PIJI’s Australian News Data Report: March 2023 edition is now available, which includes both monthly and quarterly results.

During March, there were 12 changes to the database, including one addition and two removals, as well as one reopening and eight other changes, which occurred across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

As at March 31, the Australian News Index lists 533 businesses which operate 1,179 print, digital, radio and television news outlets. This figure is unchanged from February.

Quarterly findings showed 25 LGAs around the country without any print or digital news outlets – a decrease from the 32 LGAs identified last quarter – and five LGAs in the Northern Territory, Tasmania and Western Australia without local publishers or radio news outlets, representing no change from the December quarter.