Is it entirely within the realms of possibility that as well as the long awaited upgrade to HD, ABC News NSW might also be getting a new set?
Current (or most recent?) NSW set is/was over five years old, but then again why would they upgrade that one before the nearly nine year old news channel set? So many questions!
No new sets. Next year perhaps. Melbourne will always get the new set first now.
Why is that?
Because the Sydney set is only used for 30 mins a day. Everything has moved out including the business.
The presentation of Victoria’s 7pm bulletin or the other programs presented from that set/studio wasn’t really altered that much in the days/weeks immediately before the switch to HD though, right?
Also IIRC, Victoria wasn’t even the first market to get the current generation of 7pm ABC News sets - it was Queensland in 2012, WA in 2013 then Victoria, NSW, SA, Tasmania, NT & ACT (hopefully my memory of the set launch order is about right) all in the space of about eight weeks in February/March 2014.
New set alert for ABC News NSW… stay tuned!
https://www.facebook.com/abcinsydney/posts/10157447976629015
Pretty weird how Sydney gets the new set before the ABC News channel set. But excited to see what is to come.
Wish they did a proper big multipurpose set for 7pm NSW and News Channel
OK that was a surprise!
I would have thought another year or so. The current set is only 5 years old, yes?
Of course we don’t really know anything about it yet, but somehow I wouldn’t be overly surprised if this new set is built with a number of programs/bulletins in mind as most are these days.
As for why NSW would’ve been chosen over Victoria, possibly because the latter set will be home to more nationally-screened News & Current Affairs programs? Better to have all the bugs ironed out before shows like News Breakfast, Insiders & Outsiders get their new set.
The now previous ABC News NSW set was launched on February 17, 2014. I’ll have to check if I’ve still got the screencaps from that bulletin, but I definitely remember being up on the Central Coast and flicking over from NBN (who themselves would’ve had a still a fairly new On-Air Presentation package then) just in time to catch the new set!
Personally I’m looking forward to the new ABC News NSW set, especially if we get HD with it. Also because if the ABC’s new set is any good, Nine will probably have no choice but to respond to it (and also the massive beast of a multipurpose set that 10 News First launched in March) with an awesome new look for North Sydney! 
I’m going to guess a huge curved screen will be the main component of this new set.
I think you might be onