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146-691: A Master of Arts in 1820. Stevenson McGill was his most influential teacher; he also greatly admired Thomas Chalmers . His brother, George, had found employment in New South Wales and Lang decided to join him. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Irvine on 30 September 1822. Arriving in Sydney Cove on 23 May 1823, he became the first Presbyterian minister in the colony of New South Wales. (He had come out to Hobart on Andromeda , and then had sailed from Hobart to Sydney on Brixton . ) On
219-798: A Province of Popedom? A Letter to the Protestant Landholders of New South Wales , and in 1847 he followed up with, Popery in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere: and How to Check it Effectually: An Address to Evangelical and Influential Protestants of all Denominations in Great Britain and Ireland . He strongly opposed Caroline Chisholm 's campaign to sponsor the immigration of single Irish Catholic women to Australia. But, as Bridges states: "Lang considered opposition to harmful errors of Catholicism part of his duty as
292-419: A free afternoon newspaper, from 2007, but mX had a relatively low news content, and was discontinued in mid-2015. Fairfax Media has published the online only Brisbane Times since 2007. As of August 2015 , according to third-party web analytics providers Alexa and SimilarWeb , Courier-Mail' s website was the 141st and 273rd most visited in Australia respectively. At the same time, SimilarWeb rated
365-652: A minister but he consistently championed the cause of Irish and Catholic civil liberties and deprecated any incitement to Protestant-Catholic or Anglo-Celtic disturbances." He visited Archbishop Polding when the Roman Catholic leader was dying in 1877. Despite his bitter anti-Catholicism, his political ideas won him wide support among the Irish Catholic population, who shared his dislike of English and Anglican dominance. In return, he supported Home Rule for Ireland – partly because he thought this would reduce
438-577: A movement of error in history under the guise of friendship to Christ. Lang shared this belief and saw the Man of Sin as illustrated in the Papacy . When the immigration of poor Irish Catholics was running at a massive level, he campaigned against Irish migration. His fear was that the colony would be swamped by such persons and that Protestant and British liberties would be lost. In 1841 he published The Question of Questions! or, Is this Colony to be transformed into
511-508: A new body. In July 1846 he set off again for Britain returning in March 1850. He and two other ministers set up the Synod of New South Wales (the second of this name) on 3 April 1850, although the minutes term it The Australian Presbyterian Church . During its life of some 14 years, 31 ministers were connected with it at one time or another, including 8 of the 20 brought out by Lang in 1850. It
584-456: A sensational story, which would be attractive to readers, and put the story ahead of its legal obligations". On 7 October 2014, the paper published a transphobic headline related to the gruesome murder of Mayang Prasetyo. The paper raised controversy for depicting Indonesian president Joko Widodo with a doctored photo of bloody hands to protest against the country's decision to execute two Australian convicted drug smugglers known as part of
657-555: Is added a History of New South Wales' . He also published Port-Phillip, or the colony of Victoria in 1853, and Queensland, Australia in 1861 to promote the northern colony. In 1849, three immigrant ships ( Fortitude , Chaseley , Lima ) sponsored by Lang arrived in Moreton Bay with approximately 600 immigrants all personally selected by Lang. Lang Park in Brisbane is named after him in recognition of his work promoting
730-583: Is an Australian newspaper published in Brisbane . Owned by News Corp Australia , it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills , in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs, and it is printed at Yandina on the Sunshine Coast . It is available for purchase both online and in paper form throughout Queensland and most regions of Northern New South Wales . The history of The Courier-Mail
803-480: Is remarkable, his assessments of individuals generally perceptive if tinged with his own prejudices. His egotism defies belief but his achievements are quite astonishing and overshadow his religious contribution. Excluding his newspaper articles his published work runs to some 10,000 pages. Lang died on 8 August 1878 in Sydney following a stroke. His funeral, on 10 August, was "one of the largest that has taken place in
