| Agenda | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | AM Agenda PM Agenda Sunday Agenda Weekend Agenda |
| Genre | News,Current Affairs,Commentary |
| Presented by | Kieran Gilbert(AM) Laura Jayes(Lunchtime) David Speers(PM) David Lipson(Saturday) Peter van Onselen(Sunday) Kristina Keneally(Sunday) Jim Middleton(Weekend) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 mins – 2 hours |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sky News Australia |
| Release | 4 July 2010 (2010-07-04) – present |
Agenda is the name given to a series of Australian television news and commentary programs, broadcast onSky News Australia throughout the week. TheAgenda series of bulletins serve as the channel's flagship program.
The series focuses on mainly political topics, and in each episode the host usually interviews a guest, and is then usually joined by either Sky News contributors orpoliticians from opposing sides of politics debating the issues of the day.
With the exception ofSunday Agenda and the Thursday episode ofPM Agenda, the program is broadcast live from the Sky News studio atParliament House inCanberra. The other programs are broadcast from the main Sky News centre in theSydney suburb ofMacquarie Park.[citation needed]
Lunchtime Agenda was ended on 29 May 2015, when it was replaced byTo The Point co-hosted by Peter van Onslen andKristina Keneally.[1]Saturday Agenda ended in 2015, when its presenter David Lipson defected to theABC[2] and the format was eventually replaced byPyne & Marles.[3]
While the contemporaryAustralian Agenda debuted on 4 July 2010,[4] the title had previously been used for a weekly interview program presented byJohn Gatfield in at least 2001.[5] The edition rebranded asSunday Agenda on 9 July 2016.[6]
| Program title | Duration | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| AM Agenda | 60 mins | Kieran Gilbert[7] | |
| PM Agenda | 120 mins | David Speers | This program is usually broadcast from the Canberra studio, however on Thursdays was broadcast from Sydney due to Speers hosting primetime programThe Nation in another Sydney studio, however this ended in 2016, whenThe Nation was replaced bySpeers Tonight. Extended to two hours from 2013.[8] Also includesThe Last Word. |
| Sunday Agenda | 60 mins | Peter van Onselen Kristina Keneally[9](2017–2018) | Sunday morning talk show from Sydney studios. Co-produced withThe Australian, and features the newspaper's editorPaul Kelly as co-host. Debuted 4 July 2010 with David Speers originally as host. Formerly replayed at 1:30pm AEST.[10] Previously titledAustralian Agenda until 3 July 2016.[6] |
| Weekend Agenda | 120 mins | Jim Middleton | Began in July 2016 as a weekend extension ofPM Agenda.[11] |
| Program title | Duration | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late Agenda | 60 mins | Helen Dalley[12][13] | The only primetime edition ofAgenda. Ended and replaced withThe Dalley Edition. |
| Lunchtime Agenda | 30 mins | Laura Jayes[14] | WhenParliament is sitting, this program led directly into the live broadcast ofQuestion time. Final episode aired 29 May 2015, when it was replaced byTo The Point.[15][1] |
| Saturday Agenda | Chris Kenny(until June 2013)[16] David Lipson(July 2013 – 2015)[17] | Ended in late 2015. Replaced byPyne & Marles. | |
| New Zealand Agenda | James O'Doherty | Ran in 2018. |
`