Prior to the PNQ amalgamation, Andrew Dunn - the 'man who initiated the first chain of provincial newspapers in Queensland'[REF] - implemented three fundamental principles to 'guarantee' the success of the PNQ merger.
Financial success followed the establishment of the PNQ enterprise moving from an 'annual net profit [of] $317,000 in 1968 to $681,000 in 1975, $1,919,000 in 1980, $4,510,000 in 1985.