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It is not just local or regional newspapers that are struggling in Australia.

It is not just local or regional newspapers that are struggling in Australia.

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For almost 130 years, the Barrier Truth newspaper served the residents of Broken Hill, an outback town about 1,000km inland from Sydney.

But, on April 17, the newspaper, which provided news, jobs and a sense of community to the town of 17,500 people, printed its final edition.

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