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| Division of | Seven Network |
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| Opening Theme | "The Mission" byJohn Williams (1988–present) |
| Founded | 1958; 67 years ago (1958) |
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| Area served | Nationwide |
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| Parent | Seven West Media |
| Website | 7news.com.au |
Seven News (stylised7NEWS) is the television news service of theSeven Network and, as of 2021, the highest-rating inAustralia.[1]
National bulletins are presented from Seven'shigh definition studios inSouth Eveleigh,Sydney, while its flagship 6 pm statewide bulletins are produced in studios based in Sydney,Melbourne,Brisbane,Adelaide, andPerth. The network also produces local news bulletins for regional markets inQueensland,New South Wales (including the ACT),Victoria andWestern Australia.
It draws upon the resources ofITN,NBC,CBC,CNN,APTN andReuters for select international coverage.
Seven News — previously known asATVN News,Channel Seven News,Seven Eyewitness News,Seven National News andSeven Nightly News — is one of Australia's longest-running television news services, founded in 1958, along withNine News on the rivalNine Network.
In 2003, formerNine Network news and current affairs chiefPeter Meakin was appointed toSeven News,[2][3] tasked with lifting ratings in the struggling east coast markets by including more local content in those bulletins.[4]
Seven News has been the top rating news service nationally for all but three years since 2005,[5][6] partly attributed to the success of television game showDeal or No Deal (and laterThe Chase Australia),[7] which provided the flagship 6pm bulletin with a significant lead-in audience.[8]
In recent years, under the guidance of former longtimeNational 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 andMelbourne.[4] Since February 2005, the ratings ofDeal or No Deal,Seven News andToday Tonight have gradually increased.Seven News was the highest-rating news service nationally in both the 2005 and 2006 ratings seasons.[9][10] A key aspect of Seven's recent ratings dominance in news and current affairs has been attributed toDeal or No Deal's (and, since late 2015,The Chase Australia's) top rating audience, which providesSeven News with a large lead-in audience.[11] 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 beatNational Nine News andTen News 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.[12] 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.[13] 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 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 toNine News regaining its national lead in 2013.[14]
On Monday 20 January 2014, the news theme was overhauled with the traditionalThe Mission piece removed after two decades,[15] however, due to viewer backlash,The Mission was reinstated on Friday 24 January 2014.[16]
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 withToday Tonight being retained in only those two markets.[17]
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 behindNine News and its Adelaide bulletin also starting to lose to Nine on weeknights.[18] However,Seven News soon reclaimed the lead nationally the following year, aided by the new game show lead-inThe Chase Australia, which helped to increase numbers in Sydney and Melbourne, as well as a narrow 3,000 viewer loss to Nine in Brisbane.[7][19]
In July 2016, a new locally focused bulletin for theGold Coast was introduced, airing at 5.30pm every evening from the network'sSurfers Paradise studios.[20] The debut bulletin won its timeslot with 49,000, compared to the rivalNine Gold Coast News which drew 34,000 viewers.[21] Although the Seven bulletin became the ratings leader in 2019, the rival service from Nine went onto regain its lead
In November 2019, the Adelaide and Perth editions ofToday Tonight were axed, finally bringing their nightly news shows to an hour edition in line with the east coast.[citation needed]
In 2023,Seven News in Sydney began to vacate its previousMartin Place studios, with all national and state-based operations for New South Wales transferred to Seven's news facility inSouth Eveleigh.[22] From 26 June 2023, it began broadcastin from a purpose-built studio at theAustralian Technology Park. 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.[23]
In July 2024, Seven added ahoroscope segment to its nightly evening news bulletin as well as a satirical news segment titledThe 6:57 News at the end of its Friday bulletin hosted by Mark Humphries. The segments were added to explore "new ideas and concepts to bring in new audiences".[24][25] The horoscope segment, which was widely derided by viewers, was removed in December 2024,[26] whileThe 6:57 News was also reported not to return in 2025, though Humphries will remain with the network.[27]
In November 2024, Seven's local Gold Coast news bulletin, airing at 5.30pm on weeknights, was axed.[28]
Sunrise Early News airs at 5 am on weekdays and is presented byEdwina Bartholomew (Monday-Wednesday), andMonique Wright (Thursday-Friday), and includes news, business, finance, sport and weather. It airs from Seven'sEveleigh studios. Fill in presenters include Shaun White, Teegan Dolling, Sally Bowrey, and Gemma Acton. The bulletin is followed bySunrise.
