''Ten Eyewitness News Late'' was an Australian late night television news program, broadcast on

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and it aired at 10.30pm on weeknights. The bulletin was hosted by

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with sport presented by Victoria Murphy.

Presenters

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Eric Walters Eric Robert Walters, (born March 3, 1957) is a Canadian author of young adult fiction and picture books. As of 2020, Eric Walters has written over 100 books. Background Walters was an elementary school teacher at Vista Heights Public School i ...

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Anne Fulwood Anne Fulwood (born 5 February 1959) is an Australian-born former reporter, journalist and writer with a long association as a newsreader and current affairs host, she was born in South Australia's Riverland region and began her career in the stat ...

, News, , 1991–1995 , - ,

Sandra Sully Sandra Sully (born 18 February 1965) is an Australian news presenter and journalist and editor for '' 10 News First'' in Sydney and Queensland. Sully attended Brisbane State High School, graduating in 1978. Life and career Sully was the fir ...

, News, , 1995–2010, 2011 , - ,

Charmaine Dragun Charmaine Margaret Dragun (; 21 March 19782 November 2007) was an Australian broadcast journalist and presenter. She was a co-anchor on ''Ten Eyewitness News''. Dragun, who had been diagnosed with depression and had a history of anorexia, died ...

(Friday) , News, , 2005–2007 , - , Kathryn Robinson (Friday) , News, , 2007–2011 , - , Hamish Macdonald , Host, , 2012–2013 , - ,

Brad McEwan Brad McEwan (born 28 April 1971) is an Australian television presenter and sports journalist. McEwan has previously been a sport presenter on the Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne editions of '' 10 News First'' and is best known for his hosting d ...

, Sport , 2007–2011, 2012–2013 , - ,

Hermione Kitson Hermione Kitson is an Australian news presenter and reporter. Career Kitson studied Media/Communications at Sydney University and completed an internship at ABC Sydney News and Current Affairs. Network Ten Before joining Network Ten, Kitson ...

, News , 2012–2013 , - , Danielle Isdale , Host , 2013 , - ,

, Host/News, , 2014 , - , Victoria Murphy , Sport , 2013–2014

History

began airing national late night news bulletins as part of the network's coverage of the

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in January 1991, which made extensive use of its rights to carry

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material. Originally called ''Ten Evening News: Crisis in the Gulf'', the bulletin's first host was veteran newsreader

, who was also presenting the 6pm weeknight bulletin in Sydney at the time. Walters presented ''Ten Late News'' for four months, after which, '' Good Morning Australia'' news presenter

took over as presenter of what had now become ''Ten Second Edition News''. The program's straightforward style and format was a clear point of difference with competing programs on rival networks,

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's chat show ''

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'' (which included short news bulletins) and

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's ''The World Tonight with Clive Robertson'', quickly drawing attention and viewers. Ten's late night news would gradually introduce its own elements including business reports with

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and weather forecasts with Ray Wilkie. Over the next few years, rival networks introduced their own late night news programs, such as the Nine Network's ''

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'' and '' Seven Nightly News: Late Edition'', initially competing directly with Ten's bulletin. In November 1995,

resigned from

to join the

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to present '' Seven Nightly News: Late Edition'' - her replacement was

, who would go on to host ''Ten Late News'' for most of the next 16 years. ''Ten Late News'' also aired on weekend evenings at around 11pm, hosted by

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for more than a decade, until the axing of the Saturday edition in 2004 and the Sunday edition a year later. At the time, Network Ten were the only network in Australia to broadcast a late night news program at weekends, whilst other networks would continue to air updates until mid to late evening. In 2006, the bulletin was merged with the late weeknight edition of '' Sports Tonight'' on Monday - Thursday and presented by

(co-host of ''Ten News at Five'' in Perth) was a regular presenter of the Friday edition of the Late News from 2005 until her sudden death in November 2007 - her replacement was Kathryn Robinson. In September 2011, the network announced that due to declining ratings and increased competition, the bulletin would be axed. The last edition of ''Ten Late News'', presented by

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, aired on Friday 30 September 2011. However, the final Monday - Thursday (Sandra Sully & Brad McEwan) Bulletin aired the previous day on Thursday 29 September 2011. Main host

became co-host of Sydney's '' Ten News at Five'', replacing

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. The bulletin was revived on 4 June 2012 in a new magazine-style format, presented by Hamish Macdonald it is very different from the former Late News format but unique in how it is presented and what it entails. It starts off with an introduction by the host; then the national news with the news presenter; a major report - introduced by the host; various feature stories; occasional interviews; special segments throughout the week, including Entertainment with

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; Sport; Twitter or Internet news and a Music item to conclude. In September 2013, Danielle Isdale replaced Hamish Macdonald after he resigned and the bulletin was rebranded as ''Ten Eyewitness News: Late''. In February 2014,

announced that

would replace Danielle Isdale as presenter, and Victoria Murphy would become the sports presenter. The format would return to a standard bulletin instead of the magazine-style previously used. Fill in presenters include

(News) and Matt Suleau (Sport). In late May 2014, in a move by the Ten Network to make budget cuts, Ten Eyewitness News Late was axed. Australian television news shows Network 10 original programming 10 News First 2000s Australian television series 1991 Australian television series debuts 2011 Australian television series endings 2012 Australian television series debuts 2014 Australian television series endings Television shows set in Sydney English-language television shows