A highly experienced editor will anchor our reporting and set up a team of trusted contributorsRural Australia has stories to tell that will interest the world. Here’s how we’ll report themAustralia’s farmers set for record $70bn year – but
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Guardian Australia has grown well beyond my initial expectations over the past eight and a half years. We started in 2013 with about 1 million readers loyal to the Guardian’s international coverage. We’re now the fifth most read
Australian news site, with a monthly audience of more than 7 million. We started with an editorial staff of about 20. Now we number more than 100.