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#1732771896658876-605: Is through four mastheads . The Moreton Bay Courier later became The Courier , then the Brisbane Courier and, since a merger with the Daily Mail in 1933, The Courier-Mail . The Moreton Bay Courier was established as a weekly paper in June 1846. Its first editorial promised to "make known the wants of the community ... to rouse the apathetic, to inform the ignorant ... to transmit truthful representations of
949-439: The Daily Mail (first published on 3 October 1903). In 1987, Rupert Murdoch 's News Limited acquired newspaper control, and outstanding shares of Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd. The Courier-Mail launched its first website in 1998. From its inception until March 2006 The Courier-Mail was a broadsheet newspaper . On 14 December 2005 it was announced that the paper would change to a tabloid sometime in early 2006, however
1022-508: The Bali Nine in 2015. In 2013, The Courier-Mail had the fourth-highest circulation of any daily newspaper in Australia. Its average Monday-Friday net paid print sales were 172,801 between January and March 2013, having fallen 8.0 per cent compared to the previous year. Its average Saturday net paid print sales were 228,650 between January and March 2013, down 10.5 per cent compared to the previous year. The paper's Monday-Friday readership
1095-693: The Brisbane Courier in 1864. In June–July 1868, Stephens floated a new company, and transferred the plant and copyright of the Brisbane Courier to "The Brisbane Newspaper Company". He was the managing director until retired in November 1873, when the paper was auctioned. The journal was, from November 1873 to December 1880, managed by one of the new part-owners, the Tasmanian-born former public servant Gresley Lukin (1840–1916). Although called "managing editor", actual writing and editing
1168-569: The Moreton Bay Courier , consisting of 4 pages, appeared weekly on Saturday 20 June 1846, with Lyon as editor and Swan as publisher. After some 18 months, Lyon and Swan disagreed on many aspects of editorial policy, including transportation of convicts and squatting . Lyon took over sole control in late 1847, but had money problems, and gave sole control to Swan. Swan sold out to Thomas Blacket Stephens in about November 1859. The Moreton Bay Courier became The Courier , and then
1241-570: The National Library of Australia . For thirty years, the paper's senior rugby league football journalist was former Australian vice-captain Jack Reardon . Sports editor at The Courier Mail , Tom Linneth, became the youngest editor in Australia in 1960 at the age of 29. He worked at The Courier Mail between about 1948 to 1974 and again worked there as the sports editor between about 1982 until he retired in 1996. Chris Jones
1314-771: The Port Phillip District (which he proposed to be called Phillipsland, but was eventually called Victoria ) from New South Wales, and for the establishment of representative government and the reduction in the powers of the British-appointed Governors. In 1843 Lang was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council as one of five representatives of the Electoral district of Port Phillip , holding his seat until 1847. From July 1850 to October 1851 Lang
1387-480: The 1837 period, stated: '...it has ever appeared to us one of the most mysterious permissions of Divine Providence, that the founding of an infant church in an infant colony should have fallen into such hands.' In The Colonist Lang agitated for the end of transportation , for the separation of the Moreton Bay Colony (which he proposed to be called Cooksland, but was eventually called Queensland ) and
1460-659: The 1848 revolution in France, had become a radical democrat and a republican. With Henry Parkes and James Wilshire he founded the Australian League political party, although he soon quarrelled with his fellow-founders. He put forward ideas which were both visionary and radical – the federation of the Australian colonies, the establishment of a fully democratic government (at a time when both in Britain and Australia
1533-796: The Aborigines" in four Letters To the Right Hon. Earl Durham that were published in England. Lord Durham was a supporter of the New Zealand Company. The second letter was a virulent attack on the Church Missionary Society in New Zealand, which opposed the colonial aspirations of the New Zealand Company. The Church Missionary Society in New Zealand was led by Archdeacon Henry Williams . Lang founded
