''Nine News Queensland'' is the flagship state-based news bulletin of the Nine Network in Brisbane. It is screened across Queensland on weeknights, while on weekends it is also screened on a half-hour delay in the
Northern Territory
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Nine News
''Nine News'' (stylised ''9News'') is the national news service of the Nine Network in Australia. Its flagship program is the hour-long 6:00 pm state bulletin, produced by Nine's owned-and-operated stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, ...
'' bulletins, the Queensland bulletin runs for one hour, from 6PM every day. It comprises local, national and international news, as well as sport, weather and finance.
Unlike the other four metropolitan bulletins, this local edition of ''Nine News'' is addressed on-air by its state rather than its city.
Simulcast
The 6pm bulletin is simulcast in Brisbane on commercial radio station
River 94.9, across regional Queensland on the
WIN Network
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as well as through
Nine Darwin (on weekends only) and throughout remote eastern and central Australia on
Imparja Television.
History
Bruce Paige
Bruce Paige (born 10 November 1948) is a former newsreader in Brisbane, Australia. He previously presented '' Nine Gold Coast News'' alongside Eva Milic.
He previously co-presented ''Nine News Queensland'' alongside Melissa Downes, having pai ...
and
Heather Foord co-anchored the 6pm bulletin from 1995 until 2001, when Foord joined Mike London as a weekend presenter and
Jillian Whiting replaced her on weeknights. London resigned in June 2003 after allegations emerged that he had organised a female friend to complain about the presentation of weeknight presenter Bruce Paige. Foord and Whiting swapped positions in 2004 with Melissa Downes taking over as weekend presenter in 2006.
Foord resigned as weeknight presenter on 5 December 2008
and was replaced by
Melissa Downes on weeknights with
Eva Milic and former ABC news presenter Andrew Lofthouse fronting weekend bulletins. A year later, Bruce Paige stepped down from the weeknight chair (he was replaced by Lofthouse) and Heather Foord returned to present weekend bulletins solo for two years. Paige returned to full-time newsreading in January 2012, fronting ''Nine Gold Coast News'' solo until he was paired with
Wendy Kingston in July 2016.
In February 2018, in a minor network reshuffle, Alison Ariotti stepped down from the Weekend role. Darren Curtis anchored the bulletin before he was replaced by then-''Nine News Regional Queensland'' presenter
Jonathan Uptin.
Ratings
Throughout the 1990s, and right up until the mid-2000s, ''Nine News Queensland'' was the clear-cut ratings leader in Brisbane. However, when weatherman
John Schluter resigned just short of what would have been his 25th anniversary with the
Nine Network
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towards the end of 2006 (subsequently joining the rival ''
Seven News Brisbane''), sports presenter
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took sick leave after collapsing on-air during a nightly bulletin in November of the same year, and rival
Seven Brisbane poached then-''
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Ghidella currently presents '' Seven News Brisbane'' with Max Futcher from Monday to Friday. from Nine shortly after to read its weekend news (and later weeknights), the ratings declined, and in 2007, ''Nine News Queensland'' would lose its long-standing ratings dominance in the local market to the rival ''
Seven News Brisbane''.
After
Andrew Lofthouse and
Melissa Downes took over as the chief co-presenters in mid-2009, ''Nine News Queensland'' would start to chip away at Seven's lead, and by 2013 they would reclaim its mantle as the top-rating news bulletin in Brisbane.
As of 2018, ''Nine News Queensland'' has lost its ratings lead to ''Seven News Brisbane'' once again.
