The Australian Financial Review is the leading business newspaper in Australia. In August 1951 The Australian Financial Review was started as a weekly newspaper. In October 1961 it became bi-weekly and became a daily publication in 1963. In February 1995, The Australian Financial Review Magazine was introduced, followed shortly by their website launch in June of the same year. In June 2006, AFR Access (http://members.afraccess.com) was launched as a dynamic investment and property research toolkit. Wall Street, Manhattan is the location of the New York Stock Exchange and is often used as a symbol for the world of business. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Since the 1970s, the AFR has been associated with economic rationalism in Australia, driving a consistent editorial line favouring small government, deregulation, privatisation, lower taxes and trade liberalisation. However, the opinion columns incorporate a wider range of views. Economic rationalism is an Australian term in discussion of microeconomic policy, applicable to the economic policy of many governments around the world, in particular during the 1980s and 1990s. ... Deregulation is the process by which governments remove restrictions on business in order to (in theory) encourage the efficient operation of markets. ... Privatization (sometimes privatisation, denationalization, or — especially in India — disinvestment) is the process of transferring property, from public ownership to private ownership. ... Free trade is an economic concept referring to the selling of products between countries without tariffs or other trade barriers. ...

The AFR is informally referred to as the Fin or the Fin Review.

Journalists

Journalists writing for AFR include Geoffrey Barker, Alan Mitchell, and Laura Tingle. Regular opinion columnists include former leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, John Hewson, a frequent critic of current Liberal Prime Minister, John Howard, John Roskam of the Institute of Public Affairs, Tony Harris, former Auditor-General of New South Wales and John Quiggin. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... Dr John Hewson Dr John Robert Hewson (born 28 October 1946), Australian Liberal politician and economist, was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of a working-class, politically conservative engineer. ... John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939), Australian politician, is currently the Prime Minister of Australia. ... John Roskam is the executive director of the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), a conservative think tank in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) is a conservative think tank based in Melbourne, Australia. ... Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Const. ... John Quiggin (b. ...

See also

• List of newspapers in Australia

This is a list of Australian newspapers - see also * Australian Newspapers Online. ...

External links

• The Australian Financial Review website
• AFR Access website