How the Financial Review went from spoiler to agenda setter
The Australian Financial Review began as a defensive publishing move, but a series of independent and articulate editors ensured the paper became essential reading for the nation’s decision makers.
The Australian Financial Review began as a defensive publishing move 70 years ago.
Great newspapers often have inauspicious beginnings. In August 1951, The Australian Financial Reviewbegan life as a defensive corporate play in Sydney by the John Fairfax & Sons newspaper behemoth.
