The Labor News Explained

The Labor News was a weekly English-language broadsheet newspaper published in Sydney, Australia.^[1] It was later absorbed by the Labor Daily newspaper.^[2]

History

First published in 1918 on behalf of the N.S.W. branch of the Australian Labor Party by the Worker Trustees, The Labor News commenced publication on 12 October 1918, with issue No. 1 of Volume 1, and continued to be published under that title until 26 January 1924.^[3]

The last issue of the paper appeared on 26 January 1924, and contained on page 7 a notice proclaiming "The Labor Daily arrives – The Labor News passes", which also stated that the paper "...willingly ... joins up with its big successor ... and whole-heartedly throws its weight into the effort that is going to make our Daily Sydney's leading newspaper".^[4]

Digitisation

Many issues of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program^[5] a project of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of New South Wales.^[6]

See also

• List of newspapers in Australia
• List of newspapers in New South Wales

Notes and References

1. 12 June 2013.
2. Web site: Press timeline: Select chronology of significant Australian press events to 2011 . Australian Newspaper Plan. National Library of Australia. 12 June 2013.
3. Web site: Labor daily (Sydney, N.S.W.). State Library of New South Wales catalogue. 12 June 2013.
4. Web site: The Labor Daily Arrives. The Labor News. 12 June 2013. 7. 26 January 1924.
5. Web site: Newspaper Digitisation Program. National Library of Australia. 12 June 2013.
6. Web site: Digitising our collections. 12 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407065130/http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/projects/digital_excellence/digitising_our_collections.html. 7 April 2014.