The bulletin first aired on 14 July 2008 asSeven Early News, presented bySimon Reeve, with sport presented byMark Beretta. Reeve presented the first bulletin asNatalie Barr was hostingSunrise at the time.[29]
In January 2016, it was announced thatJodie Speers would replaceNatalie Barr andMark Beretta due toSunrise starting at 5:30am. The bulletin also moved to the earlier time of 5am.[30][31]
In March 2024,Jodie Speers announced her resignation from the Seven Network.[32] The bulletin was renamedSunrise Early News and Speers was replaced byEdwina Bartholomew.
Seven’s National News At Noon (stylized7 National News At Noon) airs at 12 pm on weekdays and is presented byNatarsha Belling from Seven's Eveleigh studios. Sport is presented by Liam Tapper, while the weather is presented by Gertie Spurling (Monday, Thursday and Friday) or Casey Treloar (Tuesday and Wednesday). Lucy McLeod also presents entertainment news.
The bulletin was previously known asSeven Morning News and had been presented by Garry Wilkinson,Chris Reason,Chris Bath,Ann Sanders &Sally Bowrey. In 2006, Bath and Sanders swapped roles with Bath being appointed weekend presenter onSeven News Sydney and Sanders appointed presenter ofSeven Morning News.
Separate editions for the Adelaide and Perth markets were launched in 2021.[33][34]
In January 2025, the bulletin underwent significant changes: it was rescheduled to midday, extended to a full hour, and rebranded asSeven’s National News at Noon.[35][36]Natarsha Belling was announced as the new presenter, succeedingAnn Sanders. Additionally, the local editions in Adelaide and Perth were discontinued.
Fill-in presenters for the bulletin includeAngie Asimus (news) and Amelia Mulcahy (weather)
The Summer edition ofSeven 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 byAnn Sanders (Monday-Thursday) andSally Bowrey (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 4 pm News.
Fill-in presenters includeMike Amor andAngie Asimus, Hugh Whitfield, Chris Reason, Angela Cox and Blake Johnson (News).
Seven's national afternoon bulletin was introduced in 2003 asTarget Iraq, during extensive coverage of the2003 invasion of Iraq, and presented from Sydney byDavid Johnston. The program was retained after the initial invasion and moved production to Melbourne and was subsequently renamed theSeven 4.30 News. Johnston retired in September 2005 and was succeeded by Rebecca Maddern until production returned to Sydney in July 2006. Former US correspondent Mike Amor took over as anchor and the bulletin was relocated to the Martin Place Sydney studio. Amor was later replaced three months later bySamantha Armytage. On 3 December 2010, the bulletin was extended to 60 minutes and began to feature a sports bulletin.[37] However, on 7 May 2012, the bulletin was truncated back to 30 minutes asThe Price is Right returned to the 5:00 pm timeslot.
On 2 April 2012, a 30-minute Perth edition was launched, airing as acutaway 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 onSeven Regional WA, rather, the network substituted it with its own local news service at 5:30pm.
In December 2012, the bulletin was renamed asSeven Afternoon News. In January 2013, the bulletin returned to an hour due to the axing ofThe Price Is Right and returned to the Melbourne studio with Rebecca Maddern replacingSamantha Armytage.
However, in August 2013 Maddern was replaced byMelissa Doyle andMatt White and the bulletin expanded to start at 4 pm.
In April 2014,Matt White resigned from the Seven Network to joinNetwork Ten. The bulletin was presented solo byMelissa Doyle up until July 2015.
In June 2015, the Seven Network announced senior presenterChris Bath's resignation and that Melissa Doyle would take over asSeven 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'sMartin Place studios and was presented by Ann Sanders (Monday – Thursday) and Chris Reason (Friday). Sport was presented byMel McLaughlin (Monday) andJim Wilson (Tuesday – Friday) and weather was presented byDavid Brown (Monday – Thursday) and Amelia Mulcahy orAngie Asimus (Friday).
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 orSeven Melbourne's national broadcast centre.
