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* AAP reports Rupert Murdoch to say the matter of John Malone's Liberty Media 18 per cent stake in News Corp is expected to be resolved within three month.

* News Interactive has signed an exclusive deal with the Telstra-owned Sensis network that allows it to extend its classified advertising reach to more than 5.6 million Sensis unique browsers, says B&T.

* Quest Community Newspapers, the Queensland division of News Limited Community Newspapers, has re-badged Northern News as City North News. The re-vamped paper, and a number of surrounding Quest publications, have realigned some circulation boundaries.

* Morry Schwartz has launched The Monthly, edited by Christian Ryan. Writers for the first edition include Helen Garner, Don Watson, Mungo MacCallum, Sophie Lee and Margaret Simons on 'Fear and Loathing At The ABC.' Yearly subscriptions are a maximum $59.95. www.themonthly.com.au

* Mungo had a blast for Eric Beecher's failed Eye magazine, when he overviewed 'From Nation to Now': 'The Eye (biting and funny but hopelessly over-designed)'. Mungo's item briefly traces Nation (founded by Tom Fitzgerald) and Nation Review (founded by Gordon Barton, whose life-and-death he reflects in two paragraphs). Mungo says of Barton and NR: "(it was) so far to the left of its proprietor that it looked like something from another planet".

* The Australian Press Council issued a press release on May 2 for the May 3 celebration of World Press Freedom Day. It gave most weekly trade publications no advance time to help promote. The APC said: "as the rest of the world marks World Press Freedom Day, May 3, by drawing attention to the increasing murder, detention, torture and arrest of journalists, the Press Council believes the ever-increasing, if less overtly violent, attacks on press freedom in Australia should not go unnoticed. The Council calls on Australian governments to recognise its Charter of a Free Press as a basis for maintaining a spirited and free press in Australia."

* Mediaweek (Aust.) profiles the Geelong Advertiser and Dubbo Daily Liberal in its current edition.

* WA Business News has managed an eight-page 'Legal Elite' annual editorial/advertising feature. The paper is also sponsoring a June 22 forum where WA Premier Dr Geoff Gallop outlines 'A New Blueprint For Business'. www.wabusinessnews.com.au

* Australian commercial radio ratings are due to be released this Tuesday morning by AC Nielsen.

* The Golden Plains Miner has been granted membership of the Victorian Country Press Association. The 1200-circulation paid Thursday-weekly has a circulation area sandwiched between Ballarat and Geelong. One of its towns, Bannockburn, will this year have an estimated subdivision of 2500 new blocks of land for dwellings and business development.

* The former Gabbie Stadium in Sydney's west, has been re-named as Fairfax Community Stadium. FCN boss John Stafford says his group has become Soccer NSW's media partner, introducing weekly soccer pages in all Sydney community titles.

* Soccer seems to be a growth area for newspapers.Costa Koutropoulos is editing Goal Weekly - Victoria's new weekly 24-page soccer tabloid, on sale for $2, and printed at McPherson Media's Enterprise Web, South Yarra.

* That sounds like a familiar woman's voice, we said when we tuned into ABC 774 Radio, Melbourne, on Friday. Wrong. It was male ... and Stephen Mayne, former owner of Crikey, standing in for morning presenter Jon Faine.

Media People

* Mark Gardy becomes Editor-in-Chief of Melbourne's Leader Community Newspapers, moving from his position as head of the insert magazine division at The Herald & Weekly Times. He replaces Wayne Buttner who has become GM at the Community Newspaper Group, Perth. Gardy's career started at the tri-weekly Wimmera Mail-Times, Horsham, followed by stints at the Adelaide News, the Melbourne Herald and Herald Sun. After a News Corporation exchange to London, he became Editor of the free afternoon commuter newspaper, mX. Community Newspapers boss Alasdair MacLeod says: "Leader has been through a period of rapid growth in the last few years. We have rebranded and redesigned all our mastheads, we can now offer plenty of colour to advertisers, our journalists regularly break stories ahead of the Melbourne media pack and our photographers consistently win major awards. We look forward to Mark building on our strong platform to further cement Leader's place in the hearts and minds of Melbourne."

