The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)
Australian newspaper
The Sunday Mail is a print newspaper published on Sunday in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is Brisbane's only Sunday newspaper. It is a subsidiary newspaper of The Courier-Mail, itself an online daily tabloid operating a number of regional newspapers owned by News Corp Australia. It is available for purchase throughout Queensland, most regions of Northern New South Wales and parts of the Northern Territory. As of September 2025, if not earlier, it no longer has its own online presence, with its historical website redirecting to the website of The Courier-Mail.
Publishing
Founded in 1923, beside the daily newspaper The Courier-Mail, The Sunday Mail is published by Queensland Newspapers, part of News Corp Australia, whose parent company is News Corp. The editorial office is located at Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs, and the newspaper is printed in the suburb of Murarrie.
The current editor is Melanie Pilling, whose appointment took effect on 24 June 2024.
Liz Deegan succeeded Michael Prain as editor in September 2006. Prain, who was editor of the newspaper for almost a decade, was appointed managing editor, digital media, of Queensland Newspapers.
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