Hamilton Spectator (Australia)

The Hamilton Spectator is a weekly tabloid newspaper, which has been published in Hamilton, Victoria, Australia since 1859. It is published by the Star News Group.

Hamilton Spectator

Type	Weekly
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	SA Today Pty Ltd
Publisher	Star Media Group
News editor	Jo Reid
Founded	1859 (1859)
Headquarters	84 Gray Street, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Website	hamiltonspectator.com.au

Since January 2025, The Hamilton Spectator and The Portland Observer have been run by SA Today Pty Ltd, and published by Star Media Group, after former owners, Richard Leopold and Jacobus Beks sold the masthead and publication to Star News Group.^[1]

Since January 2025, the Spectator now has a new website and now has a digital edition of the newspaper.

History

Formally the Spectator, was a tri-weekly - publishing Monday, Wednesday, Saturday - newspaper published locally in Hamilton. But from December 2024, the printers went slient after 165 years. After Leopold and Beks sold the masthead all employees were made redundant. Since January 2025, the Spectator is printed at the Star News Group's main offices in Pakenham.