Professional Standards and Complaints Policy

Western District Newspapers prides itself on providing a reliable, courteous and professional service to the communities it serves.

We continually strive to achieve and maintain an utmost level of professionalism and integrity through accuracy and clarity, fairness and balance, privacy and avoidance of harm, and transparency.

Our continued 150-year existence is indicative of the high esteem in which we are held within the communities we serve and are entrusted.

As a member of the Victorian Country Press Association, WD News and its associated publishing entities are bound by the standards of the Australian Press Council.

For full information on the VCPA Professional standards: 
Standards - Australian Press Council

For full information on our complaints handling police:
Making a complaint - Australian Press Council