Katharine Viner

The most important relationship the 'Guardian' has is with its readers.

Once refugee children are in the U.K., adapting to their new surroundings can be a lonely and demoralising experience.

People long to help each other, to be together, to share experiences, to be part of a community, to influence the powers that control their lives.

Muslim women deplore misogyny just as western women do, and they know that Islamic societies also oppress them; why wouldn't they? But liberation, for them does not encompass destroying their identity, religion, or culture, and many of them want to retain the veil.

After working at the 'Guardian' for two decades, I feel I know instinctively why it exists. Most of our journalists and our readers do, too - it's something to do with holding power to account and upholding liberal values.

Producing in-depth, thoughtful, well-reported journalism is difficult and expensive.

During the Second Boer War, from 1899 to 1902, Britain was rampantly jingoistic: anyone who opposed the war was cast as a traitor. The 'Guardian' stood against it and ran a campaign for peace while the brilliant 'Guardian' reporter Emily Hobhouse exposed the concentration camps for the Boers run by the British.

Guardian Australia' will connect our Australian audience to our global community and give readers around the world a better understanding of this very significant nation.

The global movement of displaced people, many of whom end up in detention without hope, is one of the most pressing issues of our times.

Guardian' journalism itself will remain what it has always been: thoughtful, progressive, fiercely independent and challenging, and also witty, stylish, and fun.

Journalists must work to earn the trust of those they aim to serve.

My friendship with the great actor and director Alan Rickman did not have a particularly auspicious start.