* The Courier-Mail is introducing a colour magazine to be published every Saturday from October 1, says Queensland Newspapers Managing Director Jerry Harris . Courier-Mail Editor David Fagan says: "We want to celebrate the optimism of Queenslanders." The mag will be edited by Christine Middap; C-M Managing Editor Steve Gibbons will be Consulting Editor for the launch period.

* Jospeh Talcott, one-time Global Band and Marketing Director of McDonald's, has become Group Marketing Director for News Limited.

* Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation boss, thought out loud with his ingredients for what web presence should be for news companies: "It can't just be what it too often is today: a bland repurposing of our print content. Instead, it will need to offer compelling and relevant content. Deep, deep local news. Relevant national and international news. Commentary and debate. Gossip and humour."

From The Wires

* Panic has set in at the 'Rockefeller Center' says The New York Times, reporting on audience and other problems at NBC's Today program: "For more than a decade Katie Couric has reigned as the Everywoman of morning television. NBC considered her so critical to restoring the pre-eminence of "Today" after the disaster known as Deborah Norville that in 2001 the network gave her a $60 million contract over four-and-a-half years to keep her from defecting. Inevitably, Ms. Couric's on-air persona changed, along with her appearance and pay scale. But lately her image has grown downright scary: America's girl next door has morphed into the mercurial diva down the hall. At the first sound of her peremptory voice and clickety stiletto heels, people dart behind doors and douse the lights. Or, at least, change the channel. At its height, "Today" had two million more viewers than ABC's "Good Morning America." Now NBC's most profitable program may be in danger of falling behind: for the first time in years, the gap between "Today" and "Good Morning America" recently narrowed to just 270,000 viewers. The strained chemistry between Ms. Couric and her colleagues - Matt Lauer, Al Roker and Ann Curry - could be one reason." www.nytimes.com

* The Guardian (UK) reports: "Lord Heseltine's publishing group Haymarket has agreed to buy Media Week from Quantum Business Media in a deal that could be announced today (Friday). Haymarket will add the weekly business title to its existing media portfolio, which includes Campaign, PR Week and Marketing. There had been speculation that Haymarket would also bid for Press Gazette, Quantum's other media magazine. However, Haymarket is not thought to be among the two remaining bidders for Press Gazette, which recently took a hit when a group of national newspaper editors threatened to boycott its high-profile awards ceremony."

* US newspaper circulation fell almost 2 per cent in the past six months, with blame put on don-not-call rules, competition from other media and migration of readers on-line. Newspaper circulations reached a peak in 1984, says Associated Press. Another factor has been publishers correcting overstated circulations, a scandal which has resulted in millions being re-paid to advertisers. AP quotes Rupert Murdoch, urging the need to address migration of readers from print media to the Internet: "Unless we awaken to these changes which are quite different than those five or six years ago, we will, as an industry, be relegated to the status of also-rans."

* An advertiser is suing the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, claiming circulation figures were inflated by including papers "that were distributed free to homes, businesses, on the street and at large gatherings, thrown into trash bins without ever having been distributed; donated to schools; and distributed to apartment tenants as part of a scheme in which the subscription cost was included in the rent, then kicked back to the apartment complex manager". www.ap.org

American Top 20

* The USA Audit Bureau of Circulations has published the average daily circulation of that nation's 20 biggest newspapers for the six months ended March 31. The percentage changes are from the comparable year-ago period.

