Senior General and Business Reporter – Cairns Post

News Corp Australia; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

News Publications Access

Perks & Discounts

Onsite gym and wellbeing facilities

Parental, Birthday, Volunteer, Career,

Compassionate leave

Job summary

The Cairns Post, part of News Corp Australia, seeks a senior general and business reporter to deliver accurate, compelling content across Far North Queensland. You’ll move between breaking news, community-impact stories, and sharp business reporting—covering tourism, aviation, property, local government, infrastructure, and regional development with authority, speed and clarity.

You will build a wide contact network and contribute to cross-platform print and digital journalism while driving

Qualifications

• You're an experienced journalist with a proven track record in general and/or business reporting.
• You can generate stories, chase hard, and build a wide contact network.
• You’re comfortable reporting across breaking news to business and economic trends.
• You can work under pressure and turn around clean, publish-ready copy quickly.
• You write clearly and authoritatively across news, features and analysis.
• You understand digital publishing and work across platforms.
• You’re flexible, agile and highly self-motivated with strong time management.

Responsibilities

• Produce accurate, timely, and publish-ready general news and business reporting across Far North Queensland on tight deadlines.
• Break exclusive, original stories by maintaining source networks across tourism, property, infrastructure, council, crime, courts, small business, agriculture, and local communities.
• Deliver sharp regional economic coverage on company activity, investments, jobs, cost-of-living pressures, resources, and policy decisions.
• Cover fast-moving breaking news promptly without sacrificing accuracy or journalistic authority.
• Format and publish digital content effectively, managing headlines, tags, metadata, and picture selection within newsroom workflows.
• Collaborate with editors, photographers, and the wider newsroom to deliver impactful cross-platform print and digital journalism.
• Represent The Cairns Post professionally while demonstrating sound news judgment in a competitive media environment.
• Drive reader online engagement and support subscription growth across digital platforms.

Skills

General reporting

Business reporting

Source networks

Editorial judgment

Digital publishing

Job description

What's the role?

Are you ready to break agenda-setting stories in one of Australia’s most distinctive and fast-moving regions? The Cairns Post is seeking a driven senior general and business reporter to deliver accurate, compelling, and original content across Far North Queensland, covering the people, industries, and issues shaping the area. In this role, you will move confidently between breaking news, community-impact stories, and sharp business reporting - spanning key sectors from tourism, aviation, and property to local government, infrastructure, small business, agribusiness, and regional development—identifying the stories that matter most and telling them with authority, speed, and clarity.

What's the role?

Are you ready to break agenda-setting stories in one of Australia’s most distinctive and fast-moving regions? The Cairns Post is seeking a driven senior general and business reporter to deliver accurate, compelling, and original content across Far North Queensland, covering the people, industries, and issues shaping the area. In this role, you will move confidently between breaking news, community-impact stories, and sharp business reporting - spanning key sectors from tourism, aviation, and property to local government, infrastructure, small business, agribusiness, and regional development—identifying the stories that matter most and telling them with authority, speed, and clarity.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce accurate, timely, and publish-ready general news and business reporting across Far North Queensland on tight deadlines.
• Break exclusive, original stories by maintaining source networks across tourism, property, infrastructure, council, crime, courts, small business, agriculture, and local communities.
• Deliver sharp regional economic coverage on company activity, investments, jobs, cost-of-living pressures, resources, and policy decisions.
• Cover fast-moving breaking news promptly without sacrificing accuracy or journalistic authority.
• Format and publish digital content effectively, managing headlines, tags, metadata, and picture selection within newsroom workflows.
• Collaborate with editors, photographers, and the wider newsroom to deliver impactful cross-platform print and digital journalism.
• Represent The Cairns Post professionally while demonstrating sound news judgment in a competitive media environment.
• Drive reader online engagement and support subscription growth across digital platforms.

Who are you?

• You're an experienced journalist with a proven track record in general and/or business reporting, a sharp news sense, and a strong interest in the industries, challenges, and opportunities shaping regional Australia and Far North Queensland.
• You can confidently generate your own stories, chase hard, and build trust to develop and maintain a wide contact network.
• You're comfortable reporting across a diverse scope, from breaking news and community issues to business, development, and economic trends.
• You can work under pressure, manage competing deadlines, and quickly turn around clean, accurate, publish-ready copy while maintaining high editorial standards.
• You write clearly, confidently, and authoritatively across news, features, and analysis, with the ability to analyse complex issues and explain them in a way that is accessible and engaging for readers.
• You understand digital publishing and feel confident working across platforms in line with newsroom workflows.
• You're flexible, willing to embrace change, and able to demonstrate agility in a fast-paced sector.
• You're highly self-motivated and maintain exceptional personal organisation and time management skills.

Why News Corp Australia

Join a culture where innovation is our operating rhythm. You’ll work on a diverse portfolio of Australia’s most loved brands and play a pivotal role in leading the technological shift in how we create commercial content. Our vibrant, hybrid work environment and dynamic, values-driven culture empowers you to push boundaries, collaborate as one unified team, and make a positive, measurable impact for all Australians.

News Extras Benefits is a commitment to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities.

Our Benefits Include

• Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
• Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services that deliver genuine cost savings and benefits
• Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
• Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
• Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money

Benefits

In addition to our perks and benefits, employees have access to a number of initiatives and programs that support their wellbeing and professional growth, such as:

• Helping you grow - Access tailored development opportunities, including leadership programs, to cultivate your skills and support your career
• Giving back - Make a difference to our communities through volunteer opportunities and company‑organised charity drives
• Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms

Who are we?

The Cairns Post is an agenda‑setting newsroom in Queensland and part of Australia’s most influential media organisation. Each month more than 17 million Australians choose to consume news and information from News Corp’s digital and print products – more than any other media group in Australia.

At the Cairns Post, you’ll have the chance to make a genuine impact in a region with a strong identity, a diverse economy and no shortage of important stories.

You’ll cover a dynamic patch where tourism, development, environment, agriculture, Indigenous affairs, politics and business regularly intersect, and where strong journalism matters.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Diversity strengthens our national teams and newsroom as we seek to tell stories that represent the communities of Australia. Our people make us unique, and so we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or gender identity. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply!

We are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations at any stage, please do not hesitate to let us know here. In order for us to assist you, please ensure you include the role title you are applying for in the subject line. For more information regarding Diversity at NewsCorp Australia please visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers under the Diversity@News section.

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