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Is The World permanently only airing for a half hour length now days?

Just tonight because of the problems in Melbourne.

##abc News Special: Indigenous Recognition in the Constitution Discussion Panel

Tomorrow at 2.30pm (AEST) on ABC News 24 & iview - LIVE from Darwin

ABC News 24 & iview will broadcast the Indigenous Recognition in the Constitution: Discussion Panel – live from Darwin tomorrow at 2.30pm (AEST).

The event takes place at the Darwin Entertainment Centre as part of the Garrmalang Festival.

Hosted by Murray McLaughlin, the panel will discuss what it means to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in our Constitution.

Panelists will include: Mick Gooda, Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner; Pat Anderson co-chair of the Referendum Council; Olga Havnen, CEO of Danila Dilba Health Service in Darwin and a veteran of working in Indigenous Affairs and Services; and young Larrakia woman Jade Jones-Cubillo from the Northern Territory Indigenous Leadership program, IMPACT.

According to the latest data collected from the ABC’s Vote Compass released today, almost three quarters of Australians believe Indigenous people should be recognised as the nation’s first inhabitants in the constitution.
The results came from nearly 200,000 respondents to Vote Compass during the first two weeks of the election campaign.

##australia Votes: Regional Leaders’ Debate

Wednesday 25 May at 7.30pm (AEST)

The battle for regional Australia… What are our leaders’ plans for the future of the country?

On Wednesday night, ABC Political Editor Chris Uhlmann moderates the Australia Votes: Regional Leaders’ Debate live from Goulburn at 7.30pm (AEST) on ABC News 24, ABC NewsRadio, iview and regional ABC Local Radio.
Discussing the issues facing regional Australia will be Barnaby Joyce (Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the National Party), Senator Richard Di Natale (Greens Leader) and Joel Fitzgibbon (Labor, Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs).

Live from Goulburn, Wednesday at 7.30pm (AEST) on ABC News 24, iview, ABC NewsRadio and regional ABC Local Radio. Repeated on Thursday May 26 at 10.30am on ABC & iview.

News 24 seems to be a little slow off the mark today. Nothing has been said about the Melbourne rally or protest groups clashing in the streets of Coburg.

Im finding the 7 Melbourne News Facebook page is the the best outlet for local news these days.

Reported on the 1pm news

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Now the lead story of the day.

###Australians of the Year: In Conversation

Live-streamed on iview tonight at 6pm (AEST) and airing Saturday 4 June at 12.05pm on ABC & 9pm (AEST) on ABC News 24.*

In a special event with a live audience, four 2016 Australians of the Year come together at Sydney Town Hall to join in conversation with The Drum’s Julia Baird.

Led by Australian of the Year David Morrison AO, each of these impressive Australians has an inspiring story to tell and is passionate about human rights issues that drive them.
• David Morrison AO, former Chief of Army, Australian of the Year
• Elizabeth Broderick AO, former Sex Discrimination Commissioner, NSW Australian of the Year
• Nic Marchesi, co-creator Orange Sky Laundry, Young Australian of the Year
• Julian McMahon, human rights advocate and barrister, VIC Australian of the Year

*Replayed Sunday June 5 at 5pm (AEST) on ABC News 24 & Wednesday June 8 at 1.30pm on ABC & iview. The event can also be heard on Thursday June 2 at 10pm (AEST) on ABC Local Radio.

###Charlie Pickering joins Planet America

Airs Fridays at 9pm (AEST) on ABC News 24 & iview

Just when you thought the surprises couldn’t last, Planet America delivers again.

Our very own Chas Licciardello is taking a well earned, but short, four week break, from Planet America to concentrate on the other election campaign electrifying the nation.

And our other very own Charlie Pickering will be subbing into the chair from Friday night, right next to John Barron in the Fake Oval Office, to continue bringing you the latest on the race to the White House.

“I always thought Chas was irreplaceable, but then we replaced him.” Barron says.

“Charlie has a really deep understanding of American politics and is almost as obsessed as Chas. Like Chas, he’s smart, funny and asks questions the others wouldn’t think of. And unlike Chas, Charlie has promised to wear long pants.”

Stay up to date with all the developments on the US Election campaign trail with Planet America.

Friday nights at 9pm (AEST) on ABC News 24 & iview. Replayed Sunday nights at 10:30pm (AEST) on ABC News 24 & iview.

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ABC News 24 will have full coverage of the funeral of boxing legend Muhammad Ali from his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. The procession through the streets of Louisville will be shown live at 11pm to 1am AEST tonight, followed by a public memorial service live at 4am AEST tomorrow (Saturday) morning.

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Jeremy Fernandez anchoring coverage, could be an all-nighter instead of crossing to BBC, AJ, thanks to the late start of the procession. Had Ben Damon and Jeff Fenech on earlier tonight.

EDIT: Never mind, they’re now taking BBC World News coverage.

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The ABC News 24 team

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Looks pretty out of date. Jeremy Fernandez, Tony Eastley and Steve Cannane aren’t part of News 24 anymore…

Jeremy Fernandez was anchoring coverage of Muhammad Ali’s funeral just 11 days ago? Also, haven’t been watching much recently - is Tony Eastley no longer part of afternoons?

I believe Tony Eastley is gone from afternoons, might actually be leaving the ABC judging by a recent tweet from him. True about Jeremy Fernandez, but I can’t remember the last time he popped up on News 24 for a normal bulletin (with no special news coverage on…)

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Perhaps Jeremy Fernandez has decided to primarily focus on ABC News NSW, like Juanita Phillips has (remember when she presented that 8pm bulletin during the early days of News 24?).

I saw Jeremy doing afternoons a couple of weeks ago.

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Ah, thanks for that!

Tony retired from the ABC after 37 years as of today.
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