Research Guides: Companies in Australia: News

How newspapers can help in a company search

Newspapers can be a valuable source when searching for information about a company. Major daily newspapers will have Business sections or lift-outs covering stock market updates for public companies. These will also include reports on mergers and acquisitions and changes in executive leadership, for example.

A company or people within a company may also be reported in the daily news because it has general interest, for example a major incident such as a building fire, a personal profile, or consumer update.

Equally valuable, newspaper advertisements can help to trace a company or business’ location at a point in time, even a single mention of a name in an article may provide a clue on where to look next.

Here are some key online newspaper resources to help you in your search.

Newspaper resources

Access Australia
Explore more than 730 influential Australian news sources from every state and territory covering the 1980s to the present day. Fully searchable text includes articles, editorials, obituaries, classifieds and more. Includes The Age (1991— ), Herald Sun (1999— ), The Australian (1998— ), Australian Financial Review (1987— ) and many local newspapers and news websites. Coverage varies between titles.

Mostly text only. Full-image format available for recent major newspapers. Note: Download limits apply.
Australian Financial Review (2013— )
Find full-text articles from September 2013 to the present (delayed 3 days). Article text only, no pictures or ads.
PressReader
View the complete content of over 6000 current newspapers and popular magazines from 97 countries, including ads, images and tables. Access is usually to the last 3 months of issues, but coverage varies.
Top local Australian newspapers, including Herald Sun, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), and The Courier Mail (Brisbane) are included.
Note: The Library Card (Library or Group) Sign In feature is not available on the State Library's subscription.
Australian Newspapers Collection (1831-2000)
Access The Age (1854-2000), The Sydney Herald (1831-1842) and The Sydney Morning Herald (1842-2000).
Articles are full-text, fully searchable and viewable as images.
Historic Australian newspapers (Trove) (1803–1954)
Access digitised historic Australian newspapers.
ProQuest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream
Find full-text articles from Australian and New Zealand newspapers, including The Age (1996— ), Herald Sun (2001— ), The Australian (2001— ), The Sydney Morning Herald (1996— ) and ABC news program transcripts.
Text only, no pictures or ads.