Job Description

Guardian Australia is part of Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of theguardian.com. As a leading global media organisation, we are renowned for our pioneering independent journalism and our award-winning digital products.

We are seeking a morning news editor to join our Editorial team. The morning news editor will work alongside other news desk editors, and will be responsible for planning, editing and commissioning news stories.

This role is being offered on a full-time permanent basis, working on a seven-day roster with mostly early starts. This role is open to candidates based in either Sydney or Melbourne.

In this role you will…

• Help set news agenda by proposing considered, original and topical ideas for news and feature stories
• Work with other newsdesk editors in planning, editing and commissioning news and feature stories
• Edit copy, check headlines and ensure all legal issues are resolved prior to publication
• Work with selected reporters on priorities for their rounds, and deliver regular feedback
• Monitor news sources, eg wire services, news websites, social media and broadcast media for stories and issues which will provide distinctive stories for Guardian Australia

You’ll bring….

Knowledge and experience

• Good grasp of national and state news
• At least five years of working in a fast-changing and high-pressure environment, preferably on a news website
• Knowledge/awareness of the demands of digital journalism
• Understanding of diversity and inclusion issues
• Significant journalistic experience
• Good understanding of Guardian values: honesty, integrity, courage, fairness, and a sense of duty to the reader and the community
• Good understanding of media law

Skills/behaviours

• A passion for independent journalism and an understanding of our editorial code and values
• Good writing, commissioning and editing skills
• Good news judgment
• Speed and accuracy, with high attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills; persuasive and decisive
• Efficient team player who is flexible and adaptable
• Confident, assertive and diplomatic
• Open to challenge and correction

About working at Guardian Australia…

• Hybrid working
• Employee assistance program (EAP) to support employee wellbeing
• Paid volunteer leave
• Dedicated diversity and inclusion employee groups, action plans (including our Reconciliation Action Plan) and cultural competency training
• Guardian digital subscription

For more information please view the full job description here

This role is being offered on a full-time permanent basis, working on a seven-day roster with mostly early starts. This role is open to candidates based in either Sydney or Melbourne.

To apply for this position, please apply online and upload your résumé (maximum three pages) plus covering letter. In your covering letter please outline your motivation for applying for the role and why you think you are suitable.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 26th August 2026

If you have application questions or if you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, please email australia.hr@theguardian.com

GNM Australia Limited (Guardian Australia) is proud to be a fair and ethical employer. Australian editorial minimum rates of pay by band and grade are outlined in theJournalists (GNM Australia Pty Ltd) Enterprise Agreement 2024 for roles that fall under its coverage.

We believe that our role in the Australian media is to give a voice to the most marginalised people in society and value and respect all differences in all people — including people of colour, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from different social classes, people with diverse gender and sexual identities, and people with disabilities (seen and unseen). We believe that these communities must be centred in the work we do, bringing a new perspective and a diversity of thought. We also encourage flexible working and aim to create a work environment where all employees feel respected.