''The Daily Standard'' was a

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published in

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, Australia from 1912 to 1936. The newspaper was closely affiliated with the

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. The newspaper was published from its first edition on Tuesday, 10 December 1912 through to its 7322nd edition on Tuesday, 7 July 1936. One of its strongest supporters was

Richard Sumner Richard Sumner (January 1859 – 11 June 1927) was a member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life Sumner was born in January 1859 at Bolton, Lancashire, to Joseph Sumner and his wife Ann (n� ...

who actively promoted and put up his personal assets as a financial guarantee for it. Sumner was a board member for many years and chairman for several years. The editors of ''The Daily Standard'' included: *

Walter Russell Crampton Walter Russell (Jack) Crampton (3 July 1877 – 20 October 1938) was an Australian trade unionist, journalist and politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council, until he voted (with others) to abolish the Council. Personal l ...

Contributors to ''The Daily Standard'' included: *

, sometimes under the

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Jack Aster Walter Russell (Jack) Crampton (3 July 1877 – 20 October 1938) was an Australian trade unionist, journalist and politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council, until he voted (with others) to abolish the Council. Personal l ...

Henry Tardent Henry Alexis Tardent (1 March 1853 – 5 September 1929) was a Swiss-Australian writer and agricultural scientist in Queensland. He was politically left-wing and wrote for the labour-aligned ''Daily Standard'' for many years. Early life Tardent w ...

, agricultural editor 1913–1929

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the

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of the

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Daily Standard ''The Daily Standard'' was a newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 1912 to 1936. The newspaper was closely affiliated with the Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch). The newspaper was published from its first edition ...

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