Guardian Australia is expanding its coverage of state news via a new section of the homepage in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.
The expansion, which is being funded by the Google News Initiative, will allow a team of nine to extend the Guardian’s rigorous, progressive reporting of state politics and issues such as education, health, transport and energy.
Guardian Australia’s newly appointed state correspondents will help drive the expansion. They are Michael McGowan in New South Wales, Benita Kolovos in Victoria, and Ben Smee in Queensland. We are hoping to expand the program to other states and territories in future.
Stories are being housed in a new section on the Guardian’s homepage and app.
Which state section you see is based on where we think you are located. If we’ve gotten this wrong, you have the capability to change your location via the menu underneath.
If you would prefer to not see any state news section, you can click ‘Hide’ in the top right corner of the section, or do so via the menu.
App readers are unfortunately unable to change their state at this time, however this functionality is coming.
While not all states are part of the initial launch, readers in any state can keep across the latest news in their state by bookmarking the following topic pages:
App readers can also add these topic pages to their home screen.
If you are experiencing technical difficulties with the new state sections, please contact us here.
