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{{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}}
 
'''''NITV National News''''' is a program broadcast on AustralianAustralia's satellite and cable channel [[National Indigenous Television]]. Itdigital airschannel a34 15and minute bulletin at 6.30pm withis a repeat at 9.30pm AEST each day, as well as a 5 minute news summary bulletin at various times throughout the evening. In 2009, NITV National News will be extended to apart 30of minuteSBS bulletinAustralia.
 
NITV News is the only nightly television news service that covers entirely Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories from across the country in a half hour bulletin.
NITV National News is entirely staffed by [[Aboriginal people]] and [[Torres Strait Islander]] producers, journalists and presenters, including a political correspondent based at the Press Gallery at [[Parliament House, Canberra]]. The bulletin covers Indigenous news, current affairs, sport and weather. The studio is located and based at North Ryde in Sydney.
 
Started in February 2008, the program began with 5 minutes of News, followed by 15 minutes before finally extending to a half hour bulletin.
The weekday bulletins are presented by Natalie Ahmat. The political correspondent is Chris Munro. The sports presenter is Lindsay Bassani. More information can be found on the [http://nitv.org.au/news/ NITV National News] website.
 
Anchor Natalie Ahmat and Sports Presenter Kris Flanders are the regular hosts of the program and all the reporters and presenters at NITV news are from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.
 
The program is directed at Indigenous and non Indigenous viewers, but has found a wide audience among all Australians interested in [[Indigenous Australian]] issues, as such topics are rarely covered in the mainstream Australia media.