Seven News (stylised 7NEWS) is the television news service of the
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...
and, as of 2021, the highest-rating in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.
National bulletins are presented from Seven's
high definition
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* HiDef, 24 frames-pe ...
studios in
South Eveleigh
South Eveleigh, previously known as Australian Technology Park is a retail, business centre and technology park south of the Sydney central business district and north of Sydney Airport. South Eveleigh borders Alexandria and Eveleigh. Eveleig ...
,
Sydney
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, while its flagship 6pm ''Seven News'' bulletins are produced in studios based in
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
,
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
,
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
,
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
, and
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
. The network also produces local news bulletins and updates for the
Gold Coast
Gold Coast may refer to:
Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
, as well as regional markets in
Queensland
)
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, subdivision_type = Country
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, established_ ...
,
New South Wales
)
, nickname =
, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
(including the ACT),
Victoria and
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
.
It draws upon the resources of
ITN
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,
NBC,
CBC,
CNN
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,
APTN and
Reuters
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The agency was estab ...
for select international coverage.
History
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''Seven News'' — previously known as ''ATVN News'', ''Channel Seven News'', ''Seven Eyewitness News'', ''Seven National News'' and ''Seven Nightly News'' — is one of Australia's longest-running television news services, founded in 1958, along with ''
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, ...
'' on the rival
Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...
.
In 2003, former
Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...
news and current affairs chief
Peter Meakin
Peter Jeremy Meakin (born 12 October 1942) is an English Australian journalist who has worked as news/current affairs director for all three of Australia's commercial television networks ( Nine Network, Seven Network and Network Ten).
Early li ...
was appointed to ''Seven News'',
tasked with lifting ratings in the struggling east coast markets by including more local content in those bulletins.
''Seven News'' has been the top rating news service nationally for all but three years since 2005, partly attributed to the success of television game show ''
Deal or No Deal
''Deal or No Deal'' is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which (launching the format) was the Dutch ''Miljoenenjacht (Netherlands), Miljoenenjacht'' (''Hunt/Chase for Millions''). The centerpiece of this f ...
'' (and later ''
The Chase Australia''),
which provided the flagship 6pm bulletin with a significant lead-in audience.
In recent years, under the guidance of former longtime ''
National Nine News'' chief Peter Meakin, Seven's news and current affairs division has produced more locally focused content, which has been lifting ratings for key markets such as Sydney and
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
.
Since February 2005, the ratings of ''
Deal or No Deal
''Deal or No Deal'' is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which (launching the format) was the Dutch ''Miljoenenjacht (Netherlands), Miljoenenjacht'' (''Hunt/Chase for Millions''). The centerpiece of this f ...
'', ''Seven News'' and ''Today Tonight'' have gradually increased. ''Seven News'' was the highest-rating news service nationally in both the 2005 and 2006 ratings seasons.
A key aspect of Seven's recent ratings dominance in news and current affairs has been attributed to ''Deal or No Deals (and, since late 2015, ''
The Chase Australia''
's) top rating audience, which provides ''Seven News'' with a large lead-in audience. Between 2007 and 2010 inclusive, ''Seven News'' completed a clean sweep across the five capital cities in terms of being the most watched 6 pm news bulletin. On 5 July 2008, Channel Seven introduced a watermark on news and current affairs programmes.
In 2007, ''Seven News'' beat ''
National Nine News'' and ''
Ten News
''10 News First'' is an Australian television newscast, produced by Network 10. The network's ninety-minute long news program airs at 5pm each evening covering local, national and world news, including sport and weather. Weekend editions are p ...
'' in ratings for the first time in the Melbourne market. During the year, they ranked highest twenty weeks compared to Nine's nineteen weeks, while one week was tied. Previously, in 2006, Seven had ranked on top 16 weeks in while Nine had 24 weeks on top in Melbourne.
During 2008, from weeknight to weeknight, Seven and Nine had similar ratings, often changing the most popular show from night to night.
As of 2013, ''Nine News'' retains a national lead, although Seven still has a tight grip on the Adelaide and Perth bulletins.
In November 2012, Peter Meakin resigned as director of news and current affairs of the
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...
after nine years in the role, with Rob Raschke named as his successor.
In October 2013, it was announced that the Saturday 6pm bulletins would be extended to one hour, likely as a reaction to ''Nine News'' regaining its national lead in 2013.
On Monday 20 January 2014, the news theme was overhauled with the traditional ''The Mission'' piece removed after two decades, however, due to viewer backlash, ''The Mission'' was reinstated on Friday 24 January 2014.
In February 2014, ''
Today Tonight'' was axed in the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane markets and the news bulletins were extended to one hour. The Adelaide and Perth bulletins remained at 30 minutes with ''Today Tonight'' being retained in only those two markets.
In 2015, ''Seven News'' suffered its worst ratings year for over a decade, with all three of its east coast bulletins, as well as its regional Queensland bulletins, languishing behind ''Nine News'' and its Adelaide bulletin also starting to lose to Nine on weeknights.
However, ''Seven News'' soon reclaimed the lead nationally the following year, aided by the new game show lead-in ''
The Chase Australia'', which helped to increase numbers in Sydney and Melbourne, as well as a narrow 3,000 viewer loss to Nine in Brisbane.
In July 2016, a new locally focused bulletin for the
Gold Coast
Gold Coast may refer to:
Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
was introduced, airing at 5.30pm every evening from the network's
Surfers Paradise
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studios. The debut bulletin won its timeslot with 49,000, compared to the rival ''
Nine Gold Coast News
''Nine Gold Coast News'' is a weeknight, local news bulletin of the Nine Network. It is screened on the Gold Coast, Queensland relay of Channel Nine from Brisbane. The bulletin first aired in 1996.
Unlike all Nine News bulletins, the Gold Coas ...
'' which drew 34,000 viewers. However, Nine still remained ahead of Seven overall in the Gold Coast market until 2019, when that newscast finally emerged as the top newscast there.
In November 2019, the Adelaide and Perth editions of ''Today Tonight'' were axed finally bringing their nightly news shows to an hour edition in line with the east coast.
In 2023, ''Seven News'' began to transition out of its previous
Martin Place studios, with all operations transferred to Seven's news facility in
South Eveleigh
South Eveleigh, previously known as Australian Technology Park is a retail, business centre and technology park south of the Sydney central business district and north of Sydney Airport. South Eveleigh borders Alexandria and Eveleigh. Eveleig ...
. From 26 June 2023, its new broadcast home is at a purpose-built studio at the
Australian Technology Park
South Eveleigh, previously known as Australian Technology Park is a retail, business centre and technology park south of the Sydney central business district and north of Sydney Airport. South Eveleigh borders Alexandria and Eveleigh. Eveleig ...
in South Eveleigh. The new space is five times larger than Martin Place, allows for permanent sets for all programs, with two complete control rooms and more than 40sq m of LED screens, while all newsroom operations are located on a second entire floor.
National bulletins
''Sunrise Early News''
''Sunrise Early News'' airs at 5am on weekdays and is presented by
Edwina Bartholomew
Edwina Louise Christie Bartholomew (born 5 July 1983) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
Bartholomew is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise''. She has previously been a co-ho ...
, and includes news, business, finance, sport and weather. It airs from Seven's
Eveleigh
Eveleigh is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Eveleigh is located about 3 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.
...
studios. Fill in presenters include Shaun White and
Monique Wright
Monique Wright (born 18 May 1973) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
Wright is currently co-host of ''Weekend Sunrise''. . The bulletin is followed by ''
Sunrise''.
The bulletin first aired on 14 July 2008 as ''Seven Early News'', presented by
Simon Reeve, with sport presented by
Mark Beretta
Mark Beretta (born 16 June 1966) is an Australian journalist, best known as a sports reporter on Seven Network program ''Sunrise''.
In July 2008, Beretta began presenting ''Seven Early News'' sport alongside Natalie Barr at 5.30 am, which le ...
. Reeve presented the first bulletin as
Natalie Barr
Natalie Anne Barr (born 19 March 1968) is an Australian journalist, news presenter and television presenter.
Barr is currently co-host of the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise (Australian TV program), Sunrise'' alongside D ...
was hosting ''
Sunrise'' at the time.
In January 2016, it was announced that
Jodie Speers
Jodie Speers (born 22 October 1982) is an Australian journalist, news and television presenter.
Speers currently presents ''Seven Early News''.
Career
After finishing school, Speers studied for a Communications degree at Sydney University. ...
would replace
Natalie Barr
Natalie Anne Barr (born 19 March 1968) is an Australian journalist, news presenter and television presenter.
Barr is currently co-host of the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise (Australian TV program), Sunrise'' alongside D ...
and
Mark Beretta
Mark Beretta (born 16 June 1966) is an Australian journalist, best known as a sports reporter on Seven Network program ''Sunrise''.
In July 2008, Beretta began presenting ''Seven Early News'' sport alongside Natalie Barr at 5.30 am, which le ...
due to ''
Sunrise'' starting at 5:30am. The bulletin also moved to the earlier time of 5am.
In March 2024,
Jodie Speers
Jodie Speers (born 22 October 1982) is an Australian journalist, news and television presenter.
Speers currently presents ''Seven Early News''.
Career
After finishing school, Speers studied for a Communications degree at Sydney University. ...
announced her resignation from the Seven Network. The bulletin was renamed ''Sunrise Early News'' and Speers was replaced by
Edwina Bartholomew
Edwina Louise Christie Bartholomew (born 5 July 1983) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
Bartholomew is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise''. She has previously been a co-ho ...
.
''Seven Morning News''
''Seven Morning News'' airs at 11.30am on weekdays in three separate markets:
* The east coast edition is presented by
Ann Sanders (Monday – Thursday) and
Sally Bowrey
Sally Bowrey is an Australian journalist, television presenter and weather presenter for the Seven Network, based in Sydney, Australia.
Bowrey is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's ''Weekend Sunrise''.
Early life and education ...
(Friday) from Seven's
Eveleigh
Eveleigh is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Eveleigh is located about 3 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.
...
studios with sport presented by Abbey Gelmi (Monday), Matt Carmichael (Tuesday) and rotating presenters (Wednesday – Friday), and weather presented by
meteorologist Tony Auden (Monday).
* The Adelaide edition (Broadcast as "7NEWS Adelaide: Early Edition, due to it being played on the FiveAA Lunchtime News Update) is presented by
Mike Smithson Mike Smithson may refer to:
* Mike Smithson (British journalist) (born 1946), British journalist, Liberal Democrat politician, and political betting expert
*Mike Smithson (Australian journalist), Australian news reporter
*Mike Smithson (baseball)
...
(Monday – Wednesday), and Elspeth Hussey (Thursday and Friday), with sport presented by Tom Wilson.
* The Perth edition is presented by rotating presenters from Seven Perth's Osborne Park studios
and sports presenter
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke Cousins (born 30 June 1978) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for and in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Cousins is listed by journalist Mike Sheahan as one of the fifty greatest players o ...
.
Garry Wilkinson,
Chris Reason
Chris Reason (born 1 October 1965) is a senior reporter and presenter for ''Seven News'' in Sydney, Australia. He was awarded the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award for his coverage of the Lindt Cafe siege in December 2014.
...
and
Chris Bath have previously presented the bulletin. In 2006, Bath and Sanders swapped roles with Bath being appointed weekend presenter on ''Seven News Sydney'' and Sanders appointed presenter of ''Seven Morning News''.
Ryan Phelan was the initial sports presenter when a sports presenter was added to the bulletin. Jim Wilson started to present sports shortly after, and continued to present Tuesday – Friday sports until he resigned from the Seven Network in June 2020. Jacqueline Felgate presented Monday sport from June 2019 until March 2022, the role that was previously shared between Ryan Phelan and Matt Carmichael.
A weather presenter was added to the bulletin in 2014.
Fill-in presenters for the bulletin include Angela Cox,
Chris Reason
Chris Reason (born 1 October 1965) is a senior reporter and presenter for ''Seven News'' in Sydney, Australia. He was awarded the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award for his coverage of the Lindt Cafe siege in December 2014.
...
,
Mike Amor
Mike Amor is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Amor is currently the weekend presenter of ''Seven News#Melbourne, Seven News Melbourne'' with Rebecca Maddern and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne.
Previously, he was th ...
(from Melbourne), Katrina Blowers, and Sally Bowrey (News),
Matt Carmichael,
Mel McLaughlin
Melanie Louise McLaughlin (born September 1979) is an Australian sport presenter for the Seven Network. McLaughlin previously worked for Fox Sports where she hosted association football shows including ''Kick Off'', Indian Super League and ''Fo ...
and
Ben Davis (Sport), Samantha Brett, Angie Asimus, Sally Bowrey and Amber Laidler (Weather).
Separate editions for the Adelaide and Perth markets were launched in 2021.
''Seven Afternoon News'' (Summer edition)
The Summer edition of ''Seven Afternoon News'' is a national edition presented from Seven's Eveleigh studio and previously from its Martin Place studio. The bulletin airs when local editions are on break and is presented by
Ann Sanders (Monday-Thursday) and
Sally Bowrey
Sally Bowrey is an Australian journalist, television presenter and weather presenter for the Seven Network, based in Sydney, Australia.
Bowrey is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's ''Weekend Sunrise''.
Early life and education ...
(Friday).
This bulletin is a semi-national bulletin because it airs across Australia, except in South Australia and Western Australia who have their own local 4pm News.
Fill-in presenters include
Mike Amor
Mike Amor is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Amor is currently the weekend presenter of ''Seven News#Melbourne, Seven News Melbourne'' with Rebecca Maddern and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne.
Previously, he was th ...
and
Angie Asimus
Angie Asimus (born 12 August 1985) is a news presenter and journalist.
Asimus is currently a weather presenter on '' Seven News Sydney'' and presents '' Seven News at 5.''
Career
Asimus was originally from Gundagai (in rural New South Wales) ...
(News).
Seven's national afternoon bulletin was introduced in 2003 as ''Target Iraq'', during extensive coverage of the
2003 invasion of Iraq
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, and presented from Sydney by
David Johnston. The program was retained after the initial invasion and moved production to Melbourne and was subsequently renamed the ''Seven 4.30 News''. Johnston retired in September 2005 and was succeeded by
Rebecca Maddern
Rebecca Maddern (born 6 August 1977) is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
Maddern is currently weekend presenter of ''Seven News Melbourne'' with Mike Amor and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne.
She has worked at ...
until production returned to Sydney in July 2006. Former US correspondent
Mike Amor
Mike Amor is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Amor is currently the weekend presenter of ''Seven News#Melbourne, Seven News Melbourne'' with Rebecca Maddern and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne.
Previously, he was th ...
took over as anchor and the bulletin was relocated to the Martin Place Sydney studio. Amor was later replaced three months later by
Samantha Armytage
Samantha Armytage (born 4 September 1976) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
Armytage was previously co-host of the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise'' from 2013 to 2021 alongside David Koch. She also pr ...
. On 3 December 2010, the bulletin was extended to 60 minutes and began to feature a sports bulletin. However, on 7 May 2012, the bulletin was truncated back to 30 minutes as ''
The Price is Right'' returned to the 5:00 pm timeslot.
On 2 April 2012, a 30-minute Perth edition was launched, airing as a
cutaway half-hour bulletin at 4:30pm, following the first half-hour of the national bulletin at 4pm. Regional and Remote Western Australia did not receive the 4.30 afternoon news on
Seven Regional WA, rather, the network substituted it with its own local news service at 5:30pm.
In December 2012, the bulletin was renamed as ''Seven Afternoon News''. In January 2013, the bulletin returned to an hour due to the axing of ''
The Price Is Right'' and returned to the Melbourne studio with
Rebecca Maddern
Rebecca Maddern (born 6 August 1977) is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
Maddern is currently weekend presenter of ''Seven News Melbourne'' with Mike Amor and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne.
She has worked at ...
replacing
Samantha Armytage
Samantha Armytage (born 4 September 1976) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
Armytage was previously co-host of the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise'' from 2013 to 2021 alongside David Koch. She also pr ...
.
However, in August 2013 Maddern was replaced by
Melissa Doyle and
Matt White and the bulletin expanded to start at 4pm.
In April 2014,
Matt White resigned from the
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...
to join
Network Ten
Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...
. The bulletin was presented solo by
Melissa Doyle up until July 2015.
In June 2015, the Seven Network announced senior presenter
Chris Bath's resignation and that
Melissa Doyle would take over as ''Seven News Sydney'' weekend presenter from July.
Between 2015 and 2017, the national bulletin was gradually replaced by local editions presented from Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. The last incarnation of the national bulletin was broadcast from the network's
Martin Place studios and was presented by
Ann Sanders (Monday – Thursday) and
Chris Reason
Chris Reason (born 1 October 1965) is a senior reporter and presenter for ''Seven News'' in Sydney, Australia. He was awarded the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award for his coverage of the Lindt Cafe siege in December 2014.
...
(Friday). Sport was presented by
Mel McLaughlin
Melanie Louise McLaughlin (born September 1979) is an Australian sport presenter for the Seven Network. McLaughlin previously worked for Fox Sports where she hosted association football shows including ''Kick Off'', Indian Super League and ''Fo ...
(Monday) and
Jim Wilson (Tuesday – Friday) and weather was presented by
David Brown (Monday – Thursday) and Amelia Mulcahy or
Angie Asimus
Angie Asimus (born 12 August 1985) is a news presenter and journalist.
Asimus is currently a weather presenter on '' Seven News Sydney'' and presents '' Seven News at 5.''
Career
Asimus was originally from Gundagai (in rural New South Wales) ...
(Friday).
''Seven News Updates''
Short localised updates are presented during the afternoons by various state-based reporters and eventually presenters and evenings by the state-based presenters.
When breaking stories occur, newsflashes are presented from Seven's Eveleigh studio or
Seven Melbourne's national broadcast centre.
''Seven News at 5''
''Seven News at 5'' airs at 5pm every Saturday and Sunday and is presented by Samantha Heathwood (Saturday) and Angie Asimus (Sunday), which includes news, sport, finance and weather. Sport is presented by
Matt Carmichael (Saturday) and
Mel McLaughlin
Melanie Louise McLaughlin (born September 1979) is an Australian sport presenter for the Seven Network. McLaughlin previously worked for Fox Sports where she hosted association football shows including ''Kick Off'', Indian Super League and ''Fo ...
(Sunday). It airs from Seven's
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
studios, having previously been produced from the Sydney studios. The bulletin does not air on a Sunday in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth during the AFL season. Seven's
affiliate in
Tasmania
)
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, image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdi ...
airs the bulletin on tape delay at 5:30pm right before the main bulletin at 6pm.
The bulletin first aired on 1 March 2015 as a 'Special Presentation' until it became permanent on 29 March 2015. Fill-in presenters include
Mike Amor
Mike Amor is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Amor is currently the weekend presenter of ''Seven News#Melbourne, Seven News Melbourne'' with Rebecca Maddern and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne.
Previously, he was th ...
, Angela Cox,
Sally Bowrey
Sally Bowrey is an Australian journalist, television presenter and weather presenter for the Seven Network, based in Sydney, Australia.
Bowrey is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's ''Weekend Sunrise''.
Early life and education ...
, Katrina Blowers, Teegan Dolling and Liam Tapper.
Since 2021, Adelaide has received its edition of Seven News at 5, locally regarded as the 'Early Edition' (not to be confused with the local morning bulletin with the same name). It is presented by Elspeth Hussy (Saturday), and Gertie Spurling (Sunday). The local 5 PM bulletin is occasionally broadcast nationally.
''The Latest: Seven News''
''The Latest: Seven News'' airs at or sometime after 10pm and is presented by Tim McMilllan (Sunday-Monday) or Jerrie Demasi (Tuesday-Wednesday) from Seven's Perth studios. As the title suggests, the late-night bulletin provides up-to-date information on the latest news of the day.
Previously known as ''Seven Late News'', it was presented by
Chris Bath or
Anne Fulwood from 1995 to 2003, with
Natalie Barr
Natalie Anne Barr (born 19 March 1968) is an Australian journalist, news presenter and television presenter.
Barr is currently co-host of the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise (Australian TV program), Sunrise'' alongside D ...
filling in. The bulletin was cancelled in December 2003 due to declining ratings.
Chris Bath was moved to ''Seven Morning News'' (later ''Seven News Sydney'') and
Natalie Barr
Natalie Anne Barr (born 19 March 1968) is an Australian journalist, news presenter and television presenter.
Barr is currently co-host of the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise (Australian TV program), Sunrise'' alongside D ...
was moved to ''
Sunrise''.
In February 2024, it was announced that production would shift to Seven's Perth studios from March, resulting in Usher stepping down from the program. In March 2024, it was confirmed that Tim McMillan will replace Michael Usher and Angela Cox from 18 March.
Capital-based bulletins
Afternoon news
Hour–long local editions of ''Seven Afternoon News'' were launched periodically in the capital cities, replacing the previous national bulletin in full. Melbourne and Brisbane launched local afternoon bulletins in August 2015.
In July 2017, Adelaide launched their own local edition,
while the previously half-hour Perth bulletin was extended to replace the national bulletin in full.
At this time, the national bulletin was replaced by a Sydney bulletin.
Presently, ''Seven Afternoon News'' is aired at 4pm on weekdays in five separate local editions:
* The Sydney edition is broadcast from the network's
Eveleigh
Eveleigh is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Eveleigh is located about 3 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.
...
studios in Sydney and is presented by
Ann Sanders (Monday – Thursday) and Sally Bowrey (Friday). Sport is presented by
Mel McLaughlin
Melanie Louise McLaughlin (born September 1979) is an Australian sport presenter for the Seven Network. McLaughlin previously worked for Fox Sports where she hosted association football shows including ''Kick Off'', Indian Super League and ''Fo ...
(Monday – Thursday) and
Matt Carmichael (Friday) and weather is presented by
Angie Asimus
Angie Asimus (born 12 August 1985) is a news presenter and journalist.
Asimus is currently a weather presenter on '' Seven News Sydney'' and presents '' Seven News at 5.''
Career
Asimus was originally from Gundagai (in rural New South Wales) ...
(Monday – Thursday) and Amber Laidler (Friday). Fill-in presenters include Angela Cox and
Chris Reason
Chris Reason (born 1 October 1965) is a senior reporter and presenter for ''Seven News'' in Sydney, Australia. He was awarded the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award for his coverage of the Lindt Cafe siege in December 2014.
...
(News) and
Matt Carmichael (Sport). Seven-owned regional stations
CBN
CBN, or cbn, may refer to:
Broadcasting organizations
* Radio stations in St. John's, Newfoundland:
** CBN (AM), CBC Radio One
** CBN-FM, CBC Music
* Chronicle Broadcasting Network, the predecessor of ABS-CBN
* CBN (Australian TV station), a TV s ...
and
NEN, and in Griffith through
WIN Television's Seven Griffith.
* The Melbourne edition is broadcast from the network's
Docklands studios in Melbourne and is presented by
Karina Carvalho
Karina Carvalho is an Australian journalist. She was born in Sri Lanka, and moved to Perth at the age of four. She is currently a presenter on the ABC News Channel, and also presents the late news on ABC Monday-Wednesday, with Jeremy Fernandez ...
, with sport presented by Laura Spurway, and weather presented by
meteorologist Jane Bunn
Jane Bunn (born 2 August 1979) is an Australian meteorologist and weather presenter.
Bunn is the weather presenter on ''Seven News Melbourne''.
Career
Bunn completed a Bachelor of Science at Monash University in 2005, where she had majors in A ...
. Fill in presenters include Blake Johnson (News), Abbey Gelmi, Theo Doropoulos and Laura Spurway (Sport) and Sonia Marinelli, Melina Saris and Estelle Griepink (Weather).
The local edition simulcasts across Victoria and New South Wales/South Australian border areas through Seven's
AMV and
PTV, as well as Tasmania through 7 Tasmania.
* The state-based Queensland edition is broadcast from the network's
Mount Coot-tha
Mount Coot-tha is a mountain and a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , there were no residents in the suburb. Visible from much of the city, Mount Coot-tha is a popular bushland tourist destination including the Mou ...
studios in Brisbane and is presented by Katrina Blowers (Monday – Wednesday) and Samantha Heathwood (Thursday and Friday).
Shane Webcke
Shane Webcke (born 28 September 1974) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, who spent his entire club career playing for the Brisbane Broncos. Webcke represented Queensland in the State of Origin 21 times and also captai ...
presents sport (Monday – Wednesday) and
Ben Davis (Thursday and Friday) and
meteorologist Tony Auden
Anthony "Tony" Auden is an Australian meteorologist.
He is currently weather presenter on ''Seven News Brisbane''.
Career
Auden studied a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Meteorology and Mathematics at Monash University which he completed in ...
presenting the weather (Monday – Thursday) and TBD (Friday). Fill in presenters include Marlina Whop (News),
Max Futcher
Max Futcher is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
He currently co-anchors the Brisbane edition of ''Seven News'' with Sharyn Ghidella each weeknight after being chosen to replace Bill McDonald in March 2018. Prior to joining S ...
(News), Amanda Abate (News),
Ben Davis (Sport) and Laura Dymock (Weather). Initially launched as a separate 90-minute bulletin in the South East Queensland region (Brisbane and surrounding areas received by BTQ transmitters), it is now simulcast across the state via
Seven Queensland and across central and remote areas of eastern Australia on
Seven Central
QQQ is an Australian television station broadcasting in remote central and eastern areas of Australia, owned by Southern Cross Austereo. The station is available via satellite and terrestrial platforms – mostly through community retransmissio ...
. It is also being aired in
Darwin,
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
through affiliate Seven Central
(TND–34), where it broadcasts live into all relevant time zones, thus ending the bulletin at 4:30pm in Darwin. On the Gold Coast, the bulletin ends at 4:30 pm, due to the launch of the
Gold Coast
Gold Coast may refer to:
Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
service on 4 July. On 10 August 2017, two years to the day since the bulletin launched, the local service claimed victory in the 4:00 pm timeslot, winning 21 weeks to the rival ''
Nine Live Queensland's'' two weeks.
* The Adelaide edition is broadcast from the network's
Hindmarsh studios and is presented by
Mike Smithson Mike Smithson may refer to:
* Mike Smithson (British journalist) (born 1946), British journalist, Liberal Democrat politician, and political betting expert
*Mike Smithson (Australian journalist), Australian news reporter
*Mike Smithson (baseball)
...
(Monday – Wednesday) and Elspeth Hussey (Thursday and Friday) Sport is presented by Tom Wilson or Andrew Hayes and weather is presented by Amelia Mulcahy. It is simulcast across South Australia through
WIN Television SA and
GTS/BKN. On 26 June 2020, the local Adelaide afternoon news formerly presented by Rosanna Mangiarelli was axed due to budget cuts, with that market receiving the Melbourne edition until 23 October. At the time, Adelaide received a local insert in the last segment of the bulletin, presented by a local state based presenter, and a localised weather update with Amelia Mulcahy. The bulletin was later reinstated on 26 October, but the axing affected ''Seven News'' in the Adelaide ratings, and helped rival ''Nine News'' to close the afternoon and evening news gap with Seven ever since. A midday ''Seven News'' bulletin is also produced and broadcast on radio station
FIVEaa as of 2023.
* The Perth edition is broadcast from the network's
Osborne Park studios in Perth and is presented by Samantha Jolly (Monday – Thursday) and Amelia Broun (Friday), who also present weather and sport is presented by Ryan Daniels. Unlike the former breakaway, the bulletin runs for a full hour.
In regional WA, the bulletin ends at 4:30 pm, due to its weeknight regional bulletin at 5:30 pm.
Nightly news
Sydney
''Seven News Sydney'' is directed by Sean Power and presented by
Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson (born 28 February 1961) is a New Zealand-based Australian actor and television presenter.
Biography
Born in Sydney, Australia, Ferguson attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and graduated in 1981. In 1982, he p ...
from Sunday to Thursday and
Michael Usher
Michael Usher is an Australian television presenter and reporter. Usher presents ''Seven News Sydney'' on Friday and Saturday with Angela Cox and ''The Latest: Seven News''.
Career
Usher graduated from All Saints' College, Perth in 1987. He we ...
and Angela Cox on Friday and Saturday from Seven's headquarters, located at
Eveleigh
Eveleigh is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Eveleigh is located about 3 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.
...
. Sport is presented by
Mel McLaughlin
Melanie Louise McLaughlin (born September 1979) is an Australian sport presenter for the Seven Network. McLaughlin previously worked for Fox Sports where she hosted association football shows including ''Kick Off'', Indian Super League and ''Fo ...
from Sunday to Thursday and
Matt Carmichael on Friday and Saturday. Weather is presented by
Angie Asimus
Angie Asimus (born 12 August 1985) is a news presenter and journalist.
Asimus is currently a weather presenter on '' Seven News Sydney'' and presents '' Seven News at 5.''
Career
Asimus was originally from Gundagai (in rural New South Wales) ...
from Sunday to Thursday and
Sally Bowrey
Sally Bowrey is an Australian journalist, television presenter and weather presenter for the Seven Network, based in Sydney, Australia.
