23/07/2025
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT: Southern Highlands Express has ceased publishing, effective immediately
BY JANE KING, PUBLISHER
Regrettably, Southern Highlands Express Newspaper has ceased printing and will no longer publish. I have had to make this tough decision as our printer has notified us that they are facing their own commercial difficulties and will be closing down their factory.
We have tried to find another solution to continue printing the newspapers, but the only other commercially viable print plant that was available was located in Adelaide, resulting in a three-day delivery timeline (which is impossible for a weekly newspaper) and unsustainable shipping costs.
As much as we would love to continue printing for our loyal readers and subscribers, we cannot guarantee supply.
All of us at the Express have loved telling your stories, holding our state and local governments accountable, and seeing our local advertisers’ businesses grow and flourish over the years. The Express commenced delivering the weekly headlines and happenings of the Highlands in May 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, when other publishers halted and did not return to printing until several months later.
It has been an absolute joy and privilege to report the news across the Highlands, without fear or favour. Equally, I have found it rewarding to see graduate journalists, whom have worked for the Express, develop their skill base and move onto metro news outlets to further their careers.
Ultimately, I want to thank YOU, the Southern Highlands community and our readers. By purchasing a copy of the Express, not only did you support our independent journalism, you also supported your local retailers who received 50% of the purchase price - above and beyond the industry standard of 20-30%.
Please accept our heartfelt apologies for not letting you all know before today’s newspaper was due to print, but we wanted to ensure that we had personally notified all key personnel first. We did not want our amazing team to discover this sad and sudden news via social media.
At 10am tomorrow (Thursday), Cristian King will be on Graeme Day’s show on Radio 2ST and will provide further details.
PHOTO: Jane and Cristian King, mother and son, on the press
