The Truth (newspaper)

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The Truth was a Melbourne tabloid newspaper established in 1890.

Before 1945 it had a style of journalism that was high pitched, sensational and melodramatic.

In its early years its politics was very much left-leaning, and it painted itself as the voice of the working class. About 1950 it became notorious for scandal, sleaze and ample breasts.

At one time or other though, many of Australia’s respected journalists worked on the paper. 1967 a reporter was Richard L’Estrange who broke the scandal surrounding the crash between HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Voyager. The name was not always ironic, and it broke many important stories including the abortion protection racket of the 1960s. It was last published in 1995.

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