This reflects a change in the meaning of community, as opposed to proximity. Conflict and impact can only occur if someone cares about a piece of information, and people have many reasons for caring religion, nationality, sexual preference and profession are only some of them. The Internet has redefined these news values. This change extrapolates a realisation that Australian network broadcasters have tried to avoid for some time. The Web, however, is not limited by the range of a broadcast tower, or even a satellite.
Some news topics can be narrowcast from one source to the whole world, without syndication.
Others are limited to affecting a geographical grouping. The upshot of these revelations will be an increase in discrete niche publications. The days of the general-interest news publication on the Web are limited. People who live in Darwin can take in the local, state, federal and international news, sport and entertainment news from separate sources that specialise in that type of news, synthesised into a package and delivered to their desktop, laptop, PDA, or whatever, at a time that suits them. The news sources will be chosen based on the veracity and authority of their reports.