The key activities of the Association include:

• Annual Excellence Awards and Conference

• Annual advertising training seminar

• Online Country Press Member Resource advertising sales training and library portal, with webinar lectures and hundreds of advertising ideas

• Along with other State Associations form part of Country Press Australia, providing professional HR and industrial support, award negotiations and information services, industry representation and lobbying.

• Affiliated with Australian Press Council, Australian Publishers Bureau and Regional Media Connect/VCPA national advertising representations services.

• Support and information for Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund

• Co-ordinating survey information and readership studies to further enhance the value of regional print and online publishers as the most trusted and reliable news and advertising media

• Access to the comprehensive NewsMediaWorks promotional and survey material

• Member newspaper exchange