Gay & Lesbian Community Publishing Limited is a community-owned, incorporated company.
The company’s core business is publishing the Star Observer, weekly gay and lesbian community newspaper that extends down Australia’s eastern seaboard, and the associated website www.starobserver.com.au.
The newspaper and website have the highest audited circulation and readership of any lesbian and gay weekly news source in the country.
The Star Observer was launched in December 2011 and was formed by combining the company’s original newspaper, the Sydney Star Observer, and its Victorian offering, Southern Star Observer, into a single masthead and extending its reach into Queensland.
Mission
The purpose of Gay & Lesbian Community Publishing Limited is to serve the Australian gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual and queer communities by being the pre-eminent provider of access to news and information through various media.
We strive to serve our purpose by:
* Drawing on the range of skills and experience within the gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual and queer communities, including businesses, community-based organisations and individuals
* Pursuing the goal of excellence in the products, services, and operation of our company
* Applying the highest standards of ethical conduct to our journalism and the provision of news and information through our various products
Our organisation is owned by members of and operated for the gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual and queer communities. Profits from our business are used to strengthen and expand the operation of our company. Our primary activity is the publication of the Star Observer, a newspaper of information and news of interest to gay, lesbian, transgendered, bisexual and queer people living in Australia.
Our company may pursue other publishing activities which are consistent with and complementary to this mission statement, and which benefit the company and the gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual and queer communities.
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