News online

Access today's news online and newspapers from Tasmania, Australia and overseas. 

Also see Historical newspapers, including Tasmanian 

​Today's newspapers online

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• Tasmanian newspapers (Listed)
• Other Australian newspapers (Listed)
• Overseas newspapers and magazines (Listed)

Full-text newspapers

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• Current digital editions of Australian newspapers including The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian Australia and The Saturday Paper.
• Current editions of The New York Times, The Times (UK), The Independent (UK) and China Daily.
• British newspapers - from the 17th Century onwards. Includes The Illustrated London News (1842-2003), The Times (1785-2012), The Sunday Times (1822-2016) and The Telegraph (1855-2000).
• Irish Newspaper Archives - over 279 years worth of Irish publications.
• International Herald Tribune - 1887-2013 digital editions
• PressReader - digital editions of thousands of newspapers and magazines.
• NewsBank - full-text content of 500+ local, regional, national and international newspapers.
• The Sydney Morning Herald Archives - 1955-1995 digital editions of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald.

Others available online

• UK Gazette Archives - the official gazette for the UK.
• The New York Times - index to articles from 1851 to the present, plus limited access to full text articles.

Journals

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• Informit APAFT (Australian Public Affairs Full Text) has over 560 journals covering Australia's political, economic and social affairs.
• Alphabetical listing of our online journals - search by title or subject.

Newspaper indexes

• Tasmanian newspaper article indexes
  
• Infoquick a selective index to the Sydney Morning Herald and its supplements covering 1 January 1988 to 30 June 2005.

Broadcast news online

• ABC News - Australia's national broadcasting service
• SBS World News - world news from Australia's Special Broadcasting Service
• BBC News - News from the British Broadcasting Service
• CNN - American news service offering US and world news

Newspaper websites

Freely accessible*

• The Examiner - Launceston and Northern Tasmania (*5 free articles per month)
• The Advocate - North West coast of Tasmania (*5 free articles per month)
• The Age - Melbourne
• The Canberra Times
• Sydney Morning Herald
• The West Australian

Subscription required

• The Mercury - Hobart and Southern Tasmania
• The Australian - national
• Adelaide Advertiser
• Courier Mail – Brisbane
• Herald Sun – Melbourne
• Northern Territory News