''The 7.30 Report'' is an Australian week-nightly television current affairs program, which was shown on
ABC1
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and
ABC News 24
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at from 1986 to 2011. In 2011, it evolved into ''
7.30'', a revamped current affairs program.
History
''The 7.30 Report'' began on 28 January 1986, screening Tuesday to Friday evenings. The program extended to Mondays the following year.
Until the end of 1994 the program had separate editions for each state and territory, presented by
Alan Carpenter
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,
Mary Delahunty
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Early life
Delahunty was born in the Victorian town of Murtoa and educated at Loreto College in Ballarat.''Who's Who in Australia ...
,
Quentin Dempster
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Career
Dempster began his career as a cadet on the Maryborough Chronicle in Queensland, and moved to Brisbane's ''Telegraph'', where he became the paper's chief political reporter.
In ...
,
Trisha Goddard
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,
, Genevieve Hussey, John Jost,
Leigh McClusky
Leigh Carol McClusky is an Australian journalist and presenter who has previously worked for Channel 7 in Adelaide. She held the role of presenter of Today Tonight South Australia from 30 January 1995 to 17 August 2007.
Career
She started her ...
,
Kelly Nestor
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Biography
Nestor was born and raised in Broken Hill, New South Wales, but made her name as a news presenter in Adelaide.
Ne ...
, and
Andrew Olle.
Kerry O'Brien took over as the presenter of the national program in 1995, with
Maxine McKew
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serving as the main relief presenter until 2006.
O'Brien remained the editor and presenter of the program from the time it went national. He announced in 2010 that he would be leaving at the end of the year.
He presented his final edition of the program on 9 December 2010.
In February 1996, the Friday episode of the show was replaced with ''
Stateline'', a similar show with a separate edition for each state and territory.
2011 changes
The ABC announced in December 2010 that the program would return in 2011 in a new form, under the name ''
7.30''.
The revamped program was first presented by
Leigh Sales
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Career
Uhlmann was formerly a seminarian, a security guard, and a journalist with ''The Canberra Times'' before joining the Australian ...]
was ''
7.30'''s first political editor and Canberra presenter.
The ABC also announced that Stateline would be folded into the ''7.30'' program. The change saw ''7.30'' extended to five nights a week, although Friday editions continued to be presented locally and focus on state affairs.
Format
The program usually comprised several pre-recorded items and live interviews, focusing on issues of national or global significance. The program traditionally featured interviews with politicians.
Reporters in its last season included: Tracy Bowden, Matt Peacock, Andy Park, Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Dylan Welch,
Louise Milligan, Madeleine Morris, Conor Duffy, Sarah Whyte, David Lewis, Monique Schafter, Alex Mann, Michael Atkin, and political editor Sabra Lane.
Former reporters had included political editor Heather Ewart, Deborah Cornwall, Greg Hoy,
Mark Willacy, Michael Brissenden, Murray McLaughlin, Mary Gearin, Mike Sexton, John Taylor, Peter McCutcheon,
Paul Lockyer, Lisa Whitehead, Natasha Johnson, David Mark, Genevieve Hussey, Mark Bannerman and Jonathan Harley.
Paul Lyneham
Paul Lyneham (13 August 1945 – 24 November 2000) was an Australian journalist, commentator and television presenter. Lyneham was born in Melbourne also hosted ''The 7.30 Report'' for several years.
Until 2010, satirists
John Clarke and
Bryan Dawe presented a (usually) weekly
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covering a topical issue.
Dawe played the interviewer, while Clarke played a prominent public figure but, unusually for satire, he deliberately made no attempt to imitate the appearance, voice, or mannerisms of the person he portrayed. When portraying
Julia Gillard he placed a flower pot behind him to give the impression of him being a woman. These interviews were a continuation of the pair's work for ''
A Current Affair
''A Current Affair'' may refer to:
* ''A Current Affair'' (Australian TV program), 1971–present Australian current affairs program that airs on Nine Network
* ''A Current Affair'' (American TV program), a 1986–1998 American television news ...
'', beginning in 1989, for which they won a number of
awards.
See also
*
List of Australian television series
*
List of Australian Broadcasting Corporation programs
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References
External links
Official siteThe 7.30 Report at the National Film and Sound Archive
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
1986 Australian television series debuts
2011 Australian television series endings
1990s Australian television series
2000s Australian television series
ABC News and Current Affairs
Australian non-fiction television series