For the informed Australian

As a thinking Australian, it has never been more important to seek the truth and be fully and accurately informed.

In today’s world of tweets, sound bites and spin, it’s harder than ever to know exactly where you stand; to know who to trust to decode the “alternative facts” and debunk the “fake news”.

At a time like this it’s only natural to feel overwhelmed, underwhelmed or even to withdraw altogether. Yet, as a thinking Australian, it has never been more important to seek the truth and be fully and accurately informed.

As your national newspaper, it is our responsibility to bring you analysis that helps decode our complex world, to invite varied - and sometimes opposing - opinions that provoke debate, to leave no stone unturned in the pursuit of the truth.

It is our mission to relentlessly pursue the story, to keep following it when others give up, to bring you the facts you can trust and opinions from different voices around our nation.

We will continue to invest in quality journalism because we are committed to journalistic rigour and believe in the value of experience in uncovering and exposing what is happening here and around the world. Sometimes it will provoke, sometimes it will shock, but this is the fuel for the robust public debate that Australia deserves. It’s this debate, holding our leaders to account, that allows a free and democratic society to thrive. It helps us shape our rich, complex and progressive nation and our place in the region.

So today, as every day, we welcome you to our paper. We will continue to bring you thorough, accurate, occasionally provocative but always honest news and opinion to help you to know where you stand. And we invite you to be a part of an informed Australia.