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''The Voice'' (''People's Voice'' from 1925 to 1931) was a weekly newspaper in
Hobart, Tasmania Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smalle ...
published from 1925 to 1953. It was established by
Edmund Dwyer-Gray Edmund John Chisholm Dwyer-Gray (2 April 18706 December 1945) was an Irish-Australian politician, who was the 29th Premier of Tasmania from 11 June to 18 December 1939. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Early life He was bo ...
in 1925 as a Labor-aligned newspaper. The publishing and advertising were originally outsourced to Monotone Art Printers Pty Ltd, who also owned the ''Catholic Weekly'' and the ''Monotone Sporting Record'', and in 1929 the company purchased the newspaper outright, though Dwyer-Gray continued as editor until his death. Christie D. Stevens, the long-time associate editor, was appointed managing director and editor the month after Dwyer-Gray's death. It ceased to exist 1953, by which time it had taken on an anti-communist position.


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{{Reflist, 40em Newspapers in Hobart, Tasmania 1925 establishments in Australia 1953 disestablishments in Australia