Seven News at 5 airs at 5 pm every Saturday and Sunday and is presented by Hugh Whitfeld (Saturday) and Angie Asimus (Sunday), which includes news, sport, finance and weather. Sport is presented byMatt Carmichael (Saturday) and Mel McLaughlin (Sunday). It airs from Seven'sMelbourne studios on Saturdays, and from the Sydney studios on Sundays. The bulletin does not air on a Sunday in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth during the AFL season. Seven'saffiliate inTasmania airs the bulletin on tape delay at 5:30 pm right before the main bulletin at 6 pm.
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, Angela Cox, Sally Bowrey, Katrina Blowers, Hugh Whitfield, Teegan Dolling, Liam Tapper, Chris Reason, Amber Laidler, Blake Johnson, Elspeth Hussey, and Gertie Spurling.
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 Hussey (Saturday), and Gertie Spurling (Sunday).Bruce Abernethy presents sport on both days. Occasionally the Adelaide team present the national 5pm bulletin.
Hour–long local editions ofSeven 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.[38] In July 2017, Adelaide launched their own local edition,[39] while the previously half-hour Perth bulletin was extended to replace the national bulletin in full.[40] At this time, the national bulletin was replaced by a Sydney bulletin.
Presently,Seven Afternoon News is aired at 4 pm on weekdays in five separate local editions:
Seven News Sydney is directed by Sean Power and presented byMark Ferguson and Angela Cox from Sunday to Thursday andMichael Usher and Angie Asimus on Friday and Saturday from Seven's headquarters, located at Eveleigh. Sport is presented byMel McLaughlin from Sunday to Thursday andMatt Carmichael on Friday and Saturday. Weather is presented by Angie Asimus from Sunday to Tuesday, and Amber Laidler on Wednesday to Saturday. Grace Fitzgibbon presents the bulletin's 'Bright Side' segment each weeknight.
The Sydney bulletin is simulcast to Seven-owned regional transmitters in New South Wales andAustralian Capital Territory, and to Griffith viaWIN Television's Seven Griffith.
After decades of trailingNine News Sydney and10 News First Sydney in the ratings, which led to the sackings ofRoss Symonds andAnn 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 withAnn Sanders. Ross presented his final bulletin forSeven News Sydney on Friday 27 November 2009. Bath took over as main weeknight presenter from Monday 30 November 2009 while formerNine News presenterMark Ferguson took over as weekend presenter on Saturday 28 November 2009.[3][44]
The bulletin retained its ratings lead until 2011, when it lost to the rivalNine News bulletin for the first time in seven years.[45]
In January 2014,Mark Ferguson was appointed weeknight presenter, replacing Chris Bath due to poor ratings. Bath became weekend presenter and continued to hostSunday Night until her resignation in July 2015,[46] after which Melissa Doyle took over.[47] More changes to Sydney's news presenting team in subsequent months saw former Melbourne weather presenter David Brown replaceSarah Cumming as the Sunday-Thursday weather presenter, Mel McLaughlin replaceJim Wilson as the Sunday-Thursday sports presenter and Wilson replaceRyan Phelan as the Friday-Saturday sports presenter.[citation needed]
In August 2016, it was announced thatMichael Usher would replaceMelissa Doyle as Friday and Saturday presenter. Doyle moved into a new expanded role as senior correspondent and host ofSunday Night.[48]
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.[49] It was later announced thatMatt Shirvington would replace him.[50]
In November 2020,David Brown left the Sydney newsroom to return to Melbourne with Angie Asimus promoted to weeknight weather presenter.
In December 2020, it was announced that Angela Cox would be joiningMichael Usher as co-anchor of the weekend bulletin from January 2021.[51]
In June 2023,Matt Shirvington stepped down from his role of weekend sports presenter, to take up his new role as co-host ofSunrise.[52]Matt Carmichael was announced as his replacement.
In September 2024, it was announced that Angela Cox would be joiningMark Ferguson as co-anchor of the weeknight bulletin.[53]
In October 2024, it was announced that Angie Asimus would be joiningMichael Usher as co-anchor of the weekend bulletin.[54]
Fill-in presenters includeMichael Usher, Angie Asimus andChris Reason (News),Matt Carmichael (Sport), andSally Bowrey,Paul Kadak and Amber Laidler (Weather).
