The ''National Indigenous Times'' (NIT) is an
Indigenous Australian
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affairs website, originally published as a newspaper from February 2002.
History
''National Indigenous Times'' was first published in newspaper form on 27 February 2002.
[ It was established by Owen Carriage, the founder of the '' Koori Mail''.
In 2006, ''NIT'' published a major story about government staff anonymously representing themselves as independent witnesses in the '']Lateline
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'' report on child abuse
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in remote communities, with particular reference to Mutitjulu, in the Northern Territory
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.
On 27 February 2012, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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's program '' Media Watch'' aired a segment that detailed how the newspaper had repeatedly taken substantial material from other media sources without any attribution. This was addressed by editor Stephen Hagan, who promised to deliver more original material and use citations when using external references. Hagan left in December 2013.unfair dismissal In labour law, unfair dismissal is an act of employment termination made without good reason or contrary to the country's specific legislation.
Situation per country
Australia
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claim by former editor Stephen Hagan.native title in Australia
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, corrupt practices and government neglect of poverty-stricken communities.[ His correspondence for ''NIT'' was as a volunteer, "bringing to the fore voices from his many travels". Just before he announced in February 2015 that he was no longer with the newspaper, he spoke positively of the newspaper on ]National Indigenous Television
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.
In December 2015, Tony Barrass bought the ''NIT'' masthead from Sydney liquidators O'Brien Palmer and launched the online version on 28 February 2016.
In July 2024, ''NIT'' launched the website ''The Indigenous Business Review''. In addition to their website, a glossy paper magazine is distributed as bimonthly inserts into ''The Australian
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'' and ''The West Australian
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'' newspapers, and be available in Qantas
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airport lounge
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s.
Governance and description
Since late February 2016, it has functioned as an online publication owned by Indigenous businessman and former Kimberley Land Council CEO Wayne Bergmann and Indigenous businessman Clinton Wolf . It was formerly owned and edited by Tony Barrass. the editor is Tom Zaunmayr.[ (Zaunmayr's name misspelled as 'Zanumayr')]
Awards
*2004: Walkley Award
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, for a story on stolen wages
*2012: At the inaugural Multicultural Media Awards at NSW Parliament in September 2012, Gerry Georgatos received two awards: Coverage of Indigenous Affairs and Investigative Reporting, and Feature Writing.suicide
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among Aboriginal Australians
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Humans first migrated to Australia (co ...
and Torres Strait Islanders
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.
See also
* ''Koori Bina
Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes (16 August 194314 November 2010) was an Australian poet and author. She was a lifelong campaigner for Indigenous land rights in Australia, Indigenous land rights, as well as human rights and women's rights.
Early life an ...
'', a 1970s monthly published by Black Women's Action
*'' Koori Mail''
References
External links
*{{official, https://www.nit.com.au/
2002 establishments in Australia
Cultural magazines
Indigenous Australian mass media
Indigenous rights publications
Magazines established in 2002
Magazines published in Australia