Australian News Resources

Factiva (subscription) databases include full text of many Australian newspapers, magazines and journals
Dialog (subscription) databases with lots of Australian content. Best accesse for journalists DialogSelect

Directories

Directory of Australian Associations $395 hardcopy and available on-line for $495 p a
White Pages Telstra
Yellow Pages Telstra
Australian Directories includes direct access to many university phone books and other organisations
Who's Who in Australia online $495 p a $195 hardcopy
Who's Who in Business in Australia online $995 p a $395 hardcopy
National Guide to Government online $495 p a $395 hardcopy
Australian Local Government Guide online $495 $395 hardcopy

Aussie Mail free web-based email addresses
FastMail.fm Australian and flavour of the month in free email services
Yahoo Mail will give you a free @yahoo.com.au email address if you ask for it
YouSendIt is a free web-based service to email very big files
People Search
EmailAddresses.com lists many other sources of free email

check out hints on finding email addresses
Ethics

St James Ethics Centre

Ethnic media

Community Relations Commissionl (CRC) list print and broadcast but NSW only
CRC MediaLink clipping and translation service that costs
Victoria University has some links to other ethnic media in Australia
National Ethnic and Miulticultural Broadcasters' Council (NEMBC)

Experts

XpertNet looks for experts in most Australian universities
Profnet USA based but includes some Australian experts
QUT Online Media Guide to Expertise
Deakin
Swinburne

Fellowships
Australian

International

Foundations
Australian

International

Commonwealth Foundation

Government see also Regulatory bodies

Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA)
Australian Government portal to federal and state government websites includes links to Media Release Homepages of all federal governmnt sites
Australian Film Commission

Filming in Australia

Grants

Fund for Investigative Journalism

Groups

Google Groups with search engine and a directory

Indigenous press

Cultural Protocols for Indigenous Reporting th Media

Indigenous broadcasters

Institutes

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) UQ
Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ) UTS

Journalists

The Black Book lists quite a lot of indigenous journalists
Writerfind.com includes many Australian journalists
MEAA Freelance Register lists some freelancers in Australia
Yellow Pages lists some more in capital cities

If all else fails in your search for a journalist contact ANR.
Journals

Australian Journals Online (AJOL) mainlained by ANL
Australian Journalism Review published twice a year by JEA
Media International Australia published quarterly by UQ and available online to subscribers
Australian Studies in Journalism published annually by UQ and available online to purchasers
AsiaPacific Media Educator UOW annual
Pacific Journalism Review AUT twice a year
The Sydney Institute Quarterly incorporating Media Watch

E-journals

Ejournalist an online refereed e-journal from CQU
Reportage UTS
Fifth Estate RMIT

Legal

Gazette of Law and Journalism
Court Lists contains links to lists of all Australian courts.
Communications Law Centre
Media Dictionary of Legal Terms kept concise and up to date by Law Society of NSW

Libraries

Australian University Libraries links with logins to their catalogues

Magazines

Consumer Magazines VU list with some useful links
Magazine Publishers Association
The Walkley Magazine published four times a year by MEAA
Broadcast Engineering News
Pacific Magazines
ACP Magazines
isubscribe! service for Australian magazines

Mailing lists

OzCAR Belinda Weaver's discussion list
Jeanet
OzLists a directory of non-commercial electronic mailing lists in Australia

Mailing lists free - see also Groups

Maps

Media companies

Media guides

Margaret Gee's Media Guide $427 hardcopy and online $495 p a
Media Essentials online
AAP MediaNet has a media guide online but you must subscribe to use it
Media Disk

Media releases

AAP mediaNet is free for journalists to see but costs to put releases on it
Media Monitors MediaDisk
wwmedi@
see PR Influences for a comparison of the above

Media Skills training

Networks Radio

Networks TV

Newsletters

Inside the ABC
Australian Newspaper History Group (ANHG)
Australian Style Style Council