1. USA Today, 2,281,831, up 0.05 percent
2. The Wall Street Journal, 2,070,498, down 0.8 percent
3. The New York Times, 1,136,433, up 0.24 percent
4. Los Angeles Times, 907,997, down 6.5 percent (a)
5. The Washington Post, 751,871, down 2.7 percent
6. New York Daily News, 735,536, down 1.5 percent
7. New York Post, 678,086, up 0.01 percent
8. Chicago Tribune, 573,744, down 6.6 percent
9. Houston Chronicle, 527,744, down 3.9 percent (a)
10. San Francisco Chronicle, 468,739, down 6.1 percent (a)
11. The Arizona Republic, 452,016, down 3.2 percent (a)
12. The Boston Globe, 434,330, down 3.9 percent
13. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., 394,767, down 1.6 percent
14. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 391,373, down 2.4 percent
15. Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul, 378,316, up 0.33 percent (a)
16. The Philadelphia Inquirer, 364,974, down 3.0 percent (a)
17. The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, 348,416, down 5.2 percent (a)
18. Detroit Free Press, 347,447, down 2.0 percent
19. St. Petersburg Times (Florida), 337,515, down 3.2 percent (a)
20. The Oregonian, Portland, 335,980, down 1.8 percent

* Four newspapers were not allowed to include their circulation figures in the report released May 2 as a penalty for misstating circulation figures in the past: Newsday of New York's Long Island; the Dallas Morning News; the Chicago Sun-Times and Hoy, a Spanish-language newspaper in New York. The first three papers were among the top 20 in the comparable reporting period a year ago.

What The (Weekend) Papers Say

* The West Australian started another weekend of local stories with Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan claiming hundreds of police are rorting their sick leave entitlements. Melbourne's Herald Sun went back onto the drugs saga - 'Bali 9 Raid' - (as did Hobart's Mercury) quoting police to say that four arrests linked to the Bali nine proved they were part of a larger international drug syndicate. Sydney's quaintly named Saturday Daily Telegraph milked the 'Get Off The Bus' yarn, but four-sevenths of the front-page was devoted to the Rebecca Cartwright-Lleyton Hewitt pregnancy. Queensland's Courier-Mail was more mercenary: 'House Prices Slump'. The Examiner, Launceston, carried former Tourism Minister Ken Bacon's claim: 'I Was Set Up'. The Saturday Advertiser (Adelaide) energetically led with 'Back Off: New DPP Warns Premier', saying new Director of Public Prosecutions, Stephen Pallaras, QC, warned politicians not to interfere with his office – saying it cannot afford to become "a plaything of the political process". And what else would you expect from the NT News: "Daring Crocs Stalk Anglers'.

* Across the ditch, The Weekend Herald: 'Doctors Sound Alarm Over Teen Drinking'. The Fiji Times reported that four traditional leaders, charged with offences relating to the May 2000 coup, have been jailed for periods ranging from 15 months to two-and-a-half years. The Fiji Sun instead led with 'Bus Fares Go Up' on Friday; and 'Stop Bus fare Rise' on Saturday. The Papua New Guinea Post Courier's Friday-Saturday-Sunday edition said 'tomorrow' is the deadline for answers from the Government on calls to send the Australian Assisting Police packing from the country. A group of 300 angry police who met in Port Moresby on Wednesday gave a 48-hour ultimatum over the demand.

* Sydney's Sunday Telegraph covered the terrorist story with a bold '72 hours' headline. Adelaide's Sunday Mail was similar: "Hours To Live'. Perth's Sunday Times led with 'Ultimatium' - with the dramatic pic of Douglas Wood being held at gunpoint; the local story of West Coast Eagles players' alleged underworld links is also widely covered. The Sunday Age leads with Canberra reporter Phillip Hudson's Budget preview regarding 130,000 child care places, and the Queensland air tragedy which killed 15 people; its sister Sun-Herald covered the Middle East terrorists and the air tragedy. The Herald Sun coverage was straight-forward: '15 Dead: Plane Flies Into Mountain'. Queensland's Sunday Mail worded it: '15 Dead In Far North Air Crash'. The Sunday Tasmanian chose a dramatic local story: 'Jail Siege'. In Darwin, the Sunday Territorian also went local: '$230m Railway Link To Rival Ghan'.

Long Shots - with Ash Long

* The Chicago Tribune is in trouble, apologising for misidentifying a man in a photo as a mobster. Wrong man. Wrong city to make that type of mistake.

