The Daily Liberal is a daily newspaper produced in the city of Dubbo, New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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. The news stories published relate particularly to the city of Dubbo and the surrounding district. The newspaper was first printed in 1875 and has been covering important local issues in the community ever since. The current price for the daily editions is A$

Australian dollar

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1.40.

The Saturday edition is published under the moniker of the Weekend Liberal.

Distribution

The Daily Liberal is distributed to the major western towns of Dubbo, Brewarrina

Brewarrina, New South Wales

Brewarrina is a small town in North West New South Wales, Australia on the banks of the Barwon River in Brewarrina Shire. It is 98 km east of Bourke and west of Walgett on the Kamilaroi Highway, and 808 km from Sydney. Brewarrina has had its population decrease from 1,197 persons in...

, Narromine

Narromine, New South Wales

Narromine is a town located about 40 kilometres west of Dubbo in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the centre of Narromine Shire. At the 2006 census, Narromine had a population of 3,599 people...

, Wellington

Wellington, New South Wales

Wellington is a town in inland New South Wales, Australia located at the junction of the Macquarie and Bell Rivers. The town is the administrative centre of the Wellington Shire Local Government Area. The town is 362 kilometres from Sydney on the Great Western Highway and Mitchell Highway...

, Gilgandra

Gilgandra, New South Wales

Gilgandra, is a town and Local Government Area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the junction of the Newell Highway, Oxley Highway and Castlereagh Highway. It can be reached in about six hours by car from Sydney. Like Coonabarabran, Gilgandra can be...

, Coonamble

Coonamble, New South Wales

Coonamble is a town on the central-western plains of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the Castlereagh Highway north-west of Gilgandra. At the 2006 census, Coonamble had a population of 2,549...

, Bourke

Bourke, New South Wales

-Transportation:Bourke can be reached by the Mitchell Highway, with additional sealed roads from town to the north , east and south . The town is also served by Bourke Airport and has Countrylink bus service to other regional centres, like Dubbo...

, Cobar

Cobar, New South Wales

-Notable people:*Nik Kosef, former rugby league player for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, 1996 premiership player, NSW & Australia representative*Ernie Toshack, cricketer, member of Bradman's Invincibles* Jemma Heather, state representative 4 times....

 and Walgett

Walgett, New South Wales

Walgett is a town in North-West New South Wales, Australia and the seat of Walgett Shire. It is at the junction of the Barwon and Namoi rivers and near the junction of the Kamilaroi and Castlereagh Highways...

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Ownership

In 1949, the newspaper was purchased by the late Leo Armati and his wife Pat, which meant the beginning of the Macquarie Publications group which grew into the largest independently owned regional publishing group in Australia. Macquarie retained ownership until December 1995 when Rural Press acquired both the Daily Liberal, the Weekend Liberal and the other 55 newspapers and magazines in the Macquarie Publications group . Rural Press merged into Fairfax

Fairfax Media

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in 2007.