Back in 2025 and recapping the biggest stories of the week, join proud Mudburra and Wagadagum woman, Natalie Ahmat, Head of Indigenous News and Current Affairs, and the NITV News team in this half-hour program. The team share the latest news from an Indigenous perspective.
Friday, 7 February at 5.30pm on NITV
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NITV News will broadcast from the 25th Garma Festival on Friday, August 1.
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I’m coming home!
I’m so proud to be coming back to NITV as General Manager and SBS as a senior journalist and broadcaster.
NITV gave me my start in television back in 2010 as a video journalist and political reporter - and helped grow me from being a writer and print journalist, in to a broadcaster on screen and radio.
I’m excited to be returning now as General Manager. I bring my experience as a journalist and broadcaster, skill as a company director and strategic leader, and passion for storytelling and public speaking - all together in one important place.
NITV has always been an incubator of talented journalists and storytellers and is today investing more than ever in original First Nations programming, growing relationships with First Nations media across the nation.
The future is so bright, as more and more Australians are keen to hear and understand Indigenous voices, perspectives and stories.
I’m excited to work alongside such incredible people – a team that continues to blaze a trail in truth-telling the stories that reflect the depth, diversity, and strength of community.
Together, we’ll build on NITV’s proud legacy and take it even more powerfully into the future.
As General Manager, I look forward to driving continued audience and community impact for NITV. Working closely with NITV’s senior leadership team, I will oversee broadcast and digital strategy and lead day-to-day operations across its portfolio.
In addition, I join as SBS expands its commitment to amplifying First Nations stories and perspectives, following the incredible announcement of my friend and mentor Tanya Denning-Orman’s appointment as SBS Director, First Nations, to lead a network-wide strategy to increase Indigenous content, culture and leadership throughout SBS - including the elevation of NITV at to the heart of the network.
NITV has a crucial role at the heart of Australian media, and came about in 2007, after decades of advocacy and lobbying by incredible leaders and trailblazers - who I have looked up to and learnt from.
NITV is available free-to-air as part of the SBS network, and has been since December 2012. Today NITV delivers award-winning, critically acclaimed First Nations content across news, current affairs, drama, documentary, entertainment, sport and children’s programming.
In 2024-25, NITV reached 4.1 million Australians monthly on linear and SBS On Demand, helping drive almost 19 million hours of Indigenous content consumed across the SBS network’s television, audio and digital platforms.
I look forward to starting this new role at the end of September.
NITV News’ Nula will broadcast live from the event on Friday, September 19 at 3pm on SBS and 5.30pm on NITV.
NITV News will air the first of a 5-part EXCLUSIVE Interview Series with Cathy Freeman, commencing Monday September 22 at 6:30pm on NITV and SBS On Demand.
Marking the 25th anniversary of her iconic Gold Medal win on September 25 at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, the newly-minted Stadium Australia Hall of Famer, Freeman sat down with NITV and SBS World News presenter Breanna Holden for an intimate discussion, and to reflect on her life since she won the women’s 400m final in front of 112,524 spectators at Sydney Olympic Stadium as a 27-year-old Kuku Yalanji woman from Mackay, North Queensland.
Watched by 8.8 million in Australia, and millions around the world, it was then the largest TV audience for a sporting event in Australian history and cemented Freeman’s legacy forever more.
NITV News will air a new episode each day, culminating in a special package to air in NITV News’s NULA on Friday September 26 at 3:oopm on SBS and 5:30pm on NITV and SBS On Demand, featuring other Indigenous Athletes talking about Freeman’s win in 2000 and her enduring legacy, including Nova Peris, Kyle Vander-Kuyp, Patrick Johnson and Daniel Geale. In this episode, Freeman also talks about life after competition.
CATHY FREEMAN INTERVIEW SERIES
Monday September 22 at 6;30pm on NITV and SBS On Demand
Cathy reflects on her early running days and how she won Gold as a 16-year-old at the Commonwealth Games in 1990. She was undefeated in 1999 becoming one of the favourites to win Gold at the 2000 Olympics.
Tuesday September 23 at 6:30pm on NITV and SBS On Demand
Dealing with the pressure – how Cathy was able to deal with the weight of expectations placed on her heading into the Sydney Olympics.
Wednesday September 24 at 6:30pm on NITV and SBS On Demand
Lighting the Olympic flame – the story behind Cathy’s selection to light the flame. How it was kept secret. What was she thinking at that moment?
Thursday September 25 at 6:30pm on NITV and SBS On Demand
Winning Gold! The lead up to the race. The pressure she was feeling at the time. The suit. The day of the race. What was it like to win the Gold medal.
Friday September 26 at 3:oopm on SBS and 5:30pm on NITV and SBS On Demand
Life after competition for Cathy Freeman.
Watch the NITV News Cathy Freeman Interview Series
from Monday September 22 – Friday September 26 at 6:30pm on NITV and SBS On Demand