* Long Shots is yet to understand how some Victorian press outlets have published the name of a teenage sexual assault victim, in the case of teacher Karen Ellis, who was jailed late last week.

* Careful with what you print. The Gaston Gazette (US) published details of a man arrested on a misdemeanour computer crime. Jon Paul Bumgardner, 41, ran hoses from his truck's exhaust pipe through his Ford truck ... and apparently killed himself in the newspaper's parking lot the next day.

* Australian radio identity Wayne McCardell has put together a fascinating website - www.waynemac.com - ahead of publishing his book: Don't Touch That Dial – Hits 'n' Memories of Australian Radio.

* The Guardian (UK) reports a voter TV turn-off in the coverage of Britain's elections. Likewise in the States, the CBS Evening News has hit historic low ratings since Dan Rather signed off last month. The new reader is Bob Schieffer, 68 -probably a good age to retire.

* Michael Miller and Melvin Mansell, MD and Editor of The Advertiser, have forwarded a copy their impressive first edition of SA Business Journal, a weekly 36-page liftout in The Addy. It even includes a Business Confidential page. Extremely well done.

* Two UK journalists - Anil Bhoyrul and James Hipwell - have pleaded not guilty to using their Daily Mirror 'City Slickers' column to encourage readers to buy stocks that they owned.

* The Australian Press Council has issued a 'guideline' regarding witness payments in trials: "The Australian Press Council recognises that, on occasion, publications will pay sources to ensure that matters of public interest and concern that might not otherwise be published are made available to readers." www.presscouncil.org.au

From The Outer - with John Pasquarelli

* How the Labor Party worm has turned. A recent mailout from my local MP – a member of the Socialist Left in Victoria - was fulsome in its praise of Anzac Day and the attendant traditions. This same person and his faction are rabid Republicans who in past times have called for the changing of our flag as well as supporting all the usual Peacenik causes. There are quite a few MPs in our parliaments who (in their longhaired days) spat on and abused our Vietnam Diggers. Even these people are not totally dumb as they can read the present public mood and that means votes.
* The Labor Party has always campaigned against conscription with much tub thumping; during the Vietnam years lefty students followed Jim Cairns into the streets aided and abetted by a treacherous media. The Government’s intention to abolish compulsory student union membership has resulted in squeals of indignant rage and one could be forgiven for thinking that there will be no more Olympic medals or brain surgeons if the government does not buckle. For a party that once sponsored White Australia and beat up workers who wanted to be independent, the Labor Party’s hypocrisy is breathtaking. Isn’t compulsory unionism simply conscription?

Ourselves

* Local Media Pty Ltd, publishers of Media Flash, pumped up its weekly Melbourne Observer paid-newspaper this past week with a mini re-launch, including a paid 3AW radio campaign, Fiji holiday reader competition, and a 24-page full-colour weekly Travel lift-out. The Observer also had a rush-print Logies colour souvenir. Columnists include John Michael Howson, John Pasquarelli, Yvonne Lawrence and Ric Melbourne. Distribution to newsagents has also been reinvigorated through All Day Distribution. Cover-price has been reduced to $1. www.melbourneobserver.com.au For a free mailed copy, e-mail editor@melbourneobserver.com.au

* Local Media Pty Ltd continues its www.overnighters.com.au website project in association with the 3AW Overnighters program hosted by Keith McGowan.

* Extremely healthy advance bookings are reported for the Travel lift-outs published monthly in the Sydney News and Brisbane Sun newspapers published by Local Media. www.sydneynews.com.au, www.brisbanesun.com.au For a free mailed copy, e-mail editor@localmedia.com.au

Sunday Stop Press

* All the late bits ...

* The Daily Telegraph reports that Arab community radio station 2ME breakfast announcer Anis Ghanem received a death threat after he organised a prayer vigil from abducted Australian Douglas Wood.

* Associated Press says journalists in the Philippines will be allowed to carry guns for self-defence. Police bodyguards will be assigned to journalists who request them.

