News Weekly

News Weekly
Cover of March 2025 issue
EditorPeter Kelleher
FrequencyFortnightly
PublisherNational Civic Council
Founded1941; 85 years ago (1941)
(former title: Freedom)
CountryAustralia
Based inBalwyn, Victoria
Websitewww.newsweekly.com.au

News Weekly is an Australian current affairs magazine headquartered in Balwyn, Victoria. It is published by the National Civic Council, a Christian lobby group, and operates offices in Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia.

News Weekly provides analysis of current cultural, social, political, educational, and economic trends, domestically and internationally, focusing on ethics.

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.

News Weekly adheres to the five primacies 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.

In 1955, it had a circulation of 30,000 copies.

Associated groups include the Thomas More Centre and the Australian Family Association.

References

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  2. ↑ "Australian Newspapers on the Internet". www.kempsey.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Thomas Sheridan (1975). Mindful militants: the Amalgamated Engineering Union in Australia, 1920–1972. CUP Archive. ISBN 0-521-20680-4. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Ross Fitzgerald; Adam James Carr; William J. Dealy (2003). The Pope's battalions: Santamaria, Catholicism and the Labor split. Univ. of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702233890. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Freedom". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  6. ↑ National Civic Council; Santamaria, B.A. (Bartholomew Augustine), 1915-1998, Freedom, then Freedom: Australia's national news-weekly, then Australia's national news-weekly, then News weekly, retrieved 16 February 2021{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "What We Stand For - News Weekly". National Civic Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  8. ↑ Australian Newspapers on kempsey.nsw.gov.au
  9. ↑ Hughes, Robin (23 April 1997). "Australian Biography: Bob Santamaria". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 20 February 2022.