Bowrey is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's ''Weekend Sunrise''.
Early life and education ...
on Friday and Saturday.
The Sydney bulletin is simulcast to Seven-owned regional transmitters in
New South Wales
)
, nickname =
, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
and
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a landlocked federal territory of Australia containing the national capital Canberra and some surrounding townships. ...
, and to Griffith via
WIN Television's Seven Griffith.
After decades of trailing ''
Nine News Sydney
''Nine News Sydney'' is the local news bulletin for the Nine Network station in Sydney, airing across New South Wales each night.
Like all ''Nine News'' bulletins, the Sydney bulletin runs for one hour. from 6pm every day. It covers the day's ...
'' and ''
10 News First Sydney'' in the ratings, which led to the sackings of
Ross Symonds
Ross Symonds (born 1942) is an Australian former news presenter and reporter, television and radio personality and spokesman, best known for his association with the ABC and later the Seven Network in Sydney from the 1980s until the early 2000s.
...
and
Ann Sanders as the weeknight presenters in 2003, ''Seven News Sydney's'' attempts to boost ratings began in December with the appointment of Ian Ross as main weeknight anchor and the relocation of the bulletin, and other national bulletins, to new street-level studios in Martin Place in August 2004, thus allowing bystanders to watch bulletins being broadcast live. After two years of presenting the national morning news,
Chris Bath returned to her former role as weekend news presenter in 2006, swapping roles with Ann Sanders. Ross presented his final bulletin for ''Seven News Sydney'' on Friday 27 November 2009. Bath took over as main weeknight presenter from Monday 30 November 2009 while former ''
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, ...
'' presenter
Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson (born 28 February 1961) is a New Zealand-based Australian actor and television presenter.
Biography
Born in Sydney, Australia, Ferguson attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and graduated in 1981. In 1982, he p ...
took over as weekend presenter on Saturday 28 November 2009.
The bulletin retained its ratings lead until 2011, when it lost to the rival ''Nine News'' bulletin for the first time in seven years.
In January 2014,
Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson (born 28 February 1961) is a New Zealand-based Australian actor and television presenter.
Biography
Born in Sydney, Australia, Ferguson attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and graduated in 1981. In 1982, he p ...
was appointed weeknight presenter, replacing
Chris Bath due to poor ratings. Bath became weekend presenter and continued to host ''Sunday Night'' until her resignation in July 2015, after which Melissa Doyle took over. More changes to Sydney's news presenting team in subsequent months saw former Melbourne weather presenter David Brown replace
Sarah Cumming
Sarah Cumming is an Australian journalist.
Career
Cumming completed her Journalism degree at the University of South Australia, where she majored in International Relations. She covered many stories and gained a wealth of experience at a number ...
as the Sunday-Thursday weather presenter,
Mel McLaughlin
Melanie Louise McLaughlin (born September 1979) is an Australian sport presenter for the Seven Network. McLaughlin previously worked for Fox Sports where she hosted association football shows including ''Kick Off'', Indian Super League and ''Fo ...
replace
Jim Wilson as the Sunday-Thursday sports presenter and Wilson replace
Ryan Phelan as the Friday-Saturday sports presenter.
In August 2016, it was announced that
Michael Usher
Michael Usher is an Australian television presenter and reporter. Usher presents ''Seven News Sydney'' on Friday and Saturday with Angela Cox and ''The Latest: Seven News''.
Career
Usher graduated from All Saints' College, Perth in 1987. He we ...
would replace
Melissa Doyle as Friday and Saturday presenter. Doyle moved into a new expanded role as senior correspondent and host of ''
Sunday Night''.
In June 2020, Jim Wilson left Seven after 28 years with the network, to become a new host of 2GB's Drive program. His last sports bulletin was 27 June 2020. It was later announced that
Matt Shirvington
Matt Shirvington (born 25 October 1978) is an Australian athlete and television presenter who held the Australian 100m national sprint title from 1998 to 2002. Shirvington is the third fastest Australian sprinter of all time. He qualified for ...
would replace him.
In November 2020,
David Brown left the Sydney newsroom to return to Melbourne with
Angie Asimus
Angie Asimus (born 12 August 1985) is a news presenter and journalist.
Asimus is currently a weather presenter on '' Seven News Sydney'' and presents '' Seven News at 5.''
Career
Asimus was originally from Gundagai (in rural New South Wales) ...
promoted to weeknight weather presenter.
In December 2020, it was announced Angela Cox would be joining
Michael Usher
Michael Usher is an Australian television presenter and reporter. Usher presents ''Seven News Sydney'' on Friday and Saturday with Angela Cox and ''The Latest: Seven News''.
Career
Usher graduated from All Saints' College, Perth in 1987. He we ...
as co-host of the weekend news bulletin from January 2021.
In June 2023,
Matt Shirvington
Matt Shirvington (born 25 October 1978) is an Australian athlete and television presenter who held the Australian 100m national sprint title from 1998 to 2002. Shirvington is the third fastest Australian sprinter of all time. He qualified for ...
stepped down from his role of weekend sports presenter, to take up his new role as co-host of ''
Sunrise''.
Matt Carmichael was announced as his replacement.
Fill-in presenters include
Michael Usher
Michael Usher is an Australian television presenter and reporter. Usher presents ''Seven News Sydney'' on Friday and Saturday with Angela Cox and ''The Latest: Seven News''.
Career
Usher graduated from All Saints' College, Perth in 1987. He we ...
, Angela Cox and
Chris Reason
Chris Reason (born 1 October 1965) is a senior reporter and presenter for ''Seven News'' in Sydney, Australia. He was awarded the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award for his coverage of the Lindt Cafe siege in December 2014.
...
(News),
Matt Carmichael (Sport), and Sally Bowrey and Amber Laider (Weather).
Melbourne
''Seven News Melbourne'' is directed by Chris Salter and presented by
Peter Mitchell Peter or Pete Mitchell may refer to:
Media
*Pete Mitchell (broadcaster) (1958–2020), British broadcaster
*Peter Mitchell (newsreader) (born 1960), Australian journalist
*Peter Mitchell (photographer) (born 1943), British documentary photographer
...
on weeknights and
Mike Amor
Mike Amor is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Amor is currently the weekend presenter of ''Seven News#Melbourne, Seven News Melbourne'' with Rebecca Maddern and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne.
Previously, he was th ...
and
Rebecca Maddern
Rebecca Maddern (born 6 August 1977) is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
Maddern is currently weekend presenter of ''Seven News Melbourne'' with Mike Amor and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne.
She has worked at ...
on weekends from
Broadcast Centre Melbourne, located at
Docklands. Sport is presented by
Tim Watson on weeknights and Abbey Gelmi on weekends. Weather is presented by certified meteorologist
Jane Bunn
Jane Bunn (born 2 August 1979) is an Australian meteorologist and weather presenter.
Bunn is the weather presenter on ''Seven News Melbourne''.
Career
Bunn completed a Bachelor of Science at Monash University in 2005, where she had majors in A ...
on weeknights and Sonia Marinelli on weekends.
Peter Mitchell Peter or Pete Mitchell may refer to:
Media
*Pete Mitchell (broadcaster) (1958–2020), British broadcaster
*Peter Mitchell (newsreader) (born 1960), Australian journalist
*Peter Mitchell (photographer) (born 1943), British documentary photographer
...
previously held the role of weekend presenter for ''Seven Nightly News'' between 1987 and 2000 when he replaced the short-lived presenting duo of
David Johnston and
Anne Fulwood as weeknight presenter.
Jennifer Keyte
Jennifer Anne Keyte (born 21 January 1960) is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Keyte currently presents the Melbourne and Adelaide editions of ''10 News First''. She was previously a weekend news presenter on ''Seven News'' in Mel ...
was appointed as weeknight presenter in 1990, becoming Australia's first solo female primetime commercial news presenter. In a network reshuffle in 1996, Keyte terminated her employment after the
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...
attempted to pair her with David Johnston, who went to present solo for three years. She returned in 2003, assuming the role as weekend presenter, succeeding Jennifer Adams.
In May 2018,
Network Ten
Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...
announced that
Jennifer Keyte
Jennifer Anne Keyte (born 21 January 1960) is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Keyte currently presents the Melbourne and Adelaide editions of ''10 News First''. She was previously a weekend news presenter on ''Seven News'' in Mel ...
would join the network to present ''
Ten Eyewitness News Melbourne'' replacing
Stephen Quartermain
Stephen William Quartermain (born 7 May 1962) is an Australian television personality, journalist and presenter.
Quartermain is currently a sport presenter on '' 10 News First'' in Melbourne.
Early career
Quartermain began his career as a cade ...
. In August 2018, it was announced that
Mike Amor
Mike Amor is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Amor is currently the weekend presenter of ''Seven News#Melbourne, Seven News Melbourne'' with Rebecca Maddern and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne.
Previously, he was th ...
will move back to Australia after 17 years as United States Bureau Chief to replace Keyte.
Following decades of coming third in television ratings to ''
Nine News Melbourne
''Nine News Melbourne'' is the weeknight, flagship news bulletin of the Nine Network in Australia. It is screened in Melbourne and Tasmania, and across Victoria.
Like all ''Nine News'' bulletins, the Melbourne bulletin runs for one hour, from 6 ...
'' and ''
10 News First Melbourne'' (previously ''Ten Eyewitness News'', ''Ten News at Five'', ''Ten Evening News'' and ''Ten News: First at Five''), ''Seven News Melbourne'' went into a tight contest to win the ratings battle in 2005. ''Seven News'' overtook the rival Nine bulletin in the ratings in 2007.
This was subsequently followed by a series of advertisements and promos which have touted ''Seven News Melbourne'' as ''Melbourne's New #1'' and Nine altering their promotions to simply say ''Melbourne's Best News'' - a throwback to the 1980s when ''
National Nine News Melbourne
''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, ...
