About Queensland Asian Business Weekly

Queensland Asian Business Weekly

The Queensland Asian Business Weekly (QABW) is a Chinese-language weekly newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland — the leading and longest-running freely distributed Chinese newspaper in Queensland, established in 1993. Its publisher describes it as the publication with a long track record in the Queensland Chinese and Asian media industry, with a monthly distribution of more than 40,000 copies — and an earlier account of the paper and its sister title, the Queensland Asian Business & Real Estate Weekly (QABREW), reported a combined monthly print run of more than 100,000 copies, with over 160 pages of full-colour A3 pages per issue between them — the two papers, the QABW and the QABREW, the Chinese community's weeklies, in full colour — the paper and its real-estate sister, together — the QABW and the QABREW, the community's weeklies, always — the business weekly and the real-estate weekly, together — the QABW and the QABREW, the community's papers, always — the business weekly and the real-estate weekly, the Asian community's weeklies. The paper's new website is qabwmobile.com.au.

Overview

Brisbane is Australia's most Asian-engaged capital after Sydney and Melbourne — the city of Sunnybank's Asian food precincts, the Gold Coast's Asian tourism, the universities' international students, and the investment migration that has made Queensland a destination for Chinese capital. Sunnybank's Market Square and its surrounds — the green building at 341 Mains Road, the Japanese restaurants, the Korean eateries — are the paper's heartland: the Asian business precinct the paper serves — the restaurants, the supermarkets, the property agencies, the QABW's readers, in Sunnybank and beyond — the Asian business precinct, the paper's world — Sunnybank and beyond, the QABW's Queensland, always — the Asian business precinct, the paper's heartland — Sunnybank and beyond, the QABW's Queensland, the community's paper — the Asian business precinct, the paper's heartland, always. The Queensland Asian Business Weekly serves this community: the Chinese and Asian businesses, the investors, the students, the migrants, and the advertisers who want to reach them. It is published from 1265 Logan Road, Brisbane, and distributed free at supermarkets, news agencies, shopping malls and restaurants — the Logan Road office, in Brisbane's south, the paper's base in the Asian business corridor — 1265 Logan Road, the QABW's home — the Logan Road office, Brisbane's south, the Asian business corridor, always — 1265 Logan Road, the paper's address — the Logan Road office, Brisbane's south, the QABW's home — 1265 Logan Road, the paper's base, the Asian business corridor.

History

The Queensland Asian Business Weekly was established in 1993 — the Queensland Chinese community's business paper, in the decade of the Asian century's beginning, the paper that has served the community through the investment booms, the student waves, and the tourism decades — the QABW, the community's paper, since 1993 — the business weekly, the Chinese community's paper, always — the QABW, with you for 33 years — the business weekly, the community's paper, the Asian Business Weekly — the QABW, with you, always. An October 2026 social media post celebrated the paper's 33 years with its readers ("華商周報與您同行三十三載" — the Asian Business Weekly with you for 33 years). The paper's old website qabw.com.au now directs readers to its new site, www.qabwmobile.com.au — the paper's mobile-first home, the e-paper online from Thursday afternoons, a day before the Friday print distribution — the paper online first, the readers reading early, the QABW's digital rhythm — Thursday afternoons, before the Friday print — the e-paper early, the readers first, the QABW's promise — Thursday afternoons, the digital edition, always — the e-paper early, the readers first, the paper's promise.

Content

The Queensland Asian Business Weekly is about connecting business to Asian customers and consumers — a market, the publisher notes, with significant size to the scale of millions: the Queensland Chinese and Asian consumer market, the advertisers' target — the millions, the market, the QABW's readers — the Asian consumers, the advertisers' millions, the paper's promise — the market, the millions, the QABW — the Asian consumers, the advertisers' market, the paper's world — the millions, the market, the QABW's promise. Its advertising reputation is strongest in Real Estate, Automotive, Food and Hospitality, Banking and Financial Services, Investment and Wealth Management, Health Products, Emerging/Green Technologies such as Solar Panels, Legal and Accounting professional services, and government announcements, new policy and regulation releases — the sectors the Chinese community buys, sells and invests in — real estate, cars, food, banking, health, solar, the QABW's advertisers — the sectors, the community's commerce, the paper's pages — real estate, cars, food, banking, health, solar, always — the sectors, the commerce, the QABW's pages — real estate, cars, food, banking, the community's commerce. Editorially the paper covers the Queensland Chinese and Asian community: the business news, the community events, the restaurants and the food — the Sunnybank openings, the Gold Coast eateries — the QABW's dining pages — the restaurants, the food, the community's tables — the dining pages, the QABW's food — the restaurants, the tables, the community's feasts — the dining pages, the QABW's food, the community's tables — the property market, and the government policies that affect migrants and investors.

Coverage and Audience

The paper's weekly publication currently has a monthly distribution of more than 40,000 copies, freely available at a wide range of high-traffic distribution points including supermarkets, news agencies, shopping malls and restaurants — the free paper's network, the Asian community's shops and malls — the supermarkets, the newsagents, the restaurants, the QABW's distribution — the free paper's network, the community's shops, always — the distribution, the QABW's reach, the paper's promise — the free paper's network, the community's shops, the paper's world — the distribution, the QABW's reach, the community's paper. Its readers are Queensland's Chinese and Asian communities — the business owners, the investors, the students, the families — and the advertisers who seek them. The paper is active on Facebook and WeChat, with WeChat public accounts for news and advertising, and a WhatsApp line for advertising enquiries — the paper's social channels, the community's groups — Facebook, WeChat, WhatsApp, the QABW's digital community — the paper's social channels, the community's conversations, always — Facebook, WeChat, WhatsApp, the QABW's voice — the social channels, the conversations, the community's paper — Facebook, WeChat, WhatsApp, the QABW's digital home.

Ownership

The Queensland Asian Business Weekly is published by its Brisbane-based publisher from 1265 Logan Road, Brisbane — an independent Chinese-language media business, registered as Queensland Asian Business Weekly Pty Ltd.

Digital Presence

The paper maintains a website at qabwmobile.com.au, with an e-paper, and is active on Facebook and WeChat — the paper's mobile site, the e-paper, the social platforms, the community's digital home — qabwmobile.com.au, the QABW online — the mobile site, the e-paper, the community's digital home, always — qabwmobile.com.au, the paper's future — the mobile site, the e-paper, the QABW online, always — qabwmobile.com.au, the paper's digital future, the community's home. Beyond the newspaper, the publisher offers publishing services (Chinese books, magazines, journals and other print media), graphic design, internet and electronic media (websites, business cards, leaflets, posters, brochures), events management and public relations (concerts, singing competitions and performances, conferences, seminars), and NAATI professional two-way translation between English and Chinese by Australia-qualified translators — the media business's services, from print to events to translation, the Chinese community's one-stop media shop — the newspaper, the books, the design, the events, the translation, the QABW's services — the media business, the community's partner, always — the newspaper, the books, the events, the QABW's world — the media business, the community's partner, the Asian Business Weekly — the newspaper, the books, the events, the translation.