"Choppergate" controversy
The ''Nine News Queensland'' bulletins on 20 and 21 August 2011 included live coverage each night by reporters Melissa Mallet and
Cameron Price, respectively, from the station's helicopter, which they claimed was "near
Beerwah", where the remains of murdered schoolboy
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had been found earlier that month. The reports were revealed to be fake when, on the second night, rival station
Channel Seven recorded video of the Nine helicopter sitting on the helipad outside their studios at
Mount Coot-tha at the time of the broadcast. Radar footage also revealed that, on the first night, the helicopter was actually hovering over
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, away from Beerwah. Both Mallet and Price, as well as news producer Aaron Wakeley, were sacked by the
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following the incident, and news director Lee Anderson accepted responsibility and resigned over the faked reports. Despite the scandal, Nine experienced a spike in its 6:00 pm news ratings in the weeks that followed, managed to win more weeks than it did in the previous three years combined (winning seven of the 32 ratings weeks up to the first week of October),
and recovered to reclaim its mantle as Queensland's most-watched news service by 2013.
Current Presenters
Fill-in presenters
The primary fill-in anchors are Jonathan Uptin and Paul Taylor. Other fill-in presenters include
* Michael Atkinson (sport)
* Mia Glover (weather)
* Luke Bradnam (weather)
* Ebony Cavallaro (weather)
* Tracey Atkins (weather)
Past Presenters
News
*
Bruce Paige
Bruce Paige (born 10 November 1948) is a former newsreader in Brisbane, Australia. He previously presented '' Nine Gold Coast News'' alongside Eva Milic.
He previously co-presented ''Nine News Queensland'' alongside Melissa Downes, having pai ...
(1985–1990, 1993–2009)
*
Heather Foord (1989–2008, 2009–2011)
* Mike London (1986–2003)
*
Jillian Whiting (1998–2008)
*
Eva Milic (2009, July 2011 – October 2014)
* Darren Curtis (October 2014 – February 2018)
*
Alison Ariotti
Alison Ariotti (nee Fletcher, born 1980) is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Career
Ariotti's media career began at NBN in Northern New South Wales where she worked casually as a reporter. In 2000, she was appointed to ''WIN News ...
(October 2014 – February 2018)
*
Sophie Walsh
Sophie Walsh (born 24 October 1985) is an Australian journalist who is a reporter for ''Nine News'' in Sydney.
She was previously a reporter, fill-in news presenter and weekend weather presenter for ''Nine News'' in Brisbane. She was also form ...
(first half of 2016)
* Frank Warrick
Sport
*
Chris Bombolas
* Steve Haddan
*
Ian Healy
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* Sam Squiers
Weather
*
Sami Lukis
Acronyms
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* Joseph May
*
John Schluter
* Frank Warrick
Reporters
News
*
Tim Arvier
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(state political reporter, investigative reporter)
* Lane Calcutt (state political reporter)
* Ebony Cavallaro (court reporter)
* Jessica Millward
* Peter Fegan (investigative reporter)
* Emily Prain (crime reporter)
* Jordan Fabris (crime reporter)
* Natarjsha Kramer
* Tessa Hardy (court reporter)
* Alex Heinke
* Shannon Marshall-McCormack
* Nick Kelly
* Bridgette O'Brien
* Meg Sydes
* Lily Greer
* Anna Rawlings
* Aislin Kriukelis (''
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'' Queensland Reporter)
* Mia Glover (
''Today'' Queensland Reporter)
*Bold indicates the senior reporters
Sport
* Michael Atkinson
* Adam Jackson
* Ben Dobbin
* Mark Gottlieb
Notable former reporters
* Alex Bernhardt
* Neil Doorley – now a Senior Media Adviser with
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* Spencer Jolly – now retired
* Joel Dry (2011–2018) – now with ''
Seven News Brisbane''
* Alyshia Gates – now with the
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* Brittney Kleyn – now with ''
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* Melissa Mallet (2009–2011)
* Paris Martin – now with ''
10 News First Sydney''
* Ashley McDermid
*
Cameron Price (2008–2011)
* Nat Wallace – now with ''
A Current Affair''
*
Sophie Walsh
Sophie Walsh (born 24 October 1985) is an Australian journalist who is a reporter for ''Nine News'' in Sydney.
She was previously a reporter, fill-in news presenter and weekend weather presenter for ''Nine News'' in Brisbane. She was also form ...
(2011–2016) – now with
Nine News Sydney
* Phil Willmington – now retired
References
External links
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