'' was being beaten in the ratings by
ATV-10
ATV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia, part of Network 10 – one of the three major Australian free-to-air commercial television networks. The station is owned by Paramount Networks UK & Australia.
History
In April 1963, the ...
's ''
Ten Eyewitness News''. As of 2011, Seven has lost its ratings lead at 6 to 9pm.
In January 2022, it was announced that
Rebecca Maddern
Rebecca Maddern (born 6 August 1977) is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
Maddern is currently weekend presenter of ''Seven News Melbourne'' with Mike Amor and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne.
She has worked at ...
will return to the
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...
to present ''Seven News Melbourne'' on weekends with
Mike Amor
Mike Amor is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Amor is currently the weekend presenter of ''Seven News#Melbourne, Seven News Melbourne'' with Rebecca Maddern and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne.
Previously, he was th ...
.
Until 2022, during the AFL season,
Peter Mitchell Peter or Pete Mitchell may refer to:
Media
*Pete Mitchell (broadcaster) (1958–2020), British broadcaster
*Peter Mitchell (newsreader) (born 1960), Australian journalist
*Peter Mitchell (photographer) (born 1943), British documentary photographer
...
and the weeknight team would present from Sunday to Thursday and
Mike Amor
Mike Amor is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Amor is currently the weekend presenter of ''Seven News#Melbourne, Seven News Melbourne'' with Rebecca Maddern and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne.
Previously, he was th ...
,
Rebecca Maddern
Rebecca Maddern (born 6 August 1977) is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
Maddern is currently weekend presenter of ''Seven News Melbourne'' with Mike Amor and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne.
She has worked at ...
and the weekend team would present on Friday and Saturday nights.
The bulletin is simulcast throughout regional Victoria and New South Wales/South Australia border areas that receive television services from Seven's
AMV and
PTV (with the NSW Border receiving a trimmed down 30-minute version of the full-hour news on weeknights), and to viewers in
Darwin,
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
through
(TND-34). During the AFL season, the Saturday edition of ''Seven News Melbourne'' airs for only 30 minutes to fit in with the Seven Network's
Saturday night AFL
AFL may refer to:
Sports
* American Football League (AFL), a name shared by several separate and unrelated professional American football leagues:
** American Football League (1926) (a.k.a. "AFL I"), first rival of the National Football Leagu ...
coverage.
Fill-in presenters include
Mike Amor
Mike Amor is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Amor is currently the weekend presenter of ''Seven News#Melbourne, Seven News Melbourne'' with Rebecca Maddern and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne.
Previously, he was th ...
,
Rebecca Maddern
Rebecca Maddern (born 6 August 1977) is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
Maddern is currently weekend presenter of ''Seven News Melbourne'' with Mike Amor and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne.
She has worked at ...
,
Karina Carvalho
Karina Carvalho is an Australian journalist. She was born in Sri Lanka, and moved to Perth at the age of four. She is currently a presenter on the ABC News Channel, and also presents the late news on ABC Monday-Wednesday, with Jeremy Fernandez ...
and Blake Johnson (News), Abbey Gelmi,
Theo Doropoulos
Theo Paul Doropoulos (born 25 April 1985) is a former Australian cricketer of Greek origin. He played for South Australia, Western Australia and Wellington.
Career
Doropoulos represented Australia at under-19 level, Western Australia at both un ...
and Laura Spurway (Sport) and Sonia Marinelli, Melina Sarris and Estelle Griepink (Weather).
Brisbane
''Seven News Brisbane'' is directed by Michael Coombes and presented by
Max Futcher
Max Futcher is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
He currently co-anchors the Brisbane edition of ''Seven News'' with Sharyn Ghidella each weeknight after being chosen to replace Bill McDonald in March 2018. Prior to joining S ...
on weeknights and Samantha Heathwood on weekends from Seven's Brisbane studios, located at
Mount Coot-tha
Mount Coot-tha is a mountain and a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , there were no residents in the suburb. Visible from much of the city, Mount Coot-tha is a popular bushland tourist destination including the Mou ...
. Sport is presented by
Shane Webcke
Shane Webcke (born 28 September 1974) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, who spent his entire club career playing for the Brisbane Broncos. Webcke represented Queensland in the State of Origin 21 times and also captai ...
from Sunday to Wednesday and
Ben Davis from Thursday to Saturday. Weather is presented by certified meteorologist
Tony Auden
Anthony "Tony" Auden is an Australian meteorologist.
He is currently weather presenter on ''Seven News Brisbane''.
Career
Auden studied a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Meteorology and Mathematics at Monash University which he completed in ...
from Sunday to Thursday and TBD on Friday and Saturday.
The bulletin is also simulcast in Brisbane on local radio station 96.5 Family FM, and across central and remote areas of eastern Australia, on
Southern Cross Central. Regional
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
viewers in the
Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast may refer to:
* Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
**Sunshine Coast Region, a local government area of Queensland named after the region
**Sunshine Coast Stadium
* Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), geographic subregion of the Br ...
,
Wide Bay-Burnett,
Toowoomba,
Rockhampton
Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2021 was 79,967, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of the ...
,
Mackay,
Townsville and
Cairns
Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...
television markets receive a trimmed down 30-minute version of the newshour on weeknights via
Seven Queensland, with a live simulcast on weekends.
Previously,
Tracey Challenor
Tracey Challenor is an Australian journalist and media consultant and former news presenter/reporter for ''Seven News'' in Brisbane from November 1991 until February 2007.
Career
Challenor began her journalism career in 1989 as a cadet report ...
presented the weekend news for sixteen years until her resignation in February 2007. Cummins was first appointed to the weekday weather in 2005 after more than a year of the Brisbane bulletin not having a weather presenter; former kids show presenter
Tony Johnston
Tony Johnston (born 9 April 1970) is an Australian television presenter, producer and radio broadcaster. Tony began his career in 1986, as a presenter on the music video show ''Saturday Jukebox'' on the Seven Network in Australia.
In 1987, he ...
had this role in 2003. Cummins was replaced by former
Nine weatherman
John Schluter
John Schluter (born 1955) is an Australian journalist and weather presenter.
Schluter currently presents a weekly "Flashback" report and is a fill-in weather presenter on ''Seven News'' in Brisbane.
Career Nine Network
Schluter presented the we ...
in early 2007 and she was moved to weekends. Ghidella joined ''Seven News'' in 2007 and replaced Challenor.
In October 2002, Rod Young moved from ''
ABC News
ABC News is the news division of the American broadcast network ABC. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast ''ABC World News Tonight, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir''; other programs include Breakfast television, morning ...
'' in Brisbane to co-anchor with Kay McGrath. She had presented ''Seven News Brisbane'' solo for the previous nine months following the retirement of Frank Warrick. Following a couple of lean years coming third to ''
Nine News Brisbane'' and ''
Ten Eyewitness News Brisbane'', ''Seven News Brisbane'' regained its ratings lead by 2007, helped by the recruitment of ex-Nine weatherman
John Schluter
John Schluter (born 1955) is an Australian journalist and weather presenter.
Schluter currently presents a weekly "Flashback" report and is a fill-in weather presenter on ''Seven News'' in Brisbane.
Career Nine Network
Schluter presented the we ...
, former ''
Today'' news presenter
Sharyn Ghidella and director of news Rob Raschke. In 2008, ''Seven News Brisbane'' was officially the #1 bulletin in Brisbane, winning all 40 ratings weeks. As of 2013, Seven has lost its ratings lead at 6 to 9pm.
In January 2013,
Sharyn Ghidella and
Bill McDonald were appointed Sunday to Thursday (later changed to weeknights) presenters with
Kay McGrath
Kay McGrath is an Australian former journalist, most notably being the former weekend presenter on ''Seven News Brisbane''. She formerly presented the bulletin with Rod Young on weekends between 2013 and 2016, and on weeknights between 2002 and ...
and
Rod Young
Rod Young (born 1951) is a retired Australian journalist and news presenter, with a career spanning 45 years.
Young previously presented ''Seven News Brisbane'' with Kay McGrath on weekends between 2013 and 2016, and on weeknights between 20 ...
moving to present on Friday and Saturday (later changed to weekends). It was also announced that Ghidella will present a local edition of ''
Today Tonight'', which was axed in January 2014 in favour of the bulletin's one hour extension.
In June 2016, it was announced that
Rod Young
Rod Young (born 1951) is a retired Australian journalist and news presenter, with a career spanning 45 years.
Young previously presented ''Seven News Brisbane'' with Kay McGrath on weekends between 2013 and 2016, and on weeknights between 20 ...
would leave ''Seven News Brisbane'' to present a new local bulletin for ''Seven News Gold Coast''.
In March 2018, McDonald was removed as co-anchor of the bulletin, and was replaced by Max Futcher following poor ratings.
In December 2019,
Kay McGrath
Kay McGrath is an Australian former journalist, most notably being the former weekend presenter on ''Seven News Brisbane''. She formerly presented the bulletin with Rod Young on weekends between 2013 and 2016, and on weeknights between 2002 and ...
announced her retirement after 40 years in television and will present her final bulletin on 26 January. Katrina Blowers has been announced as her replacement.
In January 2023,
Pat Welsh announced his resignation effective 28 January 2023 as sport presenter after 47 years with the
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...
, and
Ben Davis was announced as his replacement presenting Sport on Thursday through Saturday.
In January 2024, it was announced that Samantha Heathwood will replace Katrina Blowers as weekend news presenter from 3 February. Blowers will share presenting ''Seven Afternoon News'' with Heathwood and will be a reporter.
In July 2024,
Sharyn Ghidella was made redundant after 17 years with the network.
