# The Conversation (AU)

> The Conversation (AU) is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in Australia. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Lean left**.

- **Domain:** theconversation.com
- **Website:** https://theconversation.com/au
- **Country:** Australia
- **Region:** Oceania
- **Language:** English
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Lean left

## About

The Conversation (AU) is an English-language outlet providing national and international coverage.

## Profile

- **Focus areas:** Politics, world news, business, culture
- **Declared political stance:** Nonpartisan reporting standards with transparency and accountability.

## How the position was assessed

Coverage patterns, topic selection and tone align with the stated mission. Reports rely on identifiable sources and desk standards; opinion and analysis are labeled. Framing reflects the outlet’s editorial tradition and audience expectations.

## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Latest headlines

Read from this source's RSS feed. Follow the link to the newsroom that published it.

- [Federal stimulus money bought new technology for Philly students, but many schools lost track of where items went](https://theconversation.com/federal-stimulus-money-bought-new-technology-for-philly-students-but-many-schools-lost-track-of-where-items-went-289682) — 2026-08-31T12:04:48.000Z
- [What would you see if you had one eye on the back of your head and the other in the front?](https://theconversation.com/what-would-you-see-if-you-had-one-eye-on-the-back-of-your-head-and-the-other-in-the-front-285010) — 2026-08-31T12:03:56.000Z
- [In Texas, ordinary Muslim religious practices are increasingly being treated as political threats](https://theconversation.com/in-texas-ordinary-muslim-religious-practices-are-increasingly-being-treated-as-political-threats-290219) — 2026-08-31T12:01:23.000Z
- [Dolly Parton took control of her career by making men the butt of the joke](https://theconversation.com/dolly-parton-took-control-of-her-career-by-making-men-the-butt-of-the-joke-290574) — 2026-08-28T16:54:03.000Z
- [Revolutionary War battlefields often romanticize combat, but this mass grave just outside Philadelphia shows the violence soldiers actually experienced](https://theconversation.com/revolutionary-war-battlefields-often-romanticize-combat-but-this-mass-grave-just-outside-philadelphia-shows-the-violence-soldiers-actually-experienced-288169) — 2026-08-28T12:17:03.000Z
- [Immigration enforcement is supplying a long-standing economic market for prisoners](https://theconversation.com/immigration-enforcement-is-supplying-a-long-standing-economic-market-for-prisoners-286531) — 2026-08-28T12:16:42.000Z
- [Why the US-Canada trade war could change how American farmers grow their crops for years](https://theconversation.com/why-the-us-canada-trade-war-could-change-how-american-farmers-grow-their-crops-for-years-290504) — 2026-08-27T12:56:45.000Z
- [Why Democrats are amplifying corruption talk: A historical strategy for parties out of power](https://theconversation.com/why-democrats-are-amplifying-corruption-talk-a-historical-strategy-for-parties-out-of-power-289463) — 2026-08-27T12:25:52.000Z

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2025-08-28. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt v1.0.

Corrections: report@told.news

## This source on TOLD

- Profile page: https://told.news/news-sources/theconversation.com
- Full catalogue: https://told.news/md/news-sources

## Other pages

- [How TOLD works](https://told.news/docs) — [markdown](https://told.news/md/docs)
- [Front page](https://told.news/) — [markdown](https://told.news/md)
- [News sources](https://told.news/news-sources) — [markdown](https://told.news/md/news-sources)
- [About](https://told.news/about) — [markdown](https://told.news/md/about)
- [AI transparency](https://told.news/ai) — [markdown](https://told.news/md/ai)
- [Cookies and data](https://told.news/cookies) — [markdown](https://told.news/md/cookies)
- [Agent overview](https://told.news/llms.txt) and [full reference incl. the whole source catalogue](https://told.news/llms-full.txt)
- [AGENTS.md](https://told.news/AGENTS.md) — how to read told.news programmatically
- [Sitemap](https://told.news/sitemap.xml)

Every page on told.news answers with markdown when the request carries
`Accept: text/markdown`.

---

TOLD news is operated by Gaerhenäs, Sweden. Contact: report@told.news