Where Local Stories Matter

We are a locally focused community newspaper, proudly serving our readers since 1972. The Independent Herald provides trusted reporting on the issues that matter most to our community, helping to inform, engage, and reflect the everyday life of the western and northern suburbs.

Our team lives and works in the same community we cover. We are your neighbours as well as your journalists, committed to sharing grassroots, 100% local stories sourced directly from the people and places around us.

Each week, we bring together news, features, and familiar favourites for our readers—from local happenings and human stories to the much-loved crossword. For many, The Independent Herald is a weekly connection to the community; for us, it is a privilege to deliver it.

Local newspapers continue to play an important role in keeping communities informed, connected, and engaged.

Why Us?

With 100% grassroots content coming directly from our community, the Independent Herald has always been a must-read in the western and northern suburbs.

It’s about local faces, local voices, local places and local issues. If you want to know what’s going on, there is no substitute for a trusted local newspaper that is doing its job.

Our recipe is tightly-written stories, local photographs and news about our community, for our community.

Those are the reasons community newspapers continue to grow in influence and reign supreme, and why we are proud to bring you this newspaper every week.