The Australian wins newspaper of the year while Fairfax says audience applauded more loudly for its digital victories
The Australian won the top prize at last night’s PANPA Newspaper of the Year Awards.

The Australian’s Paul Whittaker accepts the newspaper of the year title
The News Corp owned masthead won in the national/ metropolitan category of daily newspaper of the year.
The PANPA Awards, which have their origins in the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers’ Association and are now organised by industry trade body NewsMediaWorks, were presented in Sydney.