 Cover of September 2020 issue | |
| Editor | Peter Kelleher |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Fortnightly |
| Publisher | National Civic Council |
| Founded | 1941; 84 years ago (1941) (Former title:Freedom) |
| Country | Australia |
| Based in | Balwyn, Victoria |
| Website | www.newsweekly.com.au |
News Weekly is an Australiancurrent affairs magazine published by theNational Civic Council, a conservative Christian lobby group. Its main headquarters are inBalwyn, Victoria,[1][2] with offices also in Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia.[3]
News Weekly was founded byB. A. Santamaria and first published in September 1943, under the nameFreedom. It later changed its name toAustralia's national news-weekly,[3] and adopted its current name in 1946–47.[4][5][6][7]
News Weekly adheres to the five primacies[8] of the National Civic Council: "natural family as the basic unit of society", decentralisation, "integrity of the individual", patriotism, and "Judeo-Christian virtues".[3]
According to theKempsey Library listing,News Weekly provides analysis of current cultural, social, political, educational, and economic trends in Australia, focusing onethics.[9]
In 1955, it had a circulation of 30,000 copies.[10]
Associated groups include the Thomas More Centre and theAustralian Family Association.[3]
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