Defunct Defunct 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,[1][2] with offices also in Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia.

It later changed its name to Australia'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 the Kempsey Library listing, News Weekly provides analysis of current cultural, social, political, educational, and economic trends in Australia, focusing on ethics.