Earlier this week, ACM - which owns The Examiner as well as a score of other regional newspapers around the country - revealed that the newspaper print prices were expected to increase by up 80 per cent come July 1.

In response, ACM has partnered with fellow regional news publisher Country Press Australia to call for emergency bipartisan financial support to ensure the viability of regional print media.

And the importance of that ongoing viability has been echoed by politicians in the key electorates of Lyons and Bass.

Bass Liberal MHR Bridget Archer said it was critical that local communities have access to a range of local news sources.

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"Without a strong and diverse range of local news outlets our community will suffer. We're lucky in Tasmania to have a great range of media outlets and we need to protect that," she said.

Likewise on the other side of the aisle, Ms Archer's Labor election opponent Ross Hart also threw his weight behind regional print media.

"Our community relies on the local paper for news, events and information that is relevant to our lives, not to mention local jobs," he said.

Going a step further, Mr Hart has joined other Labor counterparts in calling on the federal government to act now, offering to extend "constructive support to formulate a crisis response in accordance with caretaker conventions in the lead up to the election".

One of those counterparts joining with Mr Hart is Lyons Labor MHR Brian Mitchell, who said his party intends to work with the news publishing sector to ensure a potential incoming Labor government is ready to activate a crisis response "before it's too late".

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In the event of a Liberal election win in Lyons, however, candidate Susie Bower also said she would do everything she could to make sure regional papers have a strong future.

All that said, despite the seeming widespread support for regional newspapers among political representatives, hard-dollar actions have yet to be taken.

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Alongside previous calls for guaranteed government advertisements and tax rebates for businesses choosing to advertise in local papers, ACM and CPA are now calling for immediate emergency financial support to prevent job losses and closures.

That funding has yet to be guaranteed but federal health minister Greg Hunt - who was in Tasmania on Wednesday - said the government was considering emergency financial assistance to protect local newspapers and regional journalism jobs.

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"I don't want to pre-empt the decisions of the Prime Minister and the communications minister, but I can say that as recently as this morning the Prime Minister was engaged in the issue," he said.

But with July fast approaching, Tasmanian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson has expressed concerns that the support is needed urgently.

"These regional papers don't have time for election promises - they need support now," he said.

"The Greens urge the government to provide immediate assistance to protect local newspapers and journalism jobs in regional Australia," he said.

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