Broadside Weekly
Broadside Weekly was launched in 1992 in the Parliament House press conference room.[1] Originally proposed as Broad left Weekly, Broadside Weekly ran from June, 1992 to March, 1993. After moving to a fortnightly schedule in its last six months, it became known as Broadside.
The editor was Ian Milliss.
Broad Left Weekly sponsors
160 people sponsored the Broad Left Weekly in a pamphlet published in the January 30 1991 Tribune.
Western Australia Veronica Brady, Tony Cooke, Madelon Davis, John Gandini, Robyn Morrow, Sally O'Loughlin, Keith Peckham, Vic Slater, Jo Vallentine, Donna White.
South Australia Jocelyn Auer, Jenny Baker, Ben Carslake, Kym Davey, Peter Duncan, Judith Elton, Marco Fedi, Geoff Goodfellow, Sylvia Kinder, Paul Noack, Barbara Pocock, Jim Redden, Peter Robin, Margaret Sexton, Rhonda Sharp, Stephen Spencer, Mack Tsounis, Wendy Wakefield, David Winderlich.
Tasmania Helen Bound, Bob Graham, Margaet Graham, Tom Harding, Ros Harvey, Austra Maddox, Ian Paterson, Steve Walsh.
Victoria Jan Armstrong, Marian Aveling, Jim Blackwell, Peter Beilharz, Lynda Blundell, Joe Camilleri, Barry Carr, Laurie Carmichael, Tricia Caswell, Frank Cherry, Lily D'Ambrosio, ...Douglas, Melanie Eagle, Lloyd Edmonds, Di Bolton, Sue Jackson, Judith Klepner, Barbara Lewis, Stuart MacIntyre, Simon Marginson, ... Murphy, Martina Nightingale, Dave Robson, Angela Sdrinas, Mike Salvaris, Carmel Shute, Martin Sullivan, Mike Sutherland, Lindsay Tanner, Davina Woods, George Zangalis.
ACT Sue Robinson, Jacqueline Shea, David Wedgewood.
NSW Illawarra John Bourne, Sally Bowen, Mike Dwyer, Steve Quinn, Bev Symons.
NSW Sydney Brian Aarons, Anthony Albanese, Trish Benson, Jill Biddington, Tas Bull, Sharan Burrow, Wendy Caird, Jack..., ...Campbell, Sharny Chalmers, Pat Elphinston, Adam Farrar, John Freeland, Noreen Hewett, Margaret Kirkby, Michael Knight, Marie Muir, Audrey McDonald, John Maitland, Peter Moss, Paul..., Janette Paramore, Pat Ranald, Stan Sharkey, Richard Walsham, Carmel Tebbutt, Kevin Tory.
NSW Newcastle Peter Barrack, Vic Brill, Bernadette Callaghan, Carol Dowling, Marcia Langton, Peter O'Brien, Judy Stevens.
Sponsors in July 15, 1992 Broadside Weekly
Brian Aarons, Anthony Albanese, Caroline Alcorso, Jan Armstrong, Jocelyn Auer, Marian Aveling, Jim Blackwell, Jenny Baker, Peter Barrack, Brian Beer, Peter Beilharz, Trish Benson, Jill Biddington, Cathy Bloch, Lynda Blundell, Max Bound, Helen Bound, John Bourne, Jean, Warren Bowen, Sally Bowen, Veronica Brady, Vic Brill, Tas Bull, Meredith Burgmann, Sharan Burrow, Wendy Caird, Bernadette Callaghan, Jack Cambourn, Joe Camilleri, George Campbell, Bob Campbell, Laurie Carmichael, Barry Carr, Ben Carslake, Ann Catling, Sharny Chalmers, Frank Cherry, Bob Connell, Tony Cooke, Eva Cox, Lily D'Ambrosio, Jack Davis, Madelon Davis, Chris Dodds, Dermot Dorgan, Carol Dowling, Peter Duncan MHR, Mike Dwyer, Melanie Eagle, Elizabeth Eddy, Lloyd Edmonds, Alex Elphinston, Pat Elphinston, Judith Elton, Adam Farrar, Marco Fedi, Terry Flew, Nadine Flood, Di Foggo, John Freeland, John Gandini, Jennie George, Peter Gibbons, Judy Gillett, Geoff Goodfellow, Margaret Graham, James Gray, Kath Greenwood, Tom Harding, Ros Harvey, Stan Heilbronn, Noreen Hewett, Betty Hounslow, Drew Hutton, Sue Jackson, Roger Jowett , Sylvia Kinder, Margaret Kirkby, Stephen Knight, Michael Knight MLA, Marcia Langton, Sonia Laverty, Bob Leach, Joan Lemaire, Barbara