* PacPrint wil be held at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre from Tuesday, May 24 until Saturday, May 28.

* Saturday's Age (Melbourne) ran a full broadsheet page house ad tio promote its May 20 Journalism Seminar. Speakers include feature writer Gabriella Coslovich, associate editor (business) Malcolm Maiden, and trainee journalist Jane Holroyd.

* Graeme Samuel, Chairman, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, speaks on 'Cartels, Media and Telecommunications', when he delivers the 2005 Deakin Law Oration on Wednesday (May 11) at the Australian Stock Exchange Theatrette, 530 Collins St, Melbourne, 6.45pm for 7.15pm. www.deakin.edu.au

* The Bendigo Advertiser is celebrating that it has reached the 10,000 job ads mark annually.

* The Australian Broadcasting Authority has agreed to extended the Adelaide community television trial until October 4, 2005. Current triallist is C31 Adelaide Limited. Brisbane's Channel 31 is set to be allowed to transmit at increased power, equivalent to that of the existing SBS UHF service.

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Australian Media Jobs Directory

New South Wales

* The Singleton Argus seeks a Manager. Carolyn Stevenson, Group Manager, Singleton-Muswellbrook-Scone, is taking enquiries. manager.singletonargus@ruralpress.com

* Matt Griffith, The Daily Telegraph wants a Sub Editor. griffithm@newsltd.com.au Closes: Fri., May 20.

* The National Radio News Network, Bathurst-based, serving up to 100 community radio stations, seeks a News editor. jamontgomery@csu.edu.au

* Prime Appointments International have the brief to locate an Advertising Agency CEO. Circa $300,000. gregb@primeappointments.com

* The Australian requires an Advertising Sales Executive - Special Projects. giffithm@newsltd.com.au Closes: Mon., May 20.

* The Border Mail, Albury-Wodonga, advertises for an Editor. tony_whiting@bordermail.com.au

* News Limited Community Newspapers has a vacancy for a Media Marketing Executive. richardsont@cng.newsltd.com.au Closes: Thu., May 19.

* Hudson is vetting CVs for a Media Manager position. SMOH/2B/22816. http://jobs.au.hudson.com/jobsearch

* The Australian Financial Review has a position for a Senior Sales Person, Life and Leisure, Sydney. SMH164994. http://careers.fairfax.com.au Closes: Thu., May 12.

* Sunday Life magazine wants an Account Manager. SMH165292. http://careers.fairfax.com.au Closes: Wed., May 18.

* Fairfax requires a Sales Support Co-Ordinator. SMH162261. http://careers.fairfax.com.au Closes: Wed., May 11.

* The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation offers up to $53,000 for a Public Affairs Co-Ordinator. There's also a vacancy for a Communications Adviser. craig.pearce@ansto.gov.au Closes: Mon., May 23.

* Karen Daly, Fairfax Community Newspapers is appointing a Training Editor, across NSW and Victoria, based at Liverpool. Ref: 163028. http://careers.fairfax.com.au Closes: Fri., May 20.

* The ABC is paying up to $68,110 pa equivalent for a Children's Magazine Editor, Ultimo, on a 'maternity backfill 6 months basis' commencing September. EO1517025. o'brien.lesley@abc.net.au or recruitment@your.abc.net.au Closes: Fri., May 20.

* Sarah Wilson, Cosmopolitan requires a Chief Sub-Editor. swilson@acp.com.au Closes: Mon., May 16.

* David Clutterbuck, Yaffa Publishing Group, wants to employ a Journalist for AdNews. davidclutterbuck@yaffa.com.au

* Fairfax Printers wants a Plant Services Design and Documentation Engineer. SMH156988. http://careers.fairfax.com.au Closes: Fri., May 20.

* The Sydney Morning Herald is employing an Account Manager - Real Estate. SMH146070. http://careers.fairfax.com.au Closes: Fri., May 13.

