At a guess, because the service is paid for by New South Wales state taxes. Those of us who live outside of New South Wales haven't paid any. Of course, they could offer a paid subscription. Catherine On 16/01/2011, at 4:42 PM, Val wrote: > Why does one have to be a resident of NSW to access this source of > information when you can join on-line, many of us who live in the other > states of Aust would like to access the SMH Archives.