NEW AICA BOARD ELECTED

 

Late last year, a new Board was elected to spearhead AICA's strategic directions and governance over the next year.  The new AICA Board of Directors is as follows:

 

 

Chairperson – Tiga Bayles - Brisbane Indigenous Media Association  

 

The National Indigenous Times first hit the streets on February 27, 2002. It was borne of a dream by Owen Carriage, the original founder of the Koori Mail, and a group of other Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

The paper is staffed and owned by black and white Australians. It does not, and has never, received Government grants or funding to survive.

When it first launched the paper made two promises to its readers:

  1. That it would do its best to help build a bridge between black and white Australia
  2. That it wouldn’t shy away from reporting the tough issues

In its first two years, the vast majority of its stories have reflected positively on Indigenous people and organisations. Its also broken major news stories on the corruption, bullying and fraud within Aboriginal organisations.

Conversely, its also broken major news stories that don’t reflect so well on non-Indigenous organisations, particularly Government. Its coverage of the stolen wages and savings issue has been reported around the world and our stories have prompted a number of Government investigations into its own operations.

The other strong focus of NIT is education - it believes that its vital Indigenous Australians gain better access to education. But it also believes it’s important for non-Indigenous Australians to have access to education on Indigenous issues.