News updates for Brisbane are presented by
Max Futcher
Max Futcher is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
He currently co-anchors the Brisbane edition of ''Seven News'' with Sharyn Ghidella each weeknight after being chosen to replace Bill McDonald in March 2018. Prior to joining S ...
throughout the afternoon and the early evening. Katrina Blowers and Samantha Heathwood are fill-in presenters for the bulletin.
Ben Davis and Alissa Smith are fill-in sports presenters and Liz Cantor and Laura Dymock are the fill-in weather presenters.
Adelaide
''Seven News Adelaide'' is directed by Mark Mooney and presented by
Rosanna Mangiarelli and
Will Goodings on weeknights and
Mike Smithson Mike Smithson may refer to:
* Mike Smithson (British journalist) (born 1946), British journalist, Liberal Democrat politician, and political betting expert
*Mike Smithson (Australian journalist), Australian news reporter
*Mike Smithson (baseball)
...
on weekends from Seven's Adelaide studios, located at
Hindmarsh. Sport is presented by
Mark Soderstrom
Mark Soderstrom (born September 15, 1970) is an Adelaide television presenter on SAS Seven and former footballer. He hosted the 2017 Carols by Candlelight, and is a regular sports reporter on Seven News and Australian Rules football reporter on ...
on weeknights and
Bruce Abernethy
Bruce Abernethy (born 10 May 1962) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club Collingwood Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/A ...
on weekends. Weather is presented by Amelia Mulcahy on weeknights and Gertie Spurling on weekends.
The Adelaide bulletin is simulcast to the regional areas of
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
on Southern Cross Television
GTS/BKN in the
Spencer Gulf
The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost and larger of two large inlets (the other being Gulf St Vincent) on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. It spans from the Cape Catastrophe and ...
region and
Broken Hill
Broken Hill is an inland mining city in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia. It is near the border with South Australia on the crossing of the Barrier Highway (A32) and the Silver City Highway (B79), in the Barrier Range. It is ...
in New South Wales, and through
WIN South Australia in the
Riverland and
Mount Gambier/South East regions of the state.
From 1989 to 2004
Graeme Goodings
Graeme Goodings (born 21 June 1948) is an Australian television and radio presenter.
Early career
Goodings's break in media came in 1963 when, after working as a panel operator at Melbourne radio station 3AW, he went on air Christmas Morning t ...
presented ''Seven News Adelaide'' on weeknights with Doyle until he was diagnosed with bowel cancer. Goodings and Riddell, the then weekend news presenter, agreed to swap roles, allowing for Goodings' rehabilitation. Goodings left ''Seven News Adelaide'' in December 2014, after 34 years reading Adelaide's news.
Prior to 27 December 1987, the presenters and production crew of ''Seven News Adelaide'' produced ''
Ten News Adelaide'' (then known as ''Ten Eyewitness News''). However, as the television industry was consolidating in Australia, these news services had each become associated by ownership with inter-state news services being broadcast on opposite frequencies; therefore, to simplify network interaction, their respective networks agreed to swap channel assignments and network affiliations in Adelaide.
In December 2007, production of ''Seven News'' moved from studios located at
Gilberton to a new purpose-built space at
Hindmarsh.
During the
AFL
AFL may refer to:
Sports
* American Football League (AFL), a name shared by several separate and unrelated professional American football leagues:
** American Football League (1926) (a.k.a. "AFL I"), first rival of the National Football Leagu ...
season, ''Seven News Adelaide'' does not air at the regular time on Saturday or Sunday if there is a twilight match involving
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
and/or
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately northwest of the Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is the main port for the ...
, in which case, a shortened edition is broadcast at half time, replacing analysis of the AFL matches broadcast, or a full bulletin is broadcast immediately after the game.
In 2014, ''Seven News Adelaide'' won every single ratings weeknight against the rival ''
Nine News Adelaide'', but in 2015 started to lose some nights to Nine as ''Seven News'' as a whole suffered its worst ratings figures for over a decade.
It clocked up 500 consecutive weekly ratings wins in March 2019, extending a streak which started in August 2006.
In August 2019, Jane Doyle celebrated 30 years of reading the news on Seven.
In November 2019, John Riddell announced his retirement and presented his last bulletin on 6 December. Doyle became solo presenter after Ridell's retirement.
In June 2020, it was announced that Jessica Adamson and Tim Noonan were made redundant. The weekday 4pm bulletin was also retired with Melbourne's bulletin broadcast to the Adelaide market. Rosanna Mangiarelli replaced Adamson on weekends. The bulletin was later reinstated on 26 October, but the axing affected ''Seven News'' in the Adelaide ratings, and helped rival ''Nine News'' to close the afternoon and evening news gap with Seven ever since.
In September 2022, it was announced that FIVEAA's Will Goodings will replace Mike Smithson to co-host weekends.
In November 2022, it was announced that Jane Doyle would retire from television after more than three decades presenting ''7NEWS Adelaide''. Will Goodings and Rosanna Mangiarelli were announced as her replacement, commencing from January 2023.
Fill-in presenters include Mike Smithson, Andrea Nicolas, Gertie Spurling and Elspeth Hussey (News),
Bruce Abernethy
Bruce Abernethy (born 10 May 1962) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club Collingwood Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/A ...
, Tom Wilson and Andrew Hayes (Sport) and Gertie Spurling, Casey Treloar and Emily Beaton (Weather). News updates are presented by presenters or fill-in presenters.
, Seven has remained South Australia's number one Adelaide news service for more than a decade.
Perth
''Seven News Perth'' is directed by Ray Kuka and presented by
Rick Ardon
Rick Ardon (born 4 March 1959) is an Australian television news presenter. Since 1985, Ardon has co-presented Seven News in Perth with Susannah Carr. The pair are officially recognised as the world's longest-serving TV news anchor duo having be ...
and
Susannah Carr
Susannah Carr (born 21 July 1952) is a British-born Australian television news presenter. Since 1985, Carr has co-presented Seven News in Perth with Rick Ardon. The pair are officially recognised as the world's longest-serving TV news anchor du ...
on weeknights and
Angela Tsun
Angela Tsun (born 27 August 1982) is an Australian television and radio presenter.
Tsun is currently weekend news presenter on ''Seven News'' in Perth. She also currently co-hosts '' The Dead Set Legends'' on Mix 94.5.
Career
Tsun lived, st ...
and Tim McMillan on weekends from Seven and West Australian Newspaper studios, located at
Osborne Park. Sport is presented by Ryan Daniels on weeknights and
Adrian Barich
Adrian Williams Barich (born 5 December 1963) is a sports presenter for television and radio, and a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles and Perth Demons and rugby league player.
Early life
Barich grew up in Canberra, ...
on weekends. Weather is presented by Samantha Jolly on weeknights and Charlotte Goodlet on weekends. ''Seven News Perth'' is also simulcast to Seven-owned transmitters across regional and remote areas of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
. It was also formerly simulcast on Curtin FM 100.1 in the Perth CBD area.
Yvette Mooney served as a weekend news presenter until she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and subsequently left the network in June 2008. Long standing ''Seven News Perth'' presenter
Jeff Newman announced his retirement from television on 1 July 2009, and retired from his role on Monday 10 August 2009. He was replaced by former ''
Nine News Perth'' weather presenter
Natalia Cooper
Natalia Cooper (born 9 November 1984) is an Australian reporter and television presenter.
Cooper is currently a news presenter and reporter on '' Nine News Perth''. She has previously been weather presenter on ''Today,'' ''Weekend Today'', '' ...
, who began her new role during September 2009. Cooper resigned from Seven Perth at the end of 2012 with ex-Nine weather presenter Angela Tsun taking over as her replacement for the 4:30pm news and 6pm weather forecasts.
In 2015, Rick Ardon and Susannah Carr celebrated a thirty-year anniversary as a news reading duo. They are one of the longest serving dual news presenter teams in the world and the dual-presenter format used by ''Seven News Perth'' has been highly successful. In contrast to previous struggles seen in Sydney and Melbourne in the late 1990s, ''Seven News Perth'' has led in the ratings for decades, well ahead of ''
10 News First Perth'' and ''
Nine News Perth'' by as many as 100,000 viewers.
Before the move to the Osborne Park Studios in February 2015, Blake Johnson and Samantha Jolly alternated fortnightly presenting for both weekend bulletins. In February 2020, the Seven Network announced that Tim McMillan would join
Angela Tsun
Angela Tsun (born 27 August 1982) is an Australian television and radio presenter.
Tsun is currently weekend news presenter on ''Seven News'' in Perth. She also currently co-hosts '' The Dead Set Legends'' on Mix 94.5.
Career
Tsun lived, st ...
to present on weekends.
In February 2022,
Basil Zempilas
Basil Anthony Zempilas (born 30 July 1971) is an Australian television and radio presenter, sports commentator and politician based in Perth, Western Australia. Zempilas presented sport until 2022 on '' Seven News Perth'', Monday to Thursday and ...
left his nightly sport duties due to other commitments and being the Lord Mayor of
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
; he was replaced by Ryan Daniels but remained a fill-in.
News updates for Perth are presented by Angela Tsun, Susannah Carr or Rick Ardon throughout the afternoon and by Susannah Carr or Rick Ardon in the early evening. Fill-in presenters include Tim McMillan, Angela Tsun and Jerrie Demasi (News), Adrian Barich and Anna Hay (sport), Amelia Broun and Charlotte Goodlet (weather).
Regional bulletins
Regional Queensland
Local news bulletins for Regional Queensland are broadcast each weeknight at 6pm, in all seven regional areas:
Cairns
Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...
,
Townsville,
Mackay,
Wide Bay,
Toowoomba, the
Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast may refer to:
* Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
**Sunshine Coast Region, a local government area of Queensland named after the region
**Sunshine Coast Stadium
* Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), geographic subregion of the Br ...
and
Rockhampton
Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2021 was 79,967, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of the ...
