This website aims to be the nation’s most comprehensive digital repository of Australian academic research dedicated to local news sustainability.

Deakin University is home to Australia's leading research team focused on local news sustainability. Built over many years of sustained inquiry and deep industry partnerships, our team's solutions-oriented research offers conceptual, evidence-based research with a clear and practical focus.

This repository not only consolidates our team's extensive body of work but also includes contributions from other leading Australian scholars and international research partners. The result is a shared evidence base for the entire sector — with the aim of strengthening the capacity of researchers, industry and policymakers to make informed decisions about the future of local news in Australia.

News sustainability has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges facing Australian democracy, with declining commercial viability threatening the provision of core news content to communities across the country, particularly in regional, rural and under-served areas. The key is to work together to solve this important challenge.