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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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