Seven News Melbourne is directed by Chris Salter and presented byPeter Mitchell on weeknights andMike Amor andKarina Carvalho on weekends fromMelbourne Quarter Tower, located atCollins Street, Docklands. Sport is presented byRebecca Maddern on weeknights andTheo Doropoulos on weekends. Weather is presented by certified meteorologistJane Bunn on weeknights and Tyra Stowers on weekends.
Peter Mitchell previously held the role of weekend presenter forSeven Nightly News between 1987 and 2000 when he replaced the short-lived presenting duo ofDavid Johnston andAnne Fulwood as weeknight presenter.Jennifer Keyte was appointed as weeknight presenter in 1990, becoming Australia's first solo female primetime commercial news presenter.[citation needed] In a network reshuffle in 1996, Keyte terminated her employment after the Seven Network attempted to pair her with David Johnston, who went to present solo for three years.[citation needed] She returned in 2003, assuming the role as weekend presenter, succeeding Jennifer Adams.
In May 2018,Network Ten announced thatJennifer Keyte would join the network to presentTen Eyewitness News Melbourne replacingStephen Quartermain.[55] In August 2018, it was announced thatMike Amor will move back to Australia after 17 years as United States Bureau Chief to replace Keyte.[56]
Following decades of coming third in television ratings toNine News Melbourne and10 News First Melbourne (previouslyTen Eyewitness News,Ten News at Five,Ten Evening News andTen 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.[4] This was subsequently followed by a series of advertisements and promos which have toutedSeven News Melbourne asMelbourne's New #1 and Nine altering their promotions to simply sayMelbourne's Best News - a throwback to the 1980s whenNational Nine News Melbourne was being beaten in the ratings byATV-10'sTen Eyewitness News. As of 2011, Seven has lost its ratings lead at 6 to 9 pm.
In January 2022, it was announced thatRebecca Maddern would return to the Seven Network to presentSeven News Melbourne on weekends withMike Amor.[57]
Until 2022, during the AFL season,Peter Mitchell and the weeknight team would present from Sunday to Thursday andMike Amor and the weekend team would present on Friday and Saturday nights.
In November 2024,Tim Watson announced that he would be retiring after 30 years with the network from December.[58] It was announced thatRebecca Maddern will step into an expanded role withSeven News Melbourne starting January 2025, as Chief Sports Presenter.[59][60] In January 2025, it was announced thatKarina Carvalho will replace Maddern to present on weekends withMike Amor.[61]
The bulletin is simulcast throughout regional Victoria and New South Wales/South Australia border areas that receive television services from Seven'sAMV andPTV (with the NSW Border receiving a trimmed down 30-minute version of the full-hour news on weeknights), and to viewers inDarwin, Northern Territory through(TND-34).[62] During the AFL season, the Saturday edition ofSeven News Melbourne airs for only 30 minutes to fit in with the Seven Network'sSaturday nightAFL coverage.
Fill-in presenters includeMike Amor,Karina Carvalho and Blake Johnson (News),Theo Doropoulos (Sport) and Melina Sarris, Tyra Stowers and Estelle Griepink (Weather).
Seven News Brisbane is directed by Erin Edwards and presented byMax Futcher and Sarah Greenhalgh on weeknights and Samantha Heathwood on weekends from Seven's Brisbane studios, located atMount Coot-tha. Sport is presented bySteve Titmus from Sunday to Wednesday and Ben Davis from Thursday to Saturday. Weather is presented by certified meteorologistTony Auden from Sunday to Thursday and Michelle Jensen 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, onSouthern Cross Central. Regional Queensland viewers in theSunshine Coast,Wide Bay-Burnett,Toowoomba,Rockhampton,Mackay,Townsville andCairns television markets receive a trimmed down 30-minute version of the newshour on weeknights viaSeven Queensland, with a live simulcast on weekends.
Previously,Tracey Challenor 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 presenterTony Johnston had this role in 2003. Cummins was replaced by former Nine weathermanJohn Schluter in early 2007 and she was moved to weekends. Ghidella joinedSeven News in 2007 and replaced Challenor.
