As Nine looks to sell the former Fairfax Australian Community Media mastheads it acquired last year, rival News Corp Australia is stepping up competition in one of the areas where the two are toe-to-toe.

News' Brisbane-based freesheet division Quest Community News launched a new online-only product for Queensland's Redlands Coast, Redlands Community News yesterday. Quest editor-in-chief Jodie Powell says the site will deliver trusted news coverage to a new audience, building on a tradition which goes back to the 141-year-old Albert & Logan News. "It is only natural for us to now extend our service into Redlands Coast, allowing Quest to offer even deeper coverage in southeast Queensland."

Former Fairfax Australian Community Media claims a combined weekly audience of 86,000 across digital and its Wednesday Redland City Bulletin print edition, with "an affinity with local residents" which spans more than 80 years,