I’m fairly sure those viewers would naturally tune into the ABC rather than watch the commercial coverage.
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Yup, no sense this airing on broadcast in other states outside WA. Could easily be on 10 play / socials for anyone interested.
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Nine:
| 17:00 | ELECTION 2025: WA DECIDES - POLLS CLOSE |
| Michael Thomson and Tracy Vo lead Nine’s Election 2025 panel featuring Colin Barnett, Alannah MacTiernan, Gareth Parker and Charles Croucher. Expert insights as polls close. | |
| 18:00 | 9NEWS - SATURDAY |
| 19:00 | ELECTION 2025: WA DECIDES - VOTE COUNT |
| Michael Thomson and Tracy Vo lead Nine’s Election 2025 panel featuring Colin Barnett, Alannah MacTiernan, Gareth Parker and Charles Croucher. Expert analysis and breaking news as Nine calls the results. | |
| 20:00 | ELECTION 2025: WA DECIDES - ELECTION NIGHT LIVE |
| 21:30 | ELECTION 2025: WA DECIDES - ANALYSIS |
| 22:30 | MOVIE: GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST |
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Someone needs to tell Nine that polls close at 6pm, and also, a pretty bold strategy interrupting prime-time election coverage to show the nightly news right as polls close.
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Nine and Seven have both been doing this for years (apart from Seven at some state elections where they started after the 6pm news).
Not much happens at 6pm on the dot anyway - first results don’t really roll in until 6:20-6:30, and there isn’t any meaningful data until close to 7pm anyway.
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Leaders debate was on Seven at 6:30pm tonight. The Election Needle was based on 25 voters who watched the debate.
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ABC Radio’s election coverage (see post #2 above for more info on the TV broadcast)
UPDATED
Tonight’s 7.30 on ABC TV has a report on the election campaigns by all the major parties.
Insiders will preview the WA election this Sunday.
Since I’m unable to access the State/Territory Politics thread to make this post, I’ll post it here instead.
Good news for those wanting a break from all the attack ads on TV and radio…
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Standard practice for elections. Seems a bit redundant in this day and age however.
Local bulletin for Perth this weekend on 10:
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Great to hear, shame they won’t promote it.
Might rate a mention during Friday evenings bulletin and that’s about it.
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what is there to promote? Join us at 5pm an hour before the polls close but then not during the count.
Will there be a mid-evening or late edition?
What’s the point of doing anything? They should absolutely promote they’ll have (insert adjective here) during the 5pm news and will have updates etc.
Naturally they see the benefit of doing a locally presented bulletin that evening to provide additional coverage from familiar faces, and as suggested they’ll likely provide updates throughout the evening.
This is par for the course for what they usually offer, they don’t have the resources to do rolling or additional bulletins but generally get decent audiences on weekend editions so should promote their coverage.
No, as suggested they’ll likely provide extended updates throughout the evening which is more than adequate IMO.
ABC TV’s Insiders will broadcast from Perth this Sunday morning.
Start your Sunday morning with the show the politicians rely on to find out what’s going on. David Speers is in Perth with the washup after the WA Election and any federal implications, plus the week in federal politics.
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I notice that Sky News had not organised any People’s Forum or special broadcasts from WA during the election campaign. I wonder why?
Because Kerry is in charge in WA, not Rupert or Lachlan.
Not of Sky though.