In October 2002, Rod Young moved fromABC News in Brisbane to co-anchor with Kay McGrath. She had presentedSeven News Brisbane solo for the previous nine months following the retirement of Frank Warrick. Following a couple of lean years coming third toNine News Brisbane andTen Eyewitness News Brisbane,Seven News Brisbane regained its ratings lead by 2007, helped by the recruitment of ex-Nine weathermanJohn Schluter, formerToday news presenterSharyn 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 9 pm.
In January 2013,Sharyn Ghidella andBill McDonald were appointed Sunday to Thursday (later changed to weeknights) presenters withKay McGrath andRod Young moving to present on Friday and Saturday (later changed to weekends). It was also announced that Ghidella will present a local edition ofToday Tonight, which was axed in January 2014 in favour of the bulletin's one hour extension.
In June 2016, it was announced thatRod Young would leaveSeven News Brisbane to present a new local bulletin forSeven News Gold Coast.
In March 2018, McDonald was removed as co-anchor of the bulletin,[63] and was replaced by Max Futcher following poor ratings.[64]
In December 2019,Kay McGrath 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, 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.[65] Blowers shares presentingSeven Afternoon News with Heathwood and is a reporter.
In July 2024, Sharyn Ghidella was made redundant after 17 years with the network.[66]
Following a raft of changes to the Brisbane newsroom, in August 2024, after 18 years,Shane Webcke stepped down from his sports presenter role to explore new directions and focus on family interests.[67] Webcke was replaced bySteve Titmus.
In October 2024, it was announced that Sarah Greenhalgh would join Max Futcher as co-anchor of the weekday bulletin from 21 October.[68]
News updates for Brisbane are presented by Max Futcher 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 Laura Dymock is the fill-in weather presenter.
Seven News Adelaide is directed by Mark Mooney and presented byRosanna Mangiarelli andWill Goodings on weeknights and Mike Smithson on weekends from Seven's Adelaide studios, located atHindmarsh. Sport is presented byMark Soderstrom on weeknights andBruce Abernethy on weekends. Weather is presented by Amelia Mulcahy on weeknights and Gertie Spurling on weekends.
The Adelaide bulletin is simulcast to the regional areas ofSouth Australia on Southern Cross TelevisionGTS/BKN in theSpencer Gulf region andBroken Hill in New South Wales, and throughWIN South Australia in theRiverland andMount Gambier/South East regions of the state.
From 1989 to 2004,Graeme Goodings presentedSeven News Adelaide on weeknights withJane 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 leftSeven News Adelaide in December 2014, after 34 years as a TV newsreader.
Prior to 27 December 1987, the presenters and production crew ofSeven News Adelaide producedTen News Adelaide (then known asTen 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 ofSeven News moved from studios located atGilberton to a new purpose-built space atHindmarsh.[69]
During theAFL season,Seven News Adelaide does not air at the regular time on Saturday or Sunday if there is a twilight match involvingAdelaide and/orPort Adelaide, 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 rivalNine News Adelaide,[70] but in 2015 started to lose some nights to Nine asSeven News as a whole suffered its worst ratings figures for over a decade.[18] It clocked up 500 consecutive weekly ratings wins in March 2019, extending a streak which started in August 2006.[71]
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 affectedSeven News in the Adelaide ratings, and helped rivalNine News to close the afternoon and evening news gap with Seven ever since.
In September 2022, it was announced that FIVEAA's Will Goodings would replace Mike Smithson to co-host weekends.[72]
In November 2022, it was announced that Jane Doyle would retire from television after more than three decades presenting7NEWS Adelaide.[73] Will Goodings and Rosanna Mangiarelli were announced as her replacement, commencing from January 2023.[74]
Fill-in presenters include Mike Smithson, Gertie Spurling and Elspeth Hussey (News),Bruce Abernethy, 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.
As of 2020[update], Seven has remained South Australia's number one Adelaide news service for more than a decade.
Seven News Perth is directed by Ray Kuka and presented byRick Ardon andSusannah Carr on weeknights andAngela Tsun and Tim McMillan on weekends from Seven and West Australian Newspaper studios, located atOsborne Park. Sport is presented by Ryan Daniels on weeknights andAdrian Barich 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 ofWestern Australia. 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.[75] Long standingSeven News Perth presenterJeff Newman announced his retirement from television on 1 July 2009, and retired from his role on Monday 10 August 2009. He was replaced by formerNine News Perth weather presenterNatalia Cooper, 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 4:30 pm news and 6 pm 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 bySeven 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 of10 News First Perth andNine 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 joinAngela Tsun to present on weekends.[76]
In February 2022,Basil Zempilas left his nightly sport duties due to other commitments and being the Lord Mayor ofPerth; 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).
