. It is a serious broadsheet newspaper with relatively left wing politics. Until 1959 it was called The Manchester Guardian and the paper is still sometimes referred to by this name, esp, a left-leaning British broadsheet.

The Age features the cartoons of Michael LeunigMichael Leunig (born in East Melbourne in 1945) is a noted Australian cartoonist whose best known works include The Adventures of Vasco Pajama and the Curly Flats series. He was declared a national living treasure by the National Trust of Australia in 199 and Ron Tandberg . The current editor is Andrew Jaspan , former editor of the Scottish Sunday HeraldHerald is a common name for newspapers throughout the English-speaking world, and the Sunday editions are often called Sunday Herald . Various places have Sunday Heralds, including: Scotland A Sunday broadsheet newspaper by the name of Sunday Herald was l, while Alan Oakley edits The Sunday Age.

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