The Mandarin (website)
Australian online magazine
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The Mandarin is an Australian online magazine, owned by Private Media.
| Categories | Public sector |
|---|---|
| First issue | 2014 |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Website | themandarin |
History
The Mandarin was launched in 2014 as a part of Private Media's "broader focus on business and the government sector"; Ken Henry, Lucy Turnbull, and Graeme Samuel served on the website's initial advisory committee.[1][2][3] Tom Burton, former executive editor at The Sydney Morning Herald, was appointed publisher.[4]
The website's audience grew to around 25,000 subscribers and 90,000 unique visitors to the website per month by 2018.[5]
Chris Johnson was a past managing editor.[6] In 2019 Tom Burton departed the company after being appointed editor of The Australian Financial Review's coverage of government issues.[7]
The Mandarin's reporting has been referenced by The New Daily and The Sydney Morning Herald.[8][9]
Description and people
As of June 2024[update] Peter Gearin, formerly special reports editor at The Mandarin, is editor of the publication,[10] which reports news of interest to Australian public sector managers.[3]