Local news bulletins for Regional Queensland are broadcast each weeknight at 6 pm, in all seven regional areas:Cairns,Townsville,Mackay,Wide Bay,Toowoomba, theSunshine Coast andRockhampton. They are followed by a shortened 30-minute version ofSeven News Brisbane.
The bulletins are presented byRob 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), Dani Sharp (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 atSTQ studios inMaroochydore. The Sunshine Coast edition ofSeven 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. 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 theAustralian Broadcasting Authority.
On 5 March 2007,Seven Local News bulletins commenced production and broadcasts in awidescreenstandard-definitiondigital format.Seven Local News was the first regional news service in regional Queensland 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 rivalNine News began to roll out local composite bulletins for their statewide affiliateSouthern 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 theSeven News branding, though the openers of these editions remained to address asSeven Local News. TheLocal News branding was completely phased out on 5 September 2016 in favour of theSeven 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. She was elected and became Mayor in March 2024.
Local news bulletins for Regional New South Wales are broadcast each weeknight at 6 pm, in five regional areas:Albury and the Border,Wagga Wagga and the Riverina, Central West (Dubbo andOrange), the North Coast (Coffs Harbour,Port Macquarie andTaree) and the Northern Rivers (Lismore), andTamworth and New England.
Most of the local bulletins are followed by a complementary bulletin namedSeven News at 6:30, a half-hour statewide bulletin withDaniel Gibson covering national and international stories usually seen in metropolitan markets. Albury does not receive this bulletin, instead airing a shortened 30-minute version ofSeven News Melbourne as the surrounding New South Wales-Victoria border region leans closer to Melbourne than it does to Sydney.
The local bulletins are presented by Madelaine Collignon and Nick Hose.[77] Sport is presented by Nick Hose and weather is presented by Kirstie Fitzpatrick. Fill-in presenters include Kirstie Fitzpatrick, Reuben Spargo, Stephen Murphy (with Daniel Gibson presenting the Border & North East bulletin) (news) and Aspen Blomfield (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 New England bulletins pre-recorded at Seven'sCBN studios in theCanberra suburb ofWatson. 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.
The Canberra studio also produces local news updates for the ACT, Newcastle & Central Coast, Illawarra, and Regional Victoria (Ballarat, Bendigo, Gippsland, and Mildura) each weeknight. These updates are presented by Max Ghent, with Kirstie Fitzpatrick, Daniel Gibson, or Claire Ciantar filling in.
Seven News Regional WA is broadcast each weeknight at 5:30pm. It is followed bySeven News Perth.
The bulletin is presented from Seven's newsroom in Bunbury byNoel Brunning (news and sport) with weather presented by rotating Bunbury-based reporters (Campbell Greaves, Charlotte Italiano, Josiah McMeekin and Liz Robbins). Weather had previously been presented byShauna 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 previousGolden West Network and later GWN7 branding, the bulletin was presented and transmitted from the previous Bunbury studios in Roberts Crescent. Production control was shifted to the Canberra headquarters ofPrime Media Group in 2018 — Prime had purchased GWN in 1996 and was itself purchased bySeven West Media in 2021 — with local presentation moved to the current Bunbury newsroom.
Sunrise is the network'sbreakfast program, aired weekdays from 5:30 am to 9 am. The show is broadcast live from Seven'sEveleigh 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 byNatalie Barr andMatt Shirvington with news presenterEdwina Bartholomew, sport presenterMark Beretta and weather presenterSam Mac.
Weekend Sunrise is the weekend edition ofSunrise, aired Saturday and Sunday mornings from 7 am to 10 am. 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.
The program is hosted byMonique Wright andDavid Woiwod, withSally Bowrey as news and sport presenter andJames Tobin as weather presenter.
The 6:57pm News was a satirical comedy feature presented byMark Humphries.[78] It aired every Friday at the end of the 6pm statewide bulletins and is also available onSeven News'YouTube channel. The satirical comedy feature began on Friday 12 July 2024.
