4 December 1995
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Is that when Stateline was introduced on Fridays?
Stateline arrived in February the next year, but yes, was introduced around the same time
There will be a special edition of 7.30 tomorrow night covering the Liberal leadership spill.
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Friday 13 February
A special Friday edition of 7.30 covering the Liberal leadership spill. Can new leader Angus Taylor save the Liberal Party? Sarah Ferguson interviews former prime minister Tony Abbott.
Tonightâs program came from the Parliament House studio.
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Same as Thursday.
According to The Age/SMHâs Calum Jaspan, the headhunting process for Tozerâs replacement at 7.30 has come up empty-handed so far. Commissioning editor of 7.30 Patricia Drum will be the showâs acting boss in the meantime.
ABC NEWS names new Executive Producer for b7.30
ABC NEWS has named a new Executive Producer for prime-time current affairs flagship 7.30 , with Dani Isdale taking over the key role in June.
Isdale has 26 years of experience as a journalist working in Australia, the US and for the past decade at UK public service broadcaster Channel 4 News.
Currently Isdale is Channel 4âs Deputy Head of Foreign and Commissioning Editor of its award-winning Foreign Film Fund. She also works as a Program and Duty Editor and last year launched global affairs vodcast TrumpWorld.
Isdale has run both the Washington and Westminster bureaux and her teamâs coverage of conflicts in the Middle East, Europe and Africa has won international recognition, including BAFTA, News Emmy and Royal Television Society awards.
Born and raised in North Queensland, she began her journalism career as a cadet reporter with Network 10 in Townsville, going on to be a state reporter, federal politics reporter, national correspondent, Europe and Middle East correspondent and presenter. She subsequently worked for SBS World News and Dateline.
7.30 is presented by Sarah Ferguson and airs Monday to Thursday with a 2026 average nightly total TV audience of 885,000 viewers, which is up 4 per cent year-on-year*.
Justin Stevens, ABC Director News: âWorking with Sarah Ferguson and the 7.30 team is a big job and a vitally important role. 7.30 is going from strength to strength, growing audiences on broadcast and digital. Itâs a key priority for the ABC, a pillar of prime-time that also bolsters our coverage across other national platforms. Dani brings exceptional experience and credentials and Iâm delighted to have her on board.â
Dani Isdale: âJoining Sarah and this exceptional team is a real privilege. 7.30 has spent four decades setting the standard for interviews, investigations and storytelling at home and abroad. Iâm looking forward to building on that legacy and finding new audiences across all platforms.â
*Source: VOZ National, Total TV, Content Consolidation 28 days as at 04/03/2025. 7.30 refers to Mon-Thurs regular programming not including Friday specials.
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The Age/SMHâs Calum Jaspan wrote in his column today
But what interests On Background most is that the program is being shifted out of the investigations and current affairs division under the aforementioned Puccini (Jo Puccini, the ABCâs head of investigations and current affairs) and into the digital and national news division, led by Lee Glendinning.
When Isdale starts in June, she and her team will report to the managing editor for national news, Sam Clark, ABC director of news Justin Stevens recently told staff. Clark currently has oversight of Insiders, Parliament House coverage, Afternoon Briefing, sport, and business.
30 March
Sarah Ferguson interviews Anthony Albanese about the governmentâs fuel security plan. The rising price of diesel has prompted calls to speed up the electrification of the freight industry. How AI is changing some peopleâs jobs.
You can watch the full interview here.
The Ombudsmanâs Office received 27 content complaints about an interview with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Esmaeil Baghaei**.** The complainants were broadly concerned that the interview was not impartial as the interviewer was combative, rude and favoured a United States and Israeli perspective that did not highlight the US and Israel as âaggressorsâ.
Ombudsmanâs Finding
The content was in keeping with the standards for due impartiality.