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#17327718966581606-523: The Australian colonies" – a funeral procession over a mile in length, led by 500 Chinese, with perhaps 70,000 people lining the streets. His wife died in 1888, and the last of his children in 1934. There were no grandchildren. Lang's name is remembered in Note: In his introduction Baker acknowledges Bridges' informed criticism of his earlier volume on Lang, Days of Wrath , but strangely Baker does not incorporate Bridges' corrections, which relate mainly to
1679-776: The Caledonian Academy in 1826, but it soon folded. He made a second visit to Britain in 1830–31 and recruited several teachers, as well as acquiring a library and equipment for a school he was to call the Australian College. It opened at the beginning of 1832 on land adjoining the Scots Church. It had considerable promise which was not realised due to Lang's lack of administrative ability and his failure to achieve more general support because of his own flaws of character and ability, particularly financial mismanagement. By 1840 it had only about 30 students. In 1842
1752-705: The Church of England monopoly, with New South Wales then being part of that diocese. The Church Act of 1836 gave state-aid to the Church of England, the Church of Scotland and the Roman Catholic Church on the same basis. The Methodists were added in 1839. Lang's views on the Church of England were evident when he published his opinions in "On the Character and Influence of the Present European Population of New Zealand, as Regards
1825-620: The Church of Scotland. Lang visited Britain during 1824–25, where he successfully lobbied the Secretary for the Colonies, Lord Bathurst , to recognise the legal status of the Church of Scotland to the extent that he was allowed a stipend of £300 per annum (current equivalent: £31,100). During this visit, he was made a Doctor of Divinity by Glasgow University and recruited the John McGarvie for ministry at Portland Head. Lang resisted
1898-552: The Golden Lands of Australia , his best-known work. The title of this work has become an established slogan of political radicalism and republicanism in Australia. His relation to the political union of 1901 is, however, ambiguous. By 1875 Lang had rejected his earlier 'continental' vision of a federated, self-governing Australia, in favour of confining the claim of 'freedom and independence' to New South Wales, Queensland, 'Capricornia' (northern Queensland) and 'Carpentaria'. Lang
1971-473: The Irish Catholic influence in British government. The Presbytery of New South Wales (which then included what is now Victoria and Queensland) was formed on 14 December 1832, despite the intemperate habits of two of the ministers, and the opposition of John McGarvie, who had turned out to be a Scottish Moderate. This Presbytery ordained a minister for Launceston and in turn the Presbytery of Van Diemen's Land
2044-605: The Lutheran questions and Confession, which he used on the occasion, as the same in substance with those of the British Presbyterians. His ecclesiastical fights were with exclusivist Anglicans , other Presbyterians and the Catholics. The traditional evangelical Protestant belief concerning the predicted Antichrist , or Man of Sin in 2 Thessalonians 2 , was that: the Man of Sin was not an individual as such but
2117-596: The Presbyterian Church and the press. In 1851, in any case, he was unable to take his seat in Parliament, since he was heavily in debt from his various failed migration schemes and was being pressed by creditors. He was sued for debt, and when he attacked his creditors in the press he was prosecuted for libel, and sentenced to a 100-pound fine and four months imprisonment in Parramatta Gaol . He
2190-579: The Presbytery, unequalled for satanic bitterness and vulgar scurrility, by the worst of the London Sunday papers.' Lang was on a further trip to Britain and America 1839–41, and in his absence terms of union were agreed and the union consummated on 5 October 1840 under the name 'Synod of Australia in connection with the Established Church of Scotland.' The Basis did not give the Church of Scotland any legislative or judicial jurisdiction, but
2263-478: The Synod deposed Lang for slander – calling the Synod a synagogue of Satan particularly displeased the brethren – divisive courses and contumacy by an 8–4 vote. Ultimately, on 9 September 1851, the Presbytery of Irvine in Scotland declared Lang no longer a minister of the Church of Scotland, but did not tell Lang what was afoot nor give him an opportunity to defend himself. Lang tried with minimal success to start
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2336-549: The Synod was committed to the same doctrinal basis as the Church of Scotland. Presbyteries were created subject to the Synod. Lang was admitted on his return in March 1841. In 1840 Lang published a substantial volume entitled Religion and Education in America in which he advocated support of churches by voluntary givings rather than the State, and went so far as to advocate no connection between Church and State. This conflicted with
