It was published by Australian Community Media from the Fyshwick headquarters of The Canberra Times and was funded through advertising.
[4][5] It was described as a free weekly suburban newspaper covering the local scene and complementing The Canberra Times through its same publisher, The Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Ltd.[3] Initially it had an editorial team of three people including Graham Cooke,[6] but it has also been said to have started with only one staff member (separate to the Times).
[9] In 1988, the Chronicle was cleared by the Australian Press Council of a bias allegation regarding election candidate coverage.
[11] In 2014, the Queanbeyan City Council proposed withdrawing advertising funds from The Chronicle and other local papers, in lieu of publishing their own newsletter-style newspaper.
The Chronicle's planned publication suspension was covered in the unrelated City News,[2] and was not published thereafter, making it the final issue.