''7.30'' is an Australian nightly television current affairs program which broadcasts on

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and

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at on Monday to Thursday nights. The program is currently hosted by Sarah Ferguson.

History

The program first aired on 7 March 2011, replacing both '' The 7.30 Report'' and '' Stateline''. It was originally hosted by Leigh Sales and

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. In 2012, Uhlmann was appointed as ''7.30'' political editor, therefore stepping down as host. Uhlmann remained as political editor until 2013 when he announced that he would be working on a documentary about the

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and Gillard governments for the ABC.

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replaced him as political editor, until she left to host the ABC morning radio current affairs program, ''AM''. In 2015, Jo Puccini was appointed the Executive Producer. In December 2016, ABC announced that

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would replace Sabra Lane as political editor. In August 2017, Probyn moved to a new role as ABC's political editor replacing Chris Uhlmann who left the broadcaster for the Nine Network. In February 2018,

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was appointed as political editor replacing Probyn. In 2014, Sarah Ferguson hosted the show whilst Leigh Sales was on maternity leave. She received critical acclaim for her hard-hitting interview style from many Australian media outlets. Laura Tingle, Michael Rowland,

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and

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are fill-in presenters. In February 2022, Sales announced that she would be stepping down as host after almost 12 years in the role. She would finish at the program in June, after the federal election and will stay with the ABC. Current executive producer Justin Stevens will also be leaving the role imminently to become the head of ABC's news, analysis and investigations division. In April 2022, the ABC announced Sarah Ferguson would return from her role as special correspondent in Washington to succeed Sales as the host of ''7.30'' from July 2022.

State editions

On 28 November 2014

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announced the final episode of the state editions would be the following week (5 December 2014), corresponding with his departure from the public broadcaster. The state editions of ''7.30'' were broadcast on

at 7:30 p.m., with eight separate state and territory specific editions. Each local version of ''7.30'' was also broadcast nationally on

over the weekend.

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:7.30 Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming 2011 Australian television series debuts ABC News and Current Affairs Australian non-fiction television series

History

State editions

See also

References

External links