Today was Laura Tingle’s last day as 7.30’s Political Editor - a tribute was shown in tonight’s episode:
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David Speers presenting from Canberra this evening.
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David again presenting tonight.
Presentation wise it looks crap from Canberra. That backdrop image quality is awful.
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Laura Tingle’s replacement to be announced tonight.
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Jacob Greber
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Currently the ABC’s chief digital political correspondent
Jacob Greber to replace Laura Tingle as 7.30 political editor, ABC announces
Award-winning journalist Jacob Greber will join 7.30 as political editor, the ABC has announced.
Greber takes over from Laura Tingle, who stepped down from the role last month to become the public broadcaster’s global affairs editor.
Greber, who is the ABC’s chief digital political correspondent, has had an almost 30-year journalism career covering economics, politics and world affairs.
“It’s an incredible time to join 7.30 with Sarah Ferguson and the team. Our audience rightly demands clarity and insight about the people who govern us and the challenges we face as a nation,” Greber said.
“I also salute Laura Tingle — an absolute class act and fearless force of nature. I’m humbled and thrilled to pick up where she’s left off.”
The announcement was made during Thursday night’s program, with 7.30 presenter Sarah Ferguson breaking the news to viewers.
Greber will continue to write regularly for the ABC News website and app and appear on the Politics Now podcast and weekly politics program Insiders.
From copy boy to political editor
Greber’s journalism career started in the journalistic equivalent of the mail room — as a copyboy in the Canberra press gallery.
He covered Queensland state politics for The Courier-Mail before moving to Switzerland — his father’s homeland.
There he worked for the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation and then Bloomberg News in Zurich, covering the European economy and Switzerland’s global banks.
That experience parlayed perfectly into a role at the Australian Financial Review on his return to Australia in 2012.
He started as economics correspondent in Canberra before a three-year stint as US correspondent in Washington DC in 2018, before returning as senior political correspondent. He joined the ABC in 2024.
ABC director of news Justin Stevens said he was thrilled to see Greber join 7.30, the nightly current affairs show that he himself used to lead as executive producer.
“Jacob has been a fantastic addition to the ABC and has just come off a superb election campaign,” he said.
“7.30 is a flagship program for ABC News and Jacob joins a brilliant team. We can’t wait to have him on the program.”
Greber takes up the new role from July 7.
Tingle, who also joined the ABC from the AFR, was 7.30’s political reporter for six years. She starts her new role in early July.
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David Speers presenting tonight.
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Sarah mentioned she was taking two weeks off last Thursday.
Tonight: Anthony Albanese is heading to China to meet with President Xi Jinping. The plan to fight antisemitism in Australia. Sarah Ferguson interviews Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
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Full report by the ABC Ombudsman
I do agree that Fergo does interrupt poorly, is better ways to ‘interrupt’, the way she does it isn’t that great.
Tonight 21 July
Sarah Ferguson interviews Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about his meeting with President Xi Jinping and his thoughts on Mark Latham. Plus Tasmanians face an excruciating wait to find out who will form their next government.
Did my eyes deceive me or did I see Simon Love reporting for 7:30 now? That’s a surprise.
Indeed that was him.