Newspapers

Newstext full text of all News Ltd publications free to search but full articles cost
News Store the full text of Fairfax publications free to search but the full article costs
Australian Newspapers Online ANL list
Online Newspapers (Australia)
DMOZ Open Directory
Fairfax papers including SMH and The Age have a text index with links to every article in that day's paper in simple text
Fairfax Community Newspapers Online
Student Newspapers
Yourguide portal to 160 regional newspapers
Paperboy portal to 176 Australian newspapers mostly today's edition

Newsroom computers
Australian

NewsBoss

International

iNews Avid
ENPS Associated Press

Pay TV & Radio

Foxtel
Austar
Optus
Australian Subscription Television and RadioAssociation (ASTRA)

Photographs

AAP Image
Legend Images some royalty-free pics, links to more, and a searcher to find Australian suppliers
News Photos News Ltd papers
Fairfaxphotos
PictureAustralia ANL's gateway to historical collections in Australia

Professional organisations

Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery
Commonwealth Journalists Association Australia
Journalism Education Association (JEA)
Journalism Education Association of New Zealand (Jeanz)
Australian & New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA)
Foreign Correspondents' Association

Programs

Media Report ABC Radio National
Media Watch ABC TV
WordWatch transcripts and Kel Richards' times

Pronunciation

Standing Committee on Spoken English (SCOSE)

Radio

Wikipedia list of Australian Radio Stations
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio
Radio Australia
Special Broadcasting Service Radio
Australian Radio Network
Austereo
Commercial Radio Australia national industry body
Live Radio from Australia links to streaming audio

Recycling

Publishers National Environment Bureau

Regulatory bodies

Research

UNSW Rapid search service - expensive, professional, fast, with copious resources

Search engines

Software antivirus

Sophos gives its software and updates free to bona fide journalists in Australia

Specialist Writers

Student Journalists

Australian Consortium for In-Country Indonesian Studies Journalism Program

Style books

UQ School of Journalism Style Book can also be downloaded

Television

Wikipedia - List of Australian Television Stations
Free TV Australia national industry body
ABC Television
SBS Television
ABC Asia Pacific
Ten Network
Seven Network
Nine Network
Southern Cross Broadcasting
Prime
Sunraysia STV
WIN
Imparja
OzTAM official metropolitan ratings
AGB Nielsen Media Research official regional and subscription ratings
Reuters Television

There is an brief overview of the Australian networks at Caslon Analytics and more details here.
Training
Academic

Bond University	Gold Coast
Central Queensland University	Rockhampton
Charles Darwin University	Darwin
Charles Sturt University	Bathurst
Curtin University of Technology	Perth
Deakin University	Melbourne
Edith Cowan University	Perth
Griffith University	Gold Coast
James Cook University	Townsville
La Trobe University	Melbourne
Monash University	Melbourne
Murdoch University	Perth
Queensland University of Technology	Brisbane
RMIT University	Melbourne
University of Canberra	Canberra
University of Melbourne	Melbourne
University of Newcastle	Newcastle
University of Notre Dame Australia	Fremantle
University of Queensland	Brisbane
University of South Australia	Adelaide
University of Southern Queensland	Toowoomba
University of the Sunshine Coast	Mooloolaba
University of Sydney	Sydney
University of Tasmania	Hobart
University of Technology Sydney	Sydney
University of Western Sydney	Sydney
University of Wollongong	Wollonong

Open Universities Australia offers the Bachelorof Communications by Griffith University
College

Macleay College
Jschool
Morris Journalism Academy
Australian College of Journalism
Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS)
Thomson Education Direct distance learning
Australian Correspondence Schools distance learning
NSW TAFE
Wodonga TAFE
The Complete Travel Writer
Australian School of Journalism
Max Rowley Media Academy voice production and presentation skills

Trauma

Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma (Australasia)

Unions

MEAA

Visas

US Consular Services Australia journalists visiting USA MUST have a special visa
DIMIA journalists visiting Australia

Websites

Ozguide - guide to internet information resources for Australian journalists by librarian Belinda Weaver
Crikey

Wire services