Did you know that Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly was sold in over 12 regional cities and towns across Australia?
You can buy Â鶹´«Ã½ at the Dancing Bear Cafe at Toowoomba in Queensland. You can get Â鶹´«Ã½ from Bobouche in Bundaburg, in Middlemount, Cairns and Darwin. Â鶹´«Ã½ is sold at Wainrights' Tree in Geelong, by Greenhouse/EYA at Launceston campus, and in Rosebery on the west coast of Tasmania.
If you live in Western Australia, you can buy Green Left at the South West Environment Centre in Bunbury, in Denmark and Mundurah. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly is even sold in Broken Hill NSW.
On a regular basis less than 4% of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's sales, i.e., around 300 a week, are made outside the main cities. The importance of these sales is more important than the small figure may indicate however.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ aims to reach an audience broader than the inner city political scene, country or rural sales play a key part. In areas where Â鶹´«Ã½ is actively sold, subscriptions are far higher than where it is not. It's also important not to underestimate the political culture of small centres. In Lismore last week, a Â鶹´«Ã½ seller sold 20 papers in one hour on the street!
Of course, there's a variety of ways to distribute Green Left Weekly. The Fairfax monopoly of newspaper distribution to newsagents has effectively excluded Â鶹´«Ã½. Regular drops of the paper in newsagents, corner stores, video shops, etc., therefore become even more important.
For anyone who thinks they may be able to distribute at least two copies of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly in their area each week, we can supply posters, leaflets and display boxes to help the process along.
In order to beat the media monopoly, Â鶹´«Ã½ relies on the active support of its readers. Your support is invaluable.
If you'd like to distribute Â鶹´«Ã½ in your city or town, why not give Claudine a call at the Â鶹´«Ã½ business office on (02) 690 1230. If you'd like to help our teams of sellers in the major cities, just phone the local Â鶹´«Ã½ office (see list below right).