2409-769: The Year has been awarded as part of the Queensland Literary Awards . Again co-sponsored by The Courier-Mail and the Queensland Government, this prize is awarded "to an outstanding book by a Queensland author, taken from eligible books entered in the Fiction and Non-Fiction categories". Pre-1955 issues of the newspaper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of
2482-435: The civil authorities have no jurisdiction or authoritative control in the spiritual affairs of Christ's Church. (3) In maintaining these Scriptural principles, and the ideal of a united Christian Church in a Christian nation, the Church does not regard the involvement of the State in matters concerning religion as ipso facto contrary to liberty of conscience. Rather, she rejects intolerance or persecution as methods of advancing
2555-562: The claim to exclusive state recognition and support by the Church of England involved in the establishment of the Clergy and School Lands Corporation in 1826. It was suspended in 1829 and abolished in 1833. Also in 1826, he claimed the right to perform marriages by virtue of a British act of 1818 relating to the Diocese of Calcutta which protected Church of Scotland ministers there and thus broke
2628-556: The college became simply a day school for boys meeting elsewhere and was no more by 1852. Lang dreamed of heading an educational institution of standing. He was a supporter of the Presbyterian Theological College and of St Andrew's College within the University of Sydney , although he used his political influence to try and change the legislation and hoped in 1872 to be appointed its first principal. He
2701-463: The colony. Despite their eccentricity, Lang's works were influential in promoting Australia, but his practical schemes for immigration were usually fiascos owing to his lack of business sense. After 1851, in any case, immigration to Australia boomed due to the Gold Rush and had no need of promotion. Lang's influence should not be underestimated but was marred by his wilful personality. As well,
2774-533: The contestants in a close run field for worst paper in Australia... mostly predictable and dull, with occasional honourable exceptions...". In August 2011, police and the parents of a murder victim criticised the paper for falsely accusing their son of a child sex crime. On 24 March 2014 Queensland Newspapers , the News Corp Australia subsidiary responsible for publishing the Courier-Mail ,
2847-610: The deposition in 1863 (which was done by a majority of one vote), following Lang securing the reversal of the Presbytery of Irvine's sentence in 1861. Lang's Synod lost its identity by being merged on 15 November 1864 with the majority of the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia , to form a General Synod which then merged with the original Synod of Australia to form the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales on 8 September 1865 with 47 ministers. In 1872 he
2920-403: The first McIlwraith government , had been a staff journalist. John James Knight was editor-in-chief of The Brisbane Courier from 1906 to 1916, later managing director, then chairman of all of the company's publications. The first edition of The Courier-Mail was published on 28 August 1933, after Keith Murdoch 's Herald and Weekly Times acquired and merged The Brisbane Courier and
2993-633: The franchise was restricted to owners of property) and an Australian republic. These ideas reflected both the Presbyterian ideal of congregational self-government (despite the fact that in church affairs he was an autocrat) and his Scottish nationalist dislike of English and Anglican supremacy. In 1850 Lang published The Coming Event! Or, the United Provinces of Australia in which he predicted an independent Australian federal republic. He followed this in 1852 with Freedom and Independence for
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3066-618: The kingdom of God, and recognises the individual's liberty of conscience and the right of private judgement. Lang's views brought opposition from many including some who had previously supported him. Lang's repute had already declined in Scotland. When he was censured for allowing to preach in Scot's Church a Congregational minister who had been rejected by the Synod, he reacted negatively. On 6 February 1842 he told his congregation that he would go to New Zealand and be supported by voluntary givings. In an extraordinary blast of invective, and alluding to
