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The Oz turns 50

It works the sophisticates into a lather, but Chris Mitchell’s <i>Australian</i> is the only serious newspaper in the country

12 July 2014

9:00 AM

12 July 2014

9:00 AM

Who would have thought, 50 years on, this country would still be talking about the Australian? When Rupert Murdoch started his national daily broadsheet in 1964 most people would have been impressed by its sheer gall but few could imagine what this little paper from the son of Sir Keith Murdoch would become.

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