* Universal Managzines wants an Advertising Sales Manager. vmoussa@universalmagazines.com.au

* Elite fashion magazine is employing an Advertising/Marketing Manager. career@fashiontrend.com.au

* The Supreme Court of NSW is paying up to $59,962 for a Website and Information Co-Ordinator. agrecruitment@agd.nsw.gov.au Closes: Fri., May 20.

* Garry Baker, Southern Riverina News, Finley, is hiring a Journalist. 0409 447 609.

Australian Capital Territory

* Expressions, advertising agency, requires a Manager. Suite 2, 21 Murray Cres, Manuka, ACT 2603.

* Kingscroft Consulting has the brief to locate a Technical Editor, in the Australian air safety sector. Circa $65,000 package. Ref 21855. apply@kingscroft.com.au

* The Canberra Times requires a Distribution Supervisor. 9am-5pm, plus some weekend overtime, plus earlier starts as required. $36,000-$40,000. David Cook, PO Box 7155, Canberra Mail Centre, ACT 2610. Closes: Mon, May 16.

* The Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources offers up to $75,454 for a Team Leader, Web Publishing. karen.mccormick@industry.gov.au Closes: Thu., May 19.

* The Canberra Times wants a Classifieds Sales Assistant. frances.dietrich@canberratimes.com.au Closes: Wed., May 11.

* The Health Insurance Commission offers a Manager Media Relations/Spokesperson job, plus Public Affairs & Marketing Officer roles. www.hic.gov.au/careers/

* Engineers Australia offers up to $82,000 for an Associate Director, Communication and Marketing. cwhite@engineersaustralia.com.au Closes: Sat., May 21.

Victoria

* Fairfax Community Newspapers, Fitzroy, requires Telemarketers. http://careers.fairfax.com.au Ref: AGE152582. Closes: Fri., May 13.

* Leader Community Newspapers requires an Assistant Management Accountant. hr@ldr.newsltd.com.au

* Mountain Views Mail/Upper Yarra Mail has a vacancy for an Advertising Sales Consultant. mvmail@yvnews.com.au

* Bruce Ellen, Latrobe Valley Express, invites applications for an Editor for the bi-weekly, two weeklies and associated publications. bellen@gippsnews.com.au

* Herald Sun is recruiting an Account Manager - Advertising Agencies. careers@hwt.com.au Closes: Mon., May 16.

* Fairfax has a vacancy for a Publishing Technology Developer. Ref: AGE164913 http://careers.com.au Closes: Fri., May 13.

* Anna Burke, MP, Box Hill, requires an Electorate Officer, with media responsibilities. anna.burke.mp@aph.gov.au Closes: Sat., May 21.

* Walsh Media, magazine publisher, requires an Advertising Sales person. walshmedia@internode.com.au

* The Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment offers up to $77,046 for a Communications Advsior. DSE 13454. Gail Lannen, HR services, Level 15, 8 Nicholson St, East Melbourne, 3002. Closes: Mon., May 16.

* The Herald Sun is recruiting a Personal Assistant to the Marketing Director.careers@hwt.com.au Closes: Mon., May 16.

* Shepparton News is engaging Year 9-12 students as Youth Reporters. The paper wants 'two general scribes and a sports nut'. 200-word submissions to Kristin Favaloro, PO Box 204, Shepparton, 3632.

* The Border Mail, Albury-Wodonga, is employing a Graphic Artist/Production Layout person. cameron_thompson@bordermail.com.au

* The Melbourne Observer requires an Advertising Sales Agent. editor@melbourneobserver.com.au

* TSA/Telco is recruiting a Sales Executive, selling Yellow Pages in the Albury/Wodonga area. bronwyn.holley@tsaa.com.au

* Rowena Jackson, The Ararat Advertiser/Stawell Times-News wants an Advertising Consultant for 28 hours per week. 3 Ligar St, Ararat, 3377. Closes: Mon., May 23.

* Sensis requires an Online Media Sales Consultant for the Geelong territory. $80,000 OTE plus Super. OTHR/LN/01195 http://jobs.au.hudson.com/jobsearch

* The Shepparton News requires a Sports Editor. damienc@mcmedia.com.au Closes: May 18.

