Voice of Real Australia newsletter celebrates 5 years of stories | The ...
Voice of Real Australia is a regular newsletter from the local news teams of the ACM network, which stretches into every state and territory.
It seems like only three different Australian prime ministers ago that Scott Morrison was asked by a reporter at a joint press conference if he had ambitions for Malcolm Turnbull's job. Throwing a matey arm around the then-PM's shoulder, Morrison declared with a grin: "This is my leader and I'm ambitious for him!" That was August 22, 2018. Two days later, Turnbull was gone and Morrison was PM. Nine months later - May 18, 2019 - ScoMo led the Coalition to its "miracle" election win over Bill Shorten-led Labor.
Five Years of Celebrating Stories
Next week it will be five years since the so-called "quiet Australians" decided to give Scotty From Marketing a go. How good are memories! Last week it was five years since we started this little newsletter and thousands of readers decided to give us a go. How good are anniversaries!
Back then we were called the "Voice of Regional Australia", a daily digest of federal election news and views from key hot seats around the Australian Community Media (ACM) network. We offered campaign trail updates from such trusted mastheads as The Canberra Times, Newcastle Herald, The Land, The Courier in Ballarat, Queensland Country Life and The Examiner in Launceston.
Community Engagement
I've said it before and I will say it again: These are by far and away the best bits of Oz - the dinky-di country towns and the idyllic coastal hamlets, the farming, mining and industrial centres that feed, power and build the nation and the large regional cities that more and more of us are preferring to call home.
We don't mind saying that we're proud of the work our ACM news teams are doing every day, from Katherine in the NT to Canberra in the ACT to all the bush and beach regions in between. This is work that would not be possible without you.
Celebrating Independence
Like our little newsletter, this was the start of an exciting-scary adventure for us at ACM as a new independent voice in Australian media. Our business has certainly faced some challenges since then, the impact of Covid lockdowns and the skyrocketing price of newsprint among them, but we have continued to evolve our storytelling and our products to build a digital future for our journalism.
Proudly independent, our network of long-standing trusted news mastheads strives every day to be a voice of reason and reasonableness speaking up for local communities, and speaking out from the sensible centre of what at times seems like a left-versus-right screaming match.
Join Us in the Celebration
We're grateful for your feedback and encouragement. Whether you are a subscriber to one of the ACM network's rather excellent local news websites or a reader of this free newsletter, you're helping us keep it real out here in the real Australia.
If you enjoy reading this or articles like the ones mentioned, why not subscribe to your favourite ACM masthead and unlock unlimited shut-up-and-take-my-money-worthy storytelling from our journalists keeping it real around the country.
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