Aussie online edition of The Guardian

[Rockdoctor]

OK, so may be more interesting to Aussies here in the UK and the Grauniad isn't everyones "cup of tea", but I thought some of you might be interested in this...

www.guardian.co.uk/australia

Given that you now have to pay for The Age (which was my link back to Oz for the last few years), this may be a good alternative.

Sorry, link...

www.guardian.co.uk/australia

Thanks Rock! I'm really excited about this. And some decently-funded non-Murdoch online media can only be a good thing in Australia.

Cheers Jassy, I'm glad someone else is excited!

I'd seen this mooted for some time, as I am a proud Guardianista. For years the comments in the Guardian online have been infested with Aussies as they/we see the Guardian several hours before the Brits get a look-in.

It can only be good, and I was pleased, though saddened to see a plea from a kiwi for NZ to be included in a more independent southern hemisphere rag. At the same time I'm taken aback to automatically being routed to the au edition when I'm used to the UK.

One of the things I noticed when moving here was to read a really good article in the paper (the Age) think wow, scan down and see it was from a UK rag.

Good to see articles in the OzGuard ( name patent pending) that don't appear in the Age or the tiresomely right-wing Australian.