3139-484: The narrative of Joshua 6:20ff, he said that the Australian church could not prosper until she renounced with indignant scorn the Babylonish garment of an infidel establishment of religion and abandoned the wedge of gold that corrupted all who touched it. At length he consented to remain when the bulk of the 500 adults in his congregation agreed to sever all connection with the Synod and with the State. On 8 October 1842
3212-598: The national/metro daily newspaper of the year. It has a proud history of advocating for its community, and in 2022 was recognised by Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick as being the catalyst for an extra $ 425m in funding every year for mental health services. The Courier-Mail was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame in 2015. Like other News Corp Australia newspaper, The Courier-Mail holds generally conservative political positions. Before 2010 News Corp Australia media
3285-621: The official views of the Church of Scotland as set out in the Confession of Faith, which can be summarised thus: (1) Church and State are distinct and separate institutions, both being accountable to the Lord Jesus Christ who has received all authority in heaven and earth from the Father; (2) the mutually helpful relationship between Church and State does not imply subordination of one to the other in its own sphere; and, in particular,
3358-503: The pastoral duties between them, although Lang remained the church's sole leader. They eventually fell out and Reid moved on to another congregation. By November 1864, there were four ministers (including Lang) connected with the church. Lang was out of the mainstream from 1842, but his political influence was such that he had to be accommodated if union of the three Presbyterian streams was to be achieved. The original Synod of Australia did not wish to recognise Lang, despite having to recall
3431-593: The site as the 25th most visited news website in Australia, attracting almost 2.6 million visitors per month. The Courier-Mail has co-sponsored two sets of literary awards . The Courier-Mail Book of the Year Award, co-sponsored by Queensland Government and worth A$ 30,000 , was established in 1999, and covered a range of writing genres. The inaugural prize was awarded in 2001, and the last one in 2005. The winners of this award were: From 2012 and as of 2023 , The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of
3504-549: The standard of the Westminster Confession of Faith as adhered to by the Church of Scotland. He was influenced by Rev Dr Thomas Chalmers and held a form of the premillennial view of the future. He related quite positively to other denominations of evangelical Protestants, particularly Congregationalists , Lutherans and Methodists . He admitted Congregationalists and Baptists to the Synod which he operated 1850–64, and in 1856 ordained two Lutherans, regarding
3577-548: The state of this unrivalled portion of the colony to other and distant parts of the globe; to encourage every enterprise that will tend to benefit it, and in general to advance its interests, and promote its prosperity". Issue frequency increased steadily to bi-weekly in January 1858, tri-weekly in December 1859, then daily under the editorship of Theophilus Parsons Pugh from 14 May 1861. The recognised founder and first editor
3650-639: The temporal affairs of the Presbytery had been secured from the Government, the terms of which made the Presbytery the only legal representative of the Church of Scotland in the colony. The Presbytery Moderator's certificate was necessary for payment of stipends under the Church Act. Lang thereupon represented the Temporalities Act as 'monstrous and disgraceful in the highest degree' and having the effect of forcing him and his supporters out. This
3723-408: The term "tabloid" was not used in favour of the term "compact". This linguistic choice was probably related to widespread public view that many tabloids, including those published by News Limited , were low quality publications. The last broadsheet edition was published on Saturday 11 March 2006, and the first tabloid edition was published on Monday 13 March 2006. On the same day, the paper's website
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3869-545: The wave of radicalism in Britain and Australia of the mid-19th century soon passed and was succeeded by an era of enthusiasm for the British Empire . But he has become an iconic figure in Australian history for his advocacy of Australian nationalism, federation, full political democracy and republicanism. Lang is the namesake of Dunmore Lang College , at Macquarie University in Sydney. Lang's writings are voluminous, his activities multifarious. His power of description