Queensland

* Mike Griffin, The Northern Miner, Charters Towers, has a Journalist position available. griffinm@nqn.newsltd.com.au

* Marchese ad agency wants an Account Executive. sean@marchese.com.au Closes: Tue., May 17.

* Aquent is finding a Graphic Designer/Finished Artist for Juniper. ddsilva@aquent.com

* Executive Resource Group is interviewing for a Communication Consultant for a consultancy. apply@ergroup.com.au

* NBN Television is employing a Promotions/Marketing Co-Ordinator, based on the Gold Coast. Promotions Manager, PO Box 750L, Newcastle, NSW 2300.

* Fairfax Digital seeks an Account Manager, based in Brisbane, for domain.com.au - Ref COU164397. http://careers.fairfax.com.au

* The Courier-Mail is hiring Account Managers for the Sunshine Coast. humanresources@qnp.newsltd.com.au Closes: Fri., May 13.

* REIQ is recruiting a Senior Media and Communications Officer. publicaffairs@reiq.com.au Closes: Fri., May 20.

* The Courier-Mail is on a big recruitment drive for its new glossy mag. It requires a Chief Designer, Picture Editor, Photographer, three Sub-Editors, a Researcher, Writers, an Advertising Sales Manager in each of Sydney and Melbourne, Account Managers in Sydney and Melbourne, and Sales Support in Sydney and Melbourne. taits@qnp.newsltd.com.au Closes: Fri., May 13.

* Griffith University offers up to $50,138 for a Communications Officer, Business and Law. s.thorne@griffith.edu.au Closes: Fri., May 20.

* Barclay Recruitment offers around $80,000 for an Advertising Account Manager. Ref: 2530. Ken Fowler, (07) 3211 1433.

* Queensland's Justice and Attorney-General's Department offers up to $74,516 for a Manager, Marketing and Communications. vacancies@justice.qld.gov.au Closes: Mon., May 30.

* Queensland's Emergency Services is paying up to $66,446 for a Public Relations Officer. bhammill@emergency.qld.gov.au Closes: Mon., May 30.

* Queensland's Environmental Protection Agency pays up to $58,831 for a Senior Communications Officer. job.vacancy@epa.qld.gov.au Closes: Fri., May 20.

* The Gold Coast Bulletin wants Typists, and Customer Sales and Service Representatives, for its Classified Advertising Department. Phone (07) 5584 2309, 10am-3pm, Mon-Wed., May 9-11.

South Australia

* The Bunyip, long-established local paper at Gawler, is hiring a Journalist. heidi@bunyippress.com.au Closes: Mon., May 16.

* The ABC offers up to $52,961 for a Program Maker/Radio and Online Producer, based at Renmark. www.abc.net.au/jobs

* Stock Journal requires an Advertising Sales Person. David Shipp, (08) 8372 5222.

* Foxtel seeks a State Sales Manager - SA. Write: Wharf 8 Murray St, Pyrmont, NSW 2009.

* Talent 2 offers a Business Development and Communications Manager position. AAD16466 www.talent2.com.au

Tasmania

* The Royal Hobart Hospital Public Relations Unit offers up to $53,349 for a Communication Officer. shelley-lee.waller@dhhs.tas.gov.au

* Tasmanian Digital Television is hiring Advertising Sales executives in Hobart and Launceston. Write: General Manager, Level 3, 85 Macquarie St, Hobart, Tas 7000. Closes: Fri., May 20.

* The Examiner has an Advertising Sales vacancy for its Entree touring guides. treid@examiner.com.au Closes: Fri., May 13.

Northern Territory

* Charles Darwin University requires a Director: Corporate Communication. psalt@saltshein.com.au

* ANC Local Radio offers up to $59,000 for a Program Maker/Presenter for mornings in Alice Springs. www.abc.net.au/jobs

Elsewhere

* Radio New Zealand is on the hunt for a Head of News. hr@radionz.co.nz Closes: fri., May 20.

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