''News Breakfast'' is an Australian news

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program. It is broadcast on ABC TV and ABC News channel from 6:00 am to 9:00 am AEST/AEDT on weekdays and is hosted by Michael Rowland and

Lisa Millar Lisa Joy Millar (born 19 February 1969) is an Australian television news presenter and journalist. Millar is currently co-host of the ABC's breakfast program ''News Breakfast'' alongside Michael Rowland. She has previously been a foreign cor ...

. The program is also streamed live on

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and the

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throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

History

The program commenced broadcasting on 3 November 2008 as ''ABC News Breakfast'' on

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(now ABC TV Plus), with hosts Virginia Trioli,

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(Monday-Thursday) and Joe O'Brien (Friday), sport presenter

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and weather presenter Vanessa O'Hanlon. ''News Breakfast'' is currently hosted by Michael Rowland and

and is broadcast on ABC TV and

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. They are joined by sport presenter Tony Armstrong, finance presenter Madeleine Morris and weather presenter Nate Byrne. Emily Butselaar is the program's executive producer. In January 2009, O'Brien replaced Cassidy as a full-time co-host with Cassidy continuing to appear on the program providing political commentary. In June 2010, Michael Rowland replaced O'Brien, who moved back to Sydney to present ABC ''News Mornings'' on ABC News 24. (now ABC News) In May 2011, the program moved to ABC, with children's programming moving to ABC2 (now ABC TV Plus) and

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(now ABC Me) In November 2011, it was announced that the ''ABC News Breakfast'' brand would expand to the weekend with '' Weekend Breakfast'' hosted by Andrew Geoghegan and Miriam Corowa. In January 2014, ''ABC News Breakfast'' had an extensive makeover, launching a larger new and improved set with three different individual presenting areas. The set includes a news desk, a newswall presenting area and a soft set with seating. The new set kept the existing couch that has been seen on air since the show's launch. In April 2017, following the refresh of the ''

'' brand, the show rebranded to ''News Breakfast''. In May 2019, Trioli announced she will leave ''News Breakfast'' to replace

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as the ''Mornings'' presenter on

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. In June 2019, ABC announced that

would succeed Virginia Trioli, commencing on 19 August. Trioli finished on the show on 16 August.

Format

''News Breakfast'' covers the latest news, analysis, debate, finance, sport and weather. It draws upon the resources of ABC newsrooms and radio programs across Australia and the world. The program is broadcast live on ABC in the states of

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, Victoria and

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all-year round. It is broadcast on a 30-minute delay in

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(all-year) and the

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(wintertime). On wintertime,

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broadcasts the program live, while

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airs the program on a two-hour delay. During summer, when only some Australian states adopt daylight saving time, Queensland receives the program on a one-hour delay, a 90-minute delay in the

and on a three-hour delay in Western Australia. Either way, the ABC News channel broadcasts the program live across Australia from 6:00 am AEST/AEDT.

''Weekend Breakfast''

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. The show began on 4 February 2012 and airs from 7:00 am to 11:00 am on weekend mornings on the ABC News channel. It is simulcast on the ABC TV on Sunday mornings from 7:00 am to 9:00 am.

''The Breakfast Couch''

''The Breakfast Couch'' is a highlights show which covers the best arts and entertainment chats from the previous week on ''News Breakfast''. The show began on 12 August 2017.

Presenters and reporters

News Breakfast

Weekend Breakfast

Fill-in presenters

Current presenters who have been fill-in hosts or co-hosts of ''News Breakfast'' in recent times include Madeleine Morris, Mary Gearin, James Glenday, David Speers,

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, Bridget Brennan, Stephanie Ferrier, Catherine Murphy, Nour Haydar, Iskhandar Razak and

. Fill-in presenters for other roles: * Sport: Catherine Murphy, Emma Rebellato, Tom Maddocks and Lucy Carter * Weather: Annie Kearney, Danny Tran, Stephanie Ferrier, Kirsten Diprose and Lara Hyams Other presenters who have either filled in presenting ''News Breakfast'' in the past include

Jeremy Fernandez Jeremy Fernandez is an Australian journalist and television news presenter with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Career Fernandez joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2000 working as a producer for ABC Local Radi ...

, Kumi Taguchi,

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, Emma Alberici, Hamish Macdonald, Zoe Daniel, John Barron, Georgie Tunny, Greg Jennett, Sara James, Beverley O'Connor, Tracee Hutchison, Frances Bell,

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 p ...

, Melissa Clarke and Tamara Oudyn.

Former presenters

News Breakfast

Weekend Breakfast

Regulars

The program features a number of regular segments and guests which appear each morning discussing the latest news and politics. * Alice Zaslavsky – Food *

– Politics *Katherine Tulich – Entertainment * Zan Rowe – "The Beat" * Zak Hepburn – Films

References

External links

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"Meet the new team for Breakfast"
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