3942-621: The way back from the second of his nine voyages to Britain (1830–31), he married his 18-year-old cousin, Wilhelmina Mackie, in Cape Town . They were married for 47 years and had ten children, only three of whom survived him. There were no grandchildren. Lang found the Presbyterian Scots in New South Wales to be a small minority, dominated by an Anglican administration and outnumbered by Irish Roman Catholics . There
4015-455: Was Arthur Sidney Lyon (1817–1861) who was assisted by its printer, James Swan (1811–1891), the later mayor of Brisbane and member of Queensland Legislative Council . Lyon, also referred to as the "father of the Press" in the colony of Queensland, had previously served as a writer and journalist in Melbourne, and later moved on to found and edit journals such as Moreton Bay Free Press , North Australian and Darling Downs Gazette . Lyon
4088-526: Was 488,000 in March 2013, having fallen 11.6 per cent compared to the previous year. Its Saturday readership was 616,000 in March 2013, down 13.8 per cent compared to the previous year. Around three-quarters of the paper's readership is located in the Brisbane metropolitan area . Although often claimed to be Brisbane's only daily newspaper since the demise of Queensland Newspapers ' own afternoon newspaper The Telegraph in 1988, it arguably has had two competitors since 2007. News Corp itself published mX ,
4161-530: Was absent in Britain 1839–41, until it ceased in 1840, Rev William McIntyre edited the paper and it reported impartially on matters then agitating the Presbyterian Church. Lang commenced a new paper, The Colonial Observer , in October 1841, which ran until 1844. He also conducted The Press for a period in 1851. Lang was certainly a turbulent Scot but was not quite the fiery fundamentalist who hated all other denominations that some have claimed. Examination of his sermon manuscripts indicate they were orthodox by
4234-449: Was an enthusiastic promoter of the development of the Australian colonies. In 1834 he published in Britain the first edition of An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales, both as a Penal Colony and as a British Colony , which ran through a series of editions until his death, to promote immigration and investment in Australia. The Westminster Review commented that the book should have been called A History of Dr. Lang to which
4307-464: Was appointed editor from 2020, replacing Sam Weir. Jones had worked for News Corp for 21 years. As of November 2023 the editorial cartoonist is Sean Leahy . John Dunmore Lang John Dunmore Lang (25 August 1799 – 8 August 1878) was a Scottish-born Australian Presbyterian minister, writer, historian, politician and activist. He was the first prominent advocate of an independent Australian nation and of Australian republicanism . Lang
4380-429: Was born near Greenock , Renfrewshire (now Inverclyde ), Scotland, the eldest son of William Lang and Mary Dunmore. His father was a small landowner and his mother a pious Presbyterian , who dedicated her son to the Church of Scotland ministry from an early age. He grew up in nearby Largs and was educated at the school there and at the University of Glasgow , where he excelled, winning many prizes and graduating as
4453-674: Was by William Augustine O'Carroll (1831–1885). Most prominent of the various editors and sub-editors of The Queenslander literary staff were William Henry Traill (1842–1902), later NSW politician and editor of the famed Sydney journal ' The Bulletin ', and Carl Adolph Feilberg (1844–1887). Feilberg followed William Henry Trail in the role of political commentator and the de facto editor of The Queenslander until January 1881. He succeeded William O'Carroll as Courier editor-in-chief from September 1883 to his death in October 1887. Lukin's roles as part owner-editor changed on 21 December 1880. Charles Hardie Buzacott , former Postmaster General in
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#17327718966584526-454: Was chosen Moderator of the Assembly but used his speech to seriously criticise his brethren for not choosing him earlier. There wasn't too much mellowing as he grew older. As a churchman Lang was wilful, egotistical, not respectable (twice jailed for libel). He 'preached more of the Gospel than he practised', someone quipped. From the Presbyterian viewpoint Lang is therefore something of an ambiguous figure. James Forbes , writing in 1846 about
4599-485: Was complete fabrication, but Lang and five of the new recruits joined in constituting a Synod on 11 December 1837. Lang placed men in the same localities as Presbytery ministers to draw off adherents and drive out the drunkards. A full-blown schism operated until union was effected in 1840. The Presbytery expelled Lang for schism on 18 January 1838. Lang used The Colonist to spread contention. As James Forbes put it, 'week after week he poured forth vollies of abuse against
