News Weekly
{{short description|Australian current affairs magazine}}
{{about|the current affairs magazine|the women's magazine|New Weekly|the type of weekly publication|News magazine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}{{Use Australian English|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title =
| image_file = File:News_Weekly_2020-09-05_Cover.jpg
| image_size = 180px
| image_caption = Cover of September 2020 issue
| editor = Peter Kelleher
| publisher = National Civic Council
| country = Australia
| based = Balwyn, Victoria
| frequency = Fortnightly
| founded = {{start date and age|df=y|1941}}
(Former title: Freedom)
| website = [http://www.newsweekly.com.au/ www.newsweekly.com.au]
}}
{{Conservatism in Australia|Media}}
News Weekly is an Australian current affairs magazine published by the National Civic Council, a conservative Christian lobby group. Its main headquarters are in Balwyn, Victoria,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wGA4o-UhAfgC&dq=%22news+weekly%22+&pg=PA594|title=Europa World Year|publisher=Taylor & Francis Group|date=2004|isbn=9781857432541|access-date=20 January 2012}}{{cite news |title=Contact News Weekly |work=News Weekly |url=http://www.newsweekly.com.au/contact.php |access-date=20 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209081911/http://www.newsweekly.com.au/contact.php |archive-date=Feb 9, 2012}} with offices also in Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia.{{cite news |title=News Weekly and the National Civic Council |work=News Weekly |url=http://www.newsweekly.com.au/about.php |access-date=20 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209081918/http://www.newsweekly.com.au/about.php |archive-date=Feb 9, 2012}}
History and profile
News Weekly was founded by B. A. Santamaria and first published in September 1943, under the name Freedom. It later changed its name to Australia's national news-weekly, and adopted its current name in 1946–47.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rZFOAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22news+weekly%22+australia+1941&pg=PA193 |title=Mindful militants: the Amalgamated Engineering Union in Australia, 1920–1972 |author=Thomas Sheridan |date=1975|publisher=CUP Archive | isbn=0-521-20680-4|access-date=20 January 2012}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hI0gyEa1KV8C&dq=%22news+weekly%22+australia+%22freedom%22&pg=PA62 |title=The Pope's battalions: Santamaria, Catholicism and the Labor split |publisher=Univ. of Queensland Press |author1=Ross Fitzgerald |author2=Adam James Carr |author3=William J. Dealy |date=2003|isbn=9780702233890 |access-date=20 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1645289|title=Freedom|publisher=National Library of Australia|access-date=20 January 2012}}{{Citation | author1=National Civic Council | author2=Santamaria, B.A. (Bartholomew Augustine), 1915-1998 | title=Freedom, then Freedom: Australia's national news-weekly, then Australia's national news-weekly, then News weekly | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/237621218 | access-date=16 February 2021}}
News Weekly adheres to the five primacies{{Cite web |title=What We Stand For - News Weekly |url=https://ncc.org.au/what-we-stand-for/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608033603/https://ncc.org.au/what-we-stand-for/ |archive-date=2021-06-08 |access-date=2021-06-08 |website=National Civic Council |language=en-AU}} of the National Civic Council: "natural family as the basic unit of society", decentralisation, "integrity of the individual", patriotism, and "Judeo-Christian virtues".
According to the Kempsey Library listing, News Weekly provides analysis of current cultural, social, political, educational, and economic trends in Australia, focusing on ethics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20131024003904/http://www.kempsey.nsw.gov.au/library_old/aus_papers.htm Australian Newspapers] on kempsey.nsw.gov.au
In 1955, it had a circulation of 30,000 copies.{{cite web |author=Hughes |first=Robin |date=23 April 1997 |title=Australian Biography: Bob Santamaria |url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/australian-biography-bob-santamaria |access-date=20 February 2022 |publisher=National Film and Sound Archive}}
Associated groups include the Thomas More Centre and the Australian Family Association.
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External links
- [https://www.ncc.org.au/newsweekly Official website]
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Category:Conservatism in Australia
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