Discuss media coverage of the 2024 Northern Territory Election, to be held on Saturday the 24th of August.
Discussion of results and political events - State/Territory Politics
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Sky News will host a leaders debate on Tuesday the 20th of August. It will run for an hour at 4pm ACST/4:30pm AEST, and will be moderated by Kieran Gilbert
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4pm? jeesh who’s gonna be watching then?
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Sky News? jeesh who’s gonna be watching that?
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Probably the Sky News After Dark hosts who will be looking for any opportunity to bash the hell out of Labor in their programs 
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ABC Radio Darwin breakfast presenter, Adam Steer, is broadcasting from each Darwin-based seat talking to the candidates. So far he interviewed candidates from the seats of Port Darwin and Johnston.
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ABC News Channel
24 August AEST
6:00pm ABC News: NT Votes
Before polls close in the Northern Territory Election, a special edition of ABC News: NT Votes.
6:30pm NT Votes: Election Night Live
Eleni Roussos and Bridget Brennan are joined in Darwin by ABC Chief Elections Analyst Antony Green for fast, accurate and reliable coverage of results from the Northern Territory Election.
8:30pm - 10:30pm NT Votes: Election Results Live
Eleni Roussos and Bridget Brennan are joined in Darwin by ABC Chief Elections Analyst Antony Green for fast, accurate and reliable coverage of results from the Northern Territory Election.
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Nice ABC let one of the local presenters do it this time round. For the last 2 elections, Greg Jennet presented it, and for many years prior Kerry O’Brien did it.
Wonder if they will be in a studio this time as well? In 2020, the coverage was based from Sydney, with a panel in the Darwin news studio (using a modified desk), and in 2016 they did an OB at Parliament House. Earlier election were done in the tally room.
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ABC Radio Darwin will host a second leaders debate on Thursday the 22nd of October at 8:30am, and will be hosted by Adam Steer (Breakfast) and Rick Hind (Mornings).
So far, no coverage listed for radio on election night, but Liz Trevaskis (Drive) will present a one hour wrap up on the morning after the election at 10am
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This year the NT election will be an outside broadcast.
The previous election was restricted with COVID travel restrictions so was a Darwin/Sydney hybrid broadcast since the team could not travel into the NT.
The 2024 election will be done from the Darwin Convention Centre / waterfront precinct.
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ABC Darwin will also broadcast the leaders debate this Wednesday (August 21) at 5.30pm. It will be held at The Landmark at Gateway in Palmerston.
Election night coverage for ABC Radio is still TBA.
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No announcements for coverage from Nine…??
First time in decades if NTD won’t do any sort of election night coverage.
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there’s an article a few posts back about it. (oh edit: sorry that was radio).
but the TV guides have standard ABC coverage you’d expect.
Surly an update or something? Get Charles to do it from the set in Canberra!
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Still no update on ABC Darwin website today, but I think the station (as well as Local Radio stations in regional NT) will cut away at 6pm ACST sharp, during 3rd quarter of the Hawthorn-North Melbourne match, for election broadcast.
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Last time ABC Darwin didn’t even have election coverage - they just had crosses to Adam Steer in the studio during the breaks in the AFL.
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Sources say Nine won’t be covering NT election this year.
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TBH not surprised given it would’ve been impossible to do so with just two reporters on the ground.
And they wonder why people turn to the ABC for stuff like elections.
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