4672-404: Was constituted on 6 November 1835 by Lang and two others. The Presbytery in New South Wales had a number of unsuitable ministers. Lang determined on a further visit to Britain in 1836, securing about 20 men from the Church of Scotland and from the Synod of Ulster. Lang had a pre-arranged plan to set up a rival church court to the Presbytery. When he returned in 1837 he found that an Act to regulate
4745-404: Was encouraged to emigrate by John Dunmore Lang and arrived in Brisbane from Sydney in early 1846 to establish a newspaper. He persuaded James Swan, a printer of Lang's Sydney newspaper The Colonialist to join him. Lyon and Swan established themselves on the corner of Queen Street and Albert Street, Brisbane , in a garret of a building later known as the North Star Hotel. The first issue of
4818-430: Was found guilty by a District Court of breaching restrictions on publishing Family Court proceedings on four occasions, and fined a total of $ 120,000. The breaches occurred in 2012 when the Courier-Mail published on its front page the names and photos of a mother and her children involved in a Family Court dispute. District Court Justice Terence Martin said: "It seems to me that the newspaper seized upon what it regarded as
4891-406: Was imprisoned again in 1855, when his son George , manager of the Ballarat branch of the Bank of New South Wales , was convicted of embezzlement. Lang attacked the judge in print and was sentenced to six months imprisonment for criminal libel. Ten thousand people signed a petition for his release, but he served the full sentence. By 1850 Lang, inspired by the Chartist movement in Britain and by
4964-557: Was more politically flexible, but have become much more rigid as Lachlan Murdoch 's influence at the company has grown - as of 2024 , The Australian has endorsed the Liberal Party at each of the past five federal elections, while none of the four daily metros, including the Courier-Mail , have endorsed Labor since at least 2010. In 2007, Crikey described it as "...to the right, as the sleepier Murdoch tabloids always are – but it's more lazy populism than ideological fervour". The Courier-Mail has been described by Crikey as "one of
5037-417: Was no Presbyterian church in the colony and he commenced building one before he had applied to the Governor of New South Wales , Sir Thomas Brisbane , to provide public funds for it. Governor Brisbane refused. Lang had laid the foundation stone for the Scots Church on 1 July 1824 and it was completed with significant debt by William and Andrew Lang and opened on 16 July 1826, with a trust deed that tied it to
5110-525: Was not appointed and in anger stated that St Andrew's College was "conceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity and certain to become a notorious failure". His portrait does, however, continue to hang in the college's Senior Common Room. Lang returned from his third visit to Britain (1833–34) with more ministers and teachers, as well as a printing press and tradesmen to operate it. He commenced The Colonist in January 1835, which he used to promote his schemes, and attack those with whom he disagreed. While he
5183-535: Was one of the Council members for City of Sydney , and in 1854 he was elected to the Council for County of Stanley. "Legislative Council" . The Sydney Morning Herald . NSW. 30 August 1854. p. 4 . Retrieved 5 September 2014 – via Trove. </ref> Lang was MLA for West Sydney from 1859 to 1869. Lang was not suited to parliamentary life, since he was temperamentally opposed to parliamentary procedure. He frequently used parliamentary privilege to pursue personal vendettas against his many enemies in
5256-515: Was revamped and expanded. The change to a tabloid format brought The Courier-Mail in line with all other News Limited Australian metropolitan daily newspapers. It followed the change to a tabloid format by The Advertiser of Adelaide —another News Corporation newspaper—some years earlier. The Courier-Mail has twice been named news destination of the year by the Pacific Area Publishers Association and once
5329-408: Was very loose in approach. Some have regarded it as an attempt to establish a comprehensive evangelical Protestant body, but it appears more an attempt by Lang to maintain a useful power base and maintain his own ego. In 1858, Lang recruited John Reid (the father of future prime minister George Reid ) from a Melbourne congregation to serve as his associate. They shared the preaching duties and divided
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