Before the Queensland State Election, there is an election for the ACT Legislative Assembly on 19 October. Discuss media coverage here.
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ABC and Sky News will no doubt have coverage as always - meanwhile WIN News will wait until the results arrive in the mail to Wollongong on Monday morning.
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ABC will likely have results from the ACT as well as three NSW state by-elections (Hornsby, Epping and Pittwater). Pittwater should have some attention as it the seat most likely to flip independent.
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ABC News Channel
Saturday, 19 October 2024 AEDT
5:30pm ABC News: ACT Votes
In the final half hour before polls close in the ACT Election, a special edition of ABC News bringing you the day’s top stories and the latest news.
6:00pm ACT Votes: Election Night Live
Voters in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) go to the polls to elect their Chief Minister and territory government. Labor is seeking a seventh term while the Liberals look to return to power after 23 years in Opposition.
7:30pm ACT Votes: Election Results Live
9:00pm ACT Votes: The Leaders Speak
10:00pm ABC Late News Weekend
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This will be the first ACT election since Seven bought Prime, and yet I’d be surprised if there’s even any updates on Seven Canberra for the election on that night.
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Leaders debate for those interested
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ABC Radio Canberra’s Adam Shirley and Ross Solly have been broadcasting from four different electorates across the ACT this week. It will continue next week with OB from three more electorates.
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The ABC’s election coverage will be hosted by 7pm newsreaders James Glenday and Adrienne Francis, along with analysis from local radio breakfast presenter Adam Shirley.
Appears there will be no dedicated radio coverage, with the article posted by @JohnsonTV about the radio OB’s pointing listeners to the TV coverage on the night.
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It also appears that Sky News won’t be providing rolling coverage either (unlike 2020). Presumably updates on the election will come during the various blocks of Newsnight, which is interrupted by pre-taped programs from 7pm-8:30pm and 9pm-10pm.
There’s usually a pretty good indication of results early in the night due to the high prepoll turnout and the majority of prepoll votes being cast electronically, meaning the election computer can conduct a preliminary indicative distribution of preferences straight away on a reasonably sized dataset. By 8:30 the result is often almost beyond doubt other than one or two seats which take weeks to resolve, and speeches tend to happen after 9. It will be interesting to see if Sky cut away from Racing Dreams if a speech occurs in the 9pm hour.
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Update- article has now been updated to say that local radio will be simulcasting the audio from the TV coverage.
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The article has been further updated to include Ross Sully’s post election special tomorrow (October 20) at 8.05am.
Insiders on ABC TV tomorrow will also cover the election results.
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Ruby Cornish is presenting a special ACT Votes edition of ABC News on the News Channel and on ABC-TV in the ACT.
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ABC’s coverage is coming from the National Museum of Australia - exact same location they used in 2020.
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Now that polls have closed - the question everyone will be thinking over the next few hours
6News is also doing rolling coverage tonight, along with updates on the NSW By-Elections:
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ABC News channel without its usual graphics tonight. The clock is also appearing on the ABC main channel
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Panel is composed of Labor’s Rachel Stephen-Smith, whose the Health Minister, the Liberals Nicole Lawder, and ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury.
Graphics still using the old (and much better) font from the previous news package.
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