Which local areas does The Leader (theleader.com.au) cover?

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The Leader covers the St George district and the Sutherland Shire in southern Sydney, New South Wales. Its masthead is "St George & Sutherland Shire Leader," and its content is built around those two areas — so if you live in or follow news from suburbs like Cronulla, Miranda, Kirrawee, Brighton-Le-Sands or the wider Bayside area, this is the local paper aimed at you.

The two core coverage areas

Area What it means in practice
St George The district in southern Sydney, including suburbs such as Brighton-Le-Sands and the Bayside local government area
Sutherland Shire The council area south of St George, including Cronulla, Miranda and Kirrawee

The site describes itself as delivering "latest news from St George NSW including sport, weather, entertainment and lifestyle," and the Sutherland Shire sits alongside it in the masthead and in the stories it runs.

What the coverage looks like

The mix is typical of a regional community paper, with a strong local-news core:

  • Council and local government — for example, reporting on Sutherland Shire Council cutting outdoor dining fees by 80 per cent to help local cafes.
  • Local sport — including shire-based sport such as the Wanda duo booking spots in an elite national Iron Series.
  • Community and people stories — blood donors at a new Miranda centre, a Cronulla RSL Anzac spirit award, and local business chamber news.
  • Letters and opinion — reader letters referencing Shire and St George topics like sports field parking, Waterfall trains, e-bike seizures and housing pressure on Brighton-Le-Sands.
  • Property, entertainment, lifestyle and classifieds — plus tributes and funerals, and a "Today's Paper" digital edition.

How to tell whether it covers your suburb

  1. Check the suburb against the two areas above — St George or the Sutherland Shire.
  2. If your suburb sits in the Bayside or Sutherland Shire council areas, it is likely to appear.
  3. Browse the section list (News, Sport, Noticeboard, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Classifieds) to see whether your kind of local story is covered.
  4. Use the site's search or the "Today's Paper" edition to confirm whether your suburb has appeared recently.

Access notes

The site shows subscription and premium signals, including a "View Subscription Offers" link, so some content may sit behind a subscription. The page evidence does not specify which articles are free or the current price, so check the subscription page directly if access matters to you.