Can one busy breakfast host replace a bureau? The Australian plans to find out | Weekly Beast

Murdoch’s broadsheet trumpets appointment of David Penberthy in Adelaide amid redundancies. Plus: ‘media sugar babies’ scorned

The Australian likes to refer to itself as the “Heart of the Nation” but a decision to close its South Australian bureau puts its status as a truly national paper in doubt.

Despite downsizing, Rupert Murdoch’s broadsheet has maintained daily news reporters in Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin, Hobart, Brisbane and Perth. Now Luke Griffiths, the sole remaining reporter in Adelaide, has been made redundant.

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