Local news often serves as the primary source of community information and is a platform for civic participation. However, local news provision in regional Australia is declining, while audience needs are shifting. This study confirms a void in the provision of local news. The report includes key recommendations for the local news industry and stakeholders.

This report delivers comparative data on media usage in 48 markets and across 6 continents. It tracks audience use of AI chatbots to access news and how they feel about the way AI is being used in news production. The report finds Australian news consumers are generationally and politically split in their reactions to global...

This report finds that the vast majority of adult Australians want to be able to identify misinformation and are trying to do so. However, it also finds that many adult Australians overestimate their ability to verify information online. The research findings illustrate the need for media literacy initiatives.

This report focuses on two aspects of how to fund news: news business innovations and news subsidies. It provides a global perspective on current challenges facing the news industry and makes recommendations for government towards a sustainable future for news.

This submission to the Australian Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters’ inquiry into civics education, engagement, and participation in Australia outlines prevailing approaches to countering information pollution, summarises the information literacy methods for schools developed at the University of Canberra since 2021, and makes three key recommendations.