. They are followed by a shortened 30-minute version of ''Seven News Brisbane''.
The bulletins are presented by
Rob Brough, with Joanne Desmond co-anchoring the Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton and Toowoomba editions. Sport is presented by Nathan Spurling and weather is presented by Livio Regano. Fill-in presenters include Emily Steinhardt and Adam Straney (news), Luke McGarry (sport), TBD (weather).
Reporters and camera crews are based at newsrooms in each of the seven regions with studio presentation for the Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Darling Downs, Rockhampton and Wide Bay bulletins pre-recorded at
STQ
STQ is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving the regional areas of Queensland. The station is owned and operated by the Seven Network from studios located in Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast. The callsign STQ stands for ' ...
studios in
Maroochydore. The Sunshine Coast edition of ''Seven News'' is broadcast live, but may also exchange it to any of the six pre-recorded regions at certain circumstances (e.g., cyclone coverage in the nearest region of immediate concern). News editing is undertaken by the local newsrooms, and sent to the main Maroochydore studios for transmission.
The most successful local edition is broadcast on the
Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast may refer to:
* Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
**Sunshine Coast Region, a local government area of Queensland named after the region
**Sunshine Coast Stadium
* Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), geographic subregion of the Br ...
. In early 1998,
WIN Television launched a competing service publicly stating that it would beat Seven in the ratings within six months. At the end of the 1998 ratings season, after a new station head (Laurie Patton) had overseen a comprehensive re-vamping of the program and its external promotions, ''Seven Local News'' had actually increased its audience share by six ratings points.
In early 2004, ''Seven Local News'' was re-introduced in the Townsville and Cairns sub-markets as a result of regulations regarding local content on regional television introduced by the
Australian Broadcasting Authority.
On 5 March 2007, ''Seven Local News'' bulletins commenced production and broadcasts in a
widescreen
Widescreen images are displayed within a set of aspect ratios (relationship of image width to height) used in film, television and computer screens. In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ratio greater than t ...
standard-definition digital
Digital usually refers to something using discrete digits, often binary digits.
Technology and computing Hardware
*Digital electronics, electronic circuits which operate using digital signals
**Digital camera, which captures and stores digital i ...
format. ''Seven Local News'' was the first regional news service in regional
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, established_ ...
to convert to widescreen.
On 22 November 2010, ''Seven Local News'' launched a sixth edition for the Rockhampton/Gladstone and Central Queensland region.
On 2 November 2015, ''Seven Local News'' launched a seventh edition for the Toowoomba and the Darling Downs region. With the said launch, Seven News became the only news service to cover all regional centres of Queensland since the axing of WIN News in the Mackay region in May 2015. This lasted until July 2017, when rival ''
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, ...
'' began to roll out local composite bulletins for their statewide affiliate
Southern Cross Television (which carried Nine programming from July 2016 until July 2021). When the composite Nine News bulletins for Mackay and Toowoomba/Darling Downs were axed on 15 February 2019, Seven News once again became the only news service to cover all regional centres of Queensland.
From 11 July 2016, these editions are consolidated with the ''Seven News'' branding, though the openers of these editions remained to address as ''Seven Local News''. The ''Local News'' branding was completely phased out on 5 September 2016 in favour of the ''Seven News'' brand.
Formerly, there were two bureaus located in Hervey Bay and Gladstone covering their respective regions, but they were closed due to budget reasons.
Rosanna Natoli left her presenter position when she ran for Mayor of the
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
The Sunshine Coast is a peri-urban region in South East Queensland, Australia. It is the district defined in 1967 as "the area contained in the Shires of Landsborough, Maroochy and Noosa, but excluding Bribie Island". Located north of the ce ...
. She was elected and became Mayor in March 2024.
Gold Coast
''Seven News Gold Coast'' is presented by Amanda Abate and
Steve Titmus
Steve Titmus is an Australian journalist, and presenter of Channel 7’s Gold Coast Nightly News along with Amanda Abate.
Media
Titmus began his career as a cadet journalist at The Examiner in Launceston, Tasmania where he worked from 1979 unt ...
. Sport is presented by
Sally Pearson, and weather is presented by
Liz Cantor
Liz Cantor (born 11 October 1982) is an Australian television presenter. She was the winner of the reality television game show ''The Mole'' in 2005.
Education
Cantor attended high school at St Peters Lutheran College at Indooroopilly, west ...
.
The bulletin airs on weeknights at 5.30pm on BTQ-7's Gold Coast relay transmitters, ahead of the main 6pm news from Brisbane, placing it in direct competition with rival ''
Nine Gold Coast News
''Nine Gold Coast News'' is a weeknight, local news bulletin of the Nine Network. It is screened on the Gold Coast, Queensland relay of Channel Nine from Brisbane. The bulletin first aired in 1996.
Unlike all Nine News bulletins, the Gold Coas ...
''. The bulletin does not air when Australian Test cricket matches are scheduled.
On 4 July 2016, a new local bulletin for the
Gold Coast
Gold Coast may refer to:
Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
was introduced, produced and broadcast live from Seven's
Surfers Paradise
Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitabl ...
studio. Long-time presenter and Gold Coast native
Rod Young
Rod Young (born 1951) is a retired Australian journalist and news presenter, with a career spanning 45 years.
Young previously presented ''Seven News Brisbane'' with Kay McGrath on weekends between 2013 and 2016, and on weeknights between 20 ...
became the first presenter of the local bulletin.
From its launch, weekend bulletins were also produced, which made Seven the only network to produce local Gold Coast bulletins seven days a week. However, weekend bulletins were axed in November 2017, citing cost-cutting measures. In February 2018, Amanda (who formerly presented the axed weekend edition) joined Rod in presenting the weeknight local bulletin as well as reading sport.
In July 2019, after three years on air, ''Seven News Gold Coast'' officially became the number one news bulletin on the Gold Coast, winning twenty-one weeks to the rival ''Nine Gold Coast News one week.
In 2021, Rod stepped down from the bulletin, as he formally announced his retirement from television news.
He was then succeeded by Steve Titmus, who became a fill-in presenter for the Brisbane and regional Queensland bulletins before the appointment.
In February 2022,
Sally Pearson was appointed sport presenter for the bulletin.
In June 2024, weather and coastal expert Paul Burt was made redundant by the network.
Fill in presenters include Tamra Bow (weather).
Regional New South Wales
Local news bulletins for Regional New South Wales are broadcast each weeknight at 6pm, in five regional areas:
Albury
Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the ...
and the Border,
Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga (; informally called Wagga) is a major regional city in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, with an urban population of more than 56,000 as of June 2018, Wagga Wagga is the state's la ...
and the Riverina, Central West (
Dubbo
Dubbo () is a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region, with a population of 43,516 at June 2021.
The city is located at the intersection of the Newell, Mitchell, and Gol ...
and
Orange), the North Coast (
Coffs Harbour
Coffs Harbour is a city on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, north of Sydney, and south of Brisbane. It is one of the largest urban centres on the North Coast, with a population of 78,759 as per 2021 census. The Gumbaynggirr ...
,
Port Macquarie
Port Macquarie is a coastal town in the local government area of Port Macquarie-Hastings. It is located on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, about north of Sydney, and south of Brisbane. The town is located on the Tasman Sea co ...
and
Taree
Taree is a town on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Taree and nearby Cundletown were settled in 1831 by William Wynter. Since then Taree has grown to a population of 26,381, and is the centre of a significant agricultural distri ...
) and Northern Rivers (
Lismore), and
Tamworth and the New England.
Most of the local bulletins are followed by a 30-minute complementary bulletin named ''Seven News at 6:30'', which is a half-hour statewide bulletin with
Daniel Gibson
Daniel Hiram Gibson (born February 27, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He was selected by the Cavaliers in the second r ...
covering national and international stories usually seen in metropolitan markets. Albury does not receive this bulletin, instead showing a shortened 30-minute edition of Melbourne's 6pm news, as the New South Wales-Victoria border (which Albury is located) leans closer to Melbourne than it does to Sydney.
The local bulletins are presented by Madelaine Collignon and Nick Hose. Sport is presented by Nick Hose and weather is presented by Kirstie Fitzpatrick. Fill-in presenters include Kirstie Fitzpatrick (with Daniel Gibson presenting the Border & North East bulletin) (news) and Dani Sharp and Craig Moore (weather).
Reporters and camera crews are based at newsrooms in each of the five regions with studio presentation for the Border, Central West, Riverina and the New England regions pre-recorded at Seven's
CBN
CBN, or cbn, may refer to:
Broadcasting organizations
* Radio stations in St. John's, Newfoundland:
** CBN (AM), CBC Radio One
** CBN-FM, CBC Music
* Chronicle Broadcasting Network, the predecessor of ABS-CBN
* CBN (Australian TV station), a TV s ...
studios in the
Canberra
Canberra ( )
is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...
suburb of
Watson
Watson may refer to:
Companies
* Actavis, a pharmaceutical company formerly known as Watson Pharmaceuticals
* A.S. Watson Group, retail division of Hutchison Whampoa
* Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM research center
* Watson Systems, make ...
. The North Coast edition is broadcast live, also from Canberra. News editing is undertaken by the local newsrooms, and reports are sent to the main Canberra studios for transmission.
Regional Western Australia
''Seven News Regional WA'' is broadcast each weeknight at 5:30pm. It is followed by ''Seven News Perth''.
The bulletin is presented from Seven's newsroom in Bunbury by
Noel Brunning
Noel Brunning is an Australian television presenter, currently working as the main anchor of '' Seven News Regional WA'' (formerly GWN7 News and Golden West News) on Seven (formerly GWN7 and the Golden West Network) in regional Western Australia ...
(news and sport) with weather presented by rotating Bunbury-based reporters. Weather had previously been presented by
Shauna Willis until her departure in October 2022 with no permanent replacement.
