The Guardian celebrates 10 years in Australia

The Guardian Australia has announced a special lineup of activities and events to celebrate 10 years in the Australian media market.

Guardian Australia launched on 27 May 2013 and has a monthly audience of 7.1 million. The team has grown to 167 full-time employees, 114 of whom are in the editorial team. Over the past decade, Guardian Australia’s journalism has won a number of awards, including Walkley Awards, Quill Awards for Victorian Journalism, the Lowy Institute Media Award, and National Rural Press Club Awards, among others.

To mark the moment, Guardian Australia will publish a range of journalism in digital, video and audio formats, examining its origins, its growth, and the impact of its journalism. This will be complemented by a fundraising drive in which the publication is seeking 5000 supporter contributions in May. Guardian Australia editor Lenore Taylor will also be delivering the Brian Johns Lecture on the subject of journalism and the ongoing fight to hold tight to the truth. It will take place at the State Library in Sydney, on Thursday 11 May.

As a thank you to their supporters, partners and readers, a special public event will take place on 25 May at the Seymour Centre in Sydney, with Guardian editors and journalists. Via a series of talks and other entertainment, they will look back over a decade of impactful journalism, and look ahead to what will shape the next ten years and beyond.

Lenore Taylor, editor of Guardian Australia said: "We've made a big difference to Australia's media landscape in our first decade and we look forward to serving our readers and having an even greater impact in the years to come. The Guardian is here to stay." 

Guardian News & Media editor-in-chief Katharine Viner and Guardian Australia's founding editor in 2013 said: "Guardian Australia was created because we believed million of Australians wanted something fresh and different from the media. Ten years in, thanks to the first-class team we have built and the support of so many Australian readers, it now plays a major role in public life and in the Guardian's growing global success. Thank you to our Australian readers for their continued support."