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Alan Howe

Alan Howe
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Alan Howe has been a senior journalist on London’s The Times and Sunday Times, and the New York Post. While editing the Sunday Herald Sun in Victoria it became the nation’s fastest growing title and achieved the greatest margin between competing newspapers in Australian publishing history. He has also edited The Sunday Herald and The Weekend Australian Magazine and for a decade was executive editor of, and columnist for, Melbourne’s Herald Sun. Alan was previously The Australian’s Opinion Editor.

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60th anniversaryNation
Birth of The Australian Rupert Murdoch, chairman of the directors, Solly Chandler, chief make-up expert (R) and Hank Bateson, editorial manager looking at a page one proof. Canberra.15/07/64

National daily dawns: Our story

Rupert Murdoch published the first edition of The Australian on July 15, 1964, realising an almost 50-year ambition of his father, Keith.

60th ANNIVERSARYReview
Digitally altered image of artists featured in the '60 best Australian songs' list curated by The Australian journalists Alan Howe and Andrew McMillen. First row, from top left: Angus Young (AC/DC), John Farnham, Peter Garrett (Midnight Oil), Dr Yunupingu (Yothu Yindi), Missy Higgins, Winston McCall (Parkway Drive). Second row, from left in green top: Kevin Parker (Tame Impala), Neil Finn (Crowded House), Sia Furler, Judy Stone (centre, in black & white), Kylie Minogue, Daniel Johns (Silverchair), Sampa The Great, Mark Seymour (Hunters and Collectors) and Nick Cave. Bottom row, from left: The Veronicas, Tina Arena, Amy Shark, Jimmy Barnes (Cold Chisel) and Deborah Conway (Do Re Mi). Image editing: Emilia Tortorella. (4x3 image)

The 60 greatest Aussie songs of the past 60 years

Two of The Australian’s greatest musical minds come together to pick the best songs since 1964, from The Easybeats, Cold Chisel and AC/DC to Tina Arena, Nick Cave and Sia. Which songs defined these eras for you?

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