The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. Available nationally, The Australian is the biggest-selling national newspaper in the country, with a circulation of 94,448 on weekdays and 219,242 on weekends in 2017, figures substantially below those of top-selling local newspapers in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. Its chief rivals are the business-focused Australian Financial Review, and on weekends, The Saturday Paper. In May 2010, the newspaper launched the first Australian newspaper iPad app. The Australian is owned by News Corp Australia.