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Queensland needs another broadsheet newspaper!

I know, I know, it's not the most revolutionary idea, but it's a pertinent one, and one that gets bandied about without much constructive discussion.

With the Courier Mail being tabloidised without remorse, Queenslanders are left with only one other major newspaper to choose from, The Australian. The Australian, while being an excellent source of national and global information, is not wholly satisfactory of Queenslanders' needs for local information.

The Courier Mail provides a daily shaving of information, and The Sunday Mail has been reduced to something similar to ACA on paper. Queensland requires a newspaper to fill the void, and I call on the Fairfax empire to do so--because they're the only organisation Murdoch will allow in.

The initiative to bring another newspaper to Queensland is especially important as we see this week the issue of very liberal cross-media laws and media ownership policy by the Howard government. The awesome foursome (Howard, Coonan, Packer and Murdoch) seem to be sharing great intercourse with each other.