Seven News Gold Coast was a local half-hour bulletin that aired at 5.30pm on weeknights, covering theGold Coast area of Queensland.
The bulletin aired as an opt-out on BTQ-7's Gold Coast relay transmitters, ahead of the main 6pm news from Brisbane, which placed it in direct competition with long-running rivalNine Gold Coast News, which had launched in 1996. The bulletin did not air when Australian Test cricket matches were scheduled.
Produced and broadcast from Seven's Gold Coast studio atSurfers Paradise, the bulletin was launched on 4 July 2016 with long-serving presenter and Gold Coast native Rod Young as its first anchor.
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, weekend presenter Amanda Abate was paired with Young as a co-anchor, as well as presenting 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 rivalNine Gold Coast News' one week.[79]
In 2021, Young stepped down from the bulletin, after formally announcing his retirement from television news.[80][81] 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.[82]
In June 2024, weather and coastal expert Paul Burt was made redundant by the network.
On 19 November 2024, Seven announced it was axing the Gold Coast news as part of a significant overhaul of its local news operations. The final bulletin aired three days later.[83] The Surfers Paradise newsroom was retained as a district bureau to provide Gold Coast coverage for the statewide 6pm news.
Fill in presenters included Tamra Bow and Michelle Jensen (weather).
Seven News at 7 aired at 7 pm 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's secondary channel,7two across Australia and it first aired on 5 August 2013 and was first presented by Mark Ferguson,[84] with Doyle taking over a week later.
Western Australia had its own local live version ofSeven 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.[85]
Today Tonight was the network's tabloidcurrent affairs program, which aired on weeknights at 6:30 pm following the 6 pm 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, withSeven News in those markets expanded to a full hour, bringing them in line with the east coast.
Sunday Night was the network'scurrent affairs andinvestigative journalism program, which aired on Sunday nights at 8:30pm and presented by Melissa Doyle.
The Latest: Seven News aired at or sometime after 10 pm and was presented usually by Tim McMilllan or Jerrie Demasi from Seven's Perth studios.[86] As the title suggests, the late-night bulletin provided up-to-date information on the latest news of the day.[87]
Previously known asSeven Late News, it was presented by Chris Bath orAnne Fulwood from 1995 to 2003, with Natalie Barr filling in. The bulletin was cancelled in December 2003 due to declining ratings. Chris Bath was moved toSeven Morning News (laterSeven News Sydney) and Natalie Barr was moved toSunrise.
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.[88] In March 2024, it was confirmed that Tim McMillan would replace Michael Usher and Angela Cox from 18 March.[89]
On 22 January 2025, it was announced that the bulletin would be axed, with its resources reallocated to the other bulletins.[90]
In 2010, Seven News, and in particular its news director Peter Meakin and reporterAdam Walters, came under heavy criticism for airing a report thatouted New South Wales Transport MinisterDavid Campbell asgay.[91] Campbell, a Member of theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for over two decades, resigned after the network aired surveillance footage of Campbell leaving agay bathhouse. Amid criticism of the story, former NSW Labor PremierBarrie Unsworth condemned Campbell's actions, saying that he had "frequented places where he's easily recognised".[92] Seven's decision to run the story was derided by other politicians and several rival media outlets.[93][94]Michael Kirby called the incident an act of "pathetic snooping" and "naked homophobia".[95] Seven's justification for airing the story was initially that Campbell had misused his ministerial vehicle;[91] 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.[96]
TheAustralian Communications and Media Authority 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".[97]
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 &Australian Capital Territory;Victoria; Queensland;South Australia; andWestern Australia.[98] Each award is run with a number of state-based co-sponsors.[99]
Awards Australia, an organisation founded in 1989, also run Young Achiever Awards forTasmania and Northern Territory, and run Community Achievement Awards for all states and Northern Territory.[100] 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 (from 2004 to 2018), and called "Channel 9 Young Achiever of the Year" Awards.[101]
I've just had my 70th birthday and after 40 years in broadcasting, it's the perfect time to step away from the news desk.
Channel Seven has other, old-fashioned ideas that hark back to a time that's all but disappeared in this country when being gay was scandal enough. ... [B]lowing his cover could only be justified if, once again, his hypocrisy affected his public life. That's the rule.
What was the public interest in putting to air last night the story of Campbell's visit to a gay sex club?
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