According to Semafor<\/a>, the publication will launch its \u201cCanberra playbook\u201d later this year, then will expand its editorial and business teams.<\/p>\nPolitico CEO Goli Sheikholeslami told Semifor that Australia is the \u201clogical next choice\u201d for the publication as it is an English-speaking nation with a large number of existing Politico readers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn other markets we have competitors. In Australia there are a couple people that do something similar to what we do,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBut from what we\u2019ve been able to glean, no one is doing exactly what Politico is about, which is policy, intelligence, and covering politics and policy from a vertical perspective in a really deep way.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt also made me think: We should fill the space before someone else does.\u201d<\/p>\n
Politico\u2019s editorial director Ryan Heath, who led the expansion into Brussels, will oversee the Australian expansion.<\/p>\n
\u201cAustralians need journalism that both explains power dynamics and connects the dots globally,\u201d Heath said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn this era of great power and technology upheavals, Politico\u2019s ability to examine Australia\u2019s most important security and trade relationships is unrivalled. We take politicians and policy seriously \u2013 it\u2019s all we do.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will bring that depth and new angles to political journalism in Canberra, just as we have everywhere else we operate.\u201d<\/p>\n
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