''First Edition'' is an Australian
breakfast television news program broadcast on
Sky News Australia. The program is currently hosted by
Peter Stefanovic. The program is one of four breakfast news programs in Australia, competing with ''
Sunrise'', ''
Today'' and ''
News Breakfast''.
The program airs seven days a week.
The program is unusual for the fact that since 2014 it is broadcast from two locations, with Jayes co-hosting from the Sky News centre in the Sydney suburb of
Macquarie Park, and Gilbert hosting from studios in
Parliament House, Canberra.
Additionally, the program also transitions into political commentary program ''
AM Agenda
''Agenda'' is the name given to a series of Australian television news and commentary programs, broadcast on Sky News Australia throughout the week. The ''Agenda'' series of bulletins serve as the channel's flagship program.
The series focuses ...
'' at 8:30am
AEST
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, which Gilbert hosted solo until October 2018, after which he was joined by Jayes.
Weekend editions of the program were trimmed with the launch of ''
Saturday Edition'' and ''
Sunday Edition
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports an ...
'' from 9 July 2016.
Amy Greenbank
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People A–E
* Amy Acker (born 1976), American actress
* Amy Vera Ackman, also known as Mother Giovanni (1886– ...
, Tom Connell and Leanne Jones have served as substitute anchors of the program.
History
The program is one of the longest running formats still broadcast on Sky News, having been on-air since at least 2002. Previous presenters of the program have included John Gatfield,
Michael Willesee, Jr.
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Early life
Willesee is the son of the late Australian journalist Mike Willesee and brother of fellow journalist Amy Willesee ...
,
Vanessa Grimm
Vanessa Grimm (née Trezise) is an Australian journalist currently serving as a news presenter for Sky News Australia.
Career
Early in her career, Grimm worked as a researcher for ABC program '' The 7.30 Report'', and as a reporter for Prime ...
(née Trezise),
Amber Sherlock,
Leigh Hatcher,
Susanne Latimore
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*, later USS ''SP-411'', a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
*, the proposed name and designation for a vess ...
,
(née May) and
Terry Willesee.
Brooke Corte stepped down as host in September 2018 to become primetime anchor of
Your Money
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, and was replaced by
Laura Jayes.
Peter Stefanovic replaced Kieran Gilbert as co-anchor in July 2019.
Special editions
On 7 November 2014, the program was broadcast from a
Sydney Airport
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aircraft
hangar, following a recent partnership deal between Sky News and
Qantas.
As part of the arrangement, Corte presented in-flight news bulletins on Qantas flights.
References
External links
Sky News Official site
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Sky News Australia
Australian non-fiction television series
English-language television shows
2010s Australian television series
Breakfast television in Australia