Lewis, Ian Lowe, Stuart MacIntyre, Austra Maddox, John Maitland, Simon Marginson, Tony Martin, Paul Matters, Carol Matthews, Audrey McDonald, Tom McDonald, Ian McLean, Stacey Miers, Clive Morgan, Robyn Morrow, Peter Moss, Marie Muir, John Murphy, Paul Murphy, Mandy Newman, Martina Nightingale, Paul Noack, Bert Nord, Sandra Nori MLA, Peter O'Brien, Sally O'Loughlin, Janette Paramore, Kevin Parker, Ian Paterson, Keith Peckham, Barbara Pocock, Steve Quinn, Pat Ranald, Jim Redden, Sue Robinson, Dave Robson, Peter Robson, Noelene Rudland, Hugh Saddler, Mike Salvaris, Angela Sdrinis, Margaret Sexton, Stan Sharkey, Rhonda Sharp, Richard Shearman, Carmel Shute, Vic Slater, Terry Smith, John Speight, Stephen Spence, Judy Stevens, Martin Sullivan, Michael Sutherland, Ann Symonds MLC, Beverly Symons, Lindsay Tanner, Carmel Tebbutt, Giselle Thomas, Kevin Tory, Mick Tsounis, Jo Vallentine, Wendy Wakefield, Steve Walsh, Richard Walsham, Rob Watts, Andrew Wells, Donna White, David Winderlich, Davina Woods, Jackie Wurm, Vera Zaccari, George Zangalis, Juana Zepeda.
"Why we need a Broad Left Weekly"
Dick Shearman Australian Labor Party, Sister Veronica Brady, University of WA, Drew Hutton Rainbow Alliance, Meredith Burgmann, Australian Labor Party.
Tribune supports the Broad Left Weekly Project
Broadside Weekly personnel
Editors - Ron Knowles and Peter Murphy.
Weiters - Peter Cronau, Sandra Barker, John Killorn, Suganthi Singarayar
Brisbane Barton Green, Jason Copeland
Staff from Tribune
From Jonathan Strauss' 2011 PhD Thesis:[2]
- Among political periodicals, Tribune, a weekly produced on behalf of the Communist Party of Australia, had sales of around 7000 per issue from 1979-1982, but reports in 1986 and 1987 put these at around 4000 and the paper’s circulation when it closed down in 1991 was about 2700. Broadside Weekly, which involved some who previously worked on Tribune, ran from June 1992 to March 1993.
SEARCH Foundation
SEARCH Foundation was set up as a not-for-profit company in 1990 to preserve and draw on the resources of the Communist Party of Australia, and its archives.
The CPA was the most significant socialist party in Australia between its formation in 1920 and 1991, when it ceased operating.
Initially the Foundation supported the New Left Party, and the publications Australian Left Review, and Broadside Weekly. When these collapsed in 1993, the Foundation reassessed the situation and decided to initiate political activity itself, to encourage practical unity on the Left towards democracy, social justice and environmental sustainability, and to reach out to people coming from other traditions who share these goals.
Broadside Weekly
An addition to the alternative media is due to appear this week with the first issue of a new paper, Broadside Weekly.
Described as "an independent, broadly based left and progressive weekly", Broadside will be formally launched in Sydney on June 5.
Proposals for the project were initiated in the second half of 1990. The new paper has a supporters' association headed by a board consisting of Brian Aarons, Anthony Albanese, Wendy Bacon, Peter Barrack, Meredith Burgmann, Wendy Caird, Patricia Caswell, Kerren Clark, Tony Cooke, Drew Hutton, Ron Knowles, Stuart MacIntyre, Tom McDonald, Peter Murphy, Carmel Shute, John Sutton, Lindsay Tanner, Jo Vallentine and Roger Woock.[3]
Broadside Weekly was supported by the SEARCH Foundation.