Reporters and camera crews are based at newsrooms across regional and remote areas of the state. News editing is undertaken by the local newsrooms, with studio presentation and reports sent to Canberra for transmission via satellite and microwave.
Under the previous
Golden West Network and later GWN7 branding, the bulletin was presented and transmitted from the previous Bunbury studios in Roberts Crescent. Master control was shifted to the Canberra headquarters of
Prime Media Group in 2018 — Prime had purchased GWN in 1996 and was itself purchased by
Seven West Media
Seven West Media Limited is an ASX-listed media company and is Australia's largest diversified media business, with an extensive presence in broadcast television, print and online publishing.
Seven Group Holdings Ltd (SGH), a company control ...
in 2021 — with local presentation moved to the current Bunbury newsroom.
Current affairs
''Sunrise''
''Sunrise'' is the network's
breakfast
Breakfast is the first meal of the day usually eaten in the morning. The word in English refers to breaking the fasting period of the previous night.Anderson, Heather Arndt (2013)''Breakfast: A History'' AltaMira Press. Various "typical" or "t ...
program, aired weekdays from 5:30am to 9am. The show is broadcast live from Seven's
Eveleigh
Eveleigh is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Eveleigh is located about 3 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.
...
studios, and is based on a mix of human interest, showbiz and entertainment alongside half-hourly national news and sport bulletins and weather updates (WA viewers regularly receive a locally produced bulletin in place of the national bulletin).
The program is hosted by
Natalie Barr
Natalie Anne Barr (born 19 March 1968) is an Australian journalist, news presenter and television presenter.
Barr is currently co-host of the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise (Australian TV program), Sunrise'' alongside D ...
and
Matt Shirvington
Matt Shirvington (born 25 October 1978) is an Australian athlete and television presenter who held the Australian 100m national sprint title from 1998 to 2002. Shirvington is the third fastest Australian sprinter of all time. He qualified for ...
with news presenter
Edwina Bartholomew
Edwina Louise Christie Bartholomew (born 5 July 1983) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
Bartholomew is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise''. She has previously been a co-ho ...
, sport presenter
Mark Beretta
Mark Beretta (born 16 June 1966) is an Australian journalist, best known as a sports reporter on Seven Network program ''Sunrise''.
In July 2008, Beretta began presenting ''Seven Early News'' sport alongside Natalie Barr at 5.30 am, which le ...
and weather presenter
Sam Mac
Sam "Sam Mac" McMillan is an Australian television host, weather presenter, and entertainer. He was a 2019 Gold Logie Nominee and is currently the weather presenter on Seven Network's breakfast show ''Sunrise''.
Career
TV
In 2010, Sam beca ...
.
''Weekend Sunrise''
''Weekend Sunrise'' is the weekend edition of ''Sunrise'', aired Saturday and Sunday mornings from 7am to 10am. The show is formatted much like its weekday counterpart, broadcast live from Seven's Eveleigh studios, and is based on a mix of human interest, showbiz and entertainment alongside half-hourly national news and sport bulletins and weather updates. Prior to 2023, the program was broadcast from the Martin Place studio in Sydney.
The program is hosted by
Monique Wright
Monique Wright (born 18 May 1973) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
Wright is currently co-host of ''Weekend Sunrise''. and
Matt Doran
Matthew James Doran (born 30 March 1976) is an Australian television and film actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Damian Roberts in the Australian soap '' Home and Away'' from 1991 to 1996, "Mouse" in the 1999 film ''The Matrix'', ...
with
Sally Bowrey
Sally Bowrey is an Australian journalist, television presenter and weather presenter for the Seven Network, based in Sydney, Australia.
Bowrey is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's ''Weekend Sunrise''.
Early life and education ...
as news and sport presenter and
James Tobin
James Tobin (March 5, 1918 – March 11, 2002) was an American economist who served on the Council of Economic Advisers and consulted with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and taught at Harvard and Yale Universities. He devel ...
as weather presenter.
Former shows
''Seven News at 7''
''Seven News at 7'' aired at 7pm on weeknights and was presented by
Melissa Doyle from Seven's Martin Place studios, with weather presented by
David Brown from the Melbourne studio. The bulletin aired on the
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...
's secondary channel,
7two across Australia and it first aired on 5 August 2013 and was first presented by
Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson (born 28 February 1961) is a New Zealand-based Australian actor and television presenter.
Biography
Born in Sydney, Australia, Ferguson attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and graduated in 1981. In 1982, he p ...
, with Doyle taking over a week later.
Western Australia had its own local live version of ''Seven News at 7'', also presented from the Martin Place studio in Sydney by Sally Bowrey with weather presented by Angela Tsun from the Perth studio.
On 28 April 2014, the bulletin was removed from the schedule.
''Today Tonight''
''Today Tonight'' was the network's tabloid
current affairs Current affairs may refer to:
News
* Current Affairs (magazine), ''Current Affairs'' (magazine) a bimonthly magazine of culture and politics.
* Current affairs (news format): a genre of broadcast journalism
* Current Affairs, former name for Behi ...
program, which aired on weeknights at 6:30pm following the 6pm news bulletins. Local editions were produced in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne before being cancelled in 2014 with their respective news bulletins expanded from thirty minutes to one hour. In November 2019, the Adelaide and Perth editions were cancelled, with ''Seven News'' in those markets expanded to a full hour, bringing them in line with the east coast.
''Sunday Night''
''Sunday Night'' was the network's
current affairs Current affairs may refer to:
News
* Current Affairs (magazine), ''Current Affairs'' (magazine) a bimonthly magazine of culture and politics.
* Current affairs (news format): a genre of broadcast journalism
* Current Affairs, former name for Behi ...
and
investigative journalism
Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years rese ...
program, which aired on Sunday nights at 8:30pm and presented by
Melissa Doyle.
Controversy
Outing of David Campbell
In 2010 Seven News, and in particular its news director Peter Meakin and reporter
Adam Walters
Adam Walters is a Walkley Award winning Australian journalist author and Brisbane Bureau Chief for Sky News Australia. He was also a political adviser to former New South Wales Premier, Morris Iemma.
Journalistic career Early career
Walters' ...
, came under heavy criticism for airing a story on New South Wales Transport Minister
David Campbell as homosexual.
Campbell, a Member of the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
for over two decades, resigned after Meakin chose to air a story by Walters showing Campbell leaving a
gay bathhouse. Amid criticism of the story, former NSW Labor Premier
Barrie Unsworth condemned Campbell's actions, saying that he had "frequented places where he's easily recognised". Seven's decision to run the story was derided by other politicians and several rival media outlets.
Michael Kirby called the incident an act of "pathetic snooping" and "naked homophobia".
Seven's justification for airing the story was initially that Campbell had misused his ministerial vehicle;
however, this allegation was shown to be untrue by other media outlets, as New South Wales ministers have full private use of their ministerial vehicles.
The
Australian Communications and Media Authority
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is an Australian government statutory authority within the Communications portfolio. ACMA was formed on 1 July 2005 with the merger of the Australian Broadcasting Authority and the Austr ...
initiated an investigation into Seven's conduct in this matter, under the industry's self-regulated code of conduct. It accepted the public interest justification put forward by Seven that Campbell's actions left him "vulnerable to compromise or blackmail".
Spotlight: After Covid
In 2024, the Spotlight documentary series by Seven News aired an episode dealing with the
COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first confirmed case in Australia was identified on 25 Januar ...
. Spotlight styles itself as a series of investigative specials focusing on major breaking news events and long-form investigations of national significance.
The episode was titled “After Covid” and featured a panel consisting of Former Queensland Premier
Annastacia Palaszczuk, Professor Robert Booy, Professor
Kerryn Phelps, Professor
Gigi Foster
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and Associate Professor Sanjaya Senanayake and it was filmed before a live audience.
It was promoted as “the must see event of the year”, where Seven News would “ask the tough questions authorities have avoided answering, until now” and where “the decisions they made, the decisions they gave, is put under the microscope”. This, however, was not what transpired and the sentiment from social media comments have indicated public disapproval and backlash against the final cut of After Covid.
Adding to the controversy was the leaked audio of After Covid which began to surface on social media and was reported on by
The Daily Mail
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. These leaks included Ayşe Göknur Shanal bringing up the legal case her team put together against the
Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) with evidence from the
Koch Institute on the presentation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in relation to the vaccines. In addition, there was another segment that was completely omitted from the final cut, where journalist Alison Bevege raised awareness around the TGA’s Black Triangle Scheme and how side-effects from the vaccines were meant to be reported as the safety profile was still being built.
Professor Robert Booy’s suitability as a panelist was called into question. Medicines Australia, an industry lobby group providing a searchable database of payments and transfers of value made to healthcare professionals, showed he received more than $81,000 in payments plus more than $2,600 in travel costs from major pharmaceutical companies from November 2020 to April 2023.
Despite Seven News including a caption at the end of After Covid telling viewers to share their thoughts on Instagram and Facebook, the comments have been disabled for posts. Seven News has not publicly responded to the controversies.
Young Achiever Awards
The 7NEWS Young Achiever Awards are a group of awards, run by Awards Australia and sponsored by 7News, that "acknowledge, encourage and most importantly promote the positive achievements of all young people" aged 29 years and under. There are separate awards for
New South Wales
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Australian Capital Territory
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;
Victoria;
Queensland
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South Australia
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; and
Western Australia
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. Each award is run with a number of state-based co-sponsors.
Awards Australia, an organisation founded in 1989, also run Young Achiever Awards for
Tasmania
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Northern Territory
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, and run Community Achievement Awards for all states and Northern Territory.
The awards have had different sponsors and had different names in the past, for example in South Australia, they were formerly sponsored by the
Nine Network
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(from 2004 to 2018), and called "Channel 9 Young Achiever of the Year" Awards.
See also
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Journalism in Australia
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References
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