The Westerner

The Westerner is respected as a courageous and campaigning voice for its readers. It expresses opinions, reports on important local issues and runs strong and long letters from readers every fortnight.  Also, local businesses regard the newspaper as an indispensable way to tell residents about their goods and services. Readers look to The Westerner as one of their primary sources of local news and business advertising.

The Westerner grew up in Samford from a circulation of 4000. Now reaching over 17,000 households, the paper is distributed directly to letterboxes throughout most of the Pine Rivers Shire every fortnight. The Westerner is probably reaching up to 40,000 readers in the Pine Rivers Shire. And with our website www.thewesterner.com.au now attracting over 30,000 hits and over 4000 visits each month, The Westerner is becoming more popular than ever.

Circulation

The Westerner's letterbox distribution includes Armstrong Creek, Brendale, Bunya Downs, Bunya Riverside, Camp Mountain, Cashmere, Cedar Creek, Clear Mountain, Closeburn, Dayboro, Draper, Eatons Hill, Highvale, Joyner, Kings Scrub, Kobble Creek, Laceys Creek, Mt Nebo, Mt Pleasant, Mt Samson, Ocean View, Rush Creek, Samford Downs, Samford Valley, Samford Village, Samsonvale, Strathpine, Warner, Wights Mountain and Yugar. Bulk drops are made around Arana Hills, Ferny Hills, Lawnton and Strathpine.

APS Products

Synergy, QuickLayout 3.1, QuickJumper, ClassDesign, Data Reporter, Synergy Accounts Interface

Using APS's Synergy and QuickLayout means that we no longer have to deal with scraps of paper and badly designed spreadsheets to manage bookings. And from a management perspective, the reports that Synergy and DataReporter provide allow you to review sales and production information with ease. Now, with more time on our hands to spend on planning and production, The Westerner is growing, winning awards, and readers and advertisers are giving us nothing but great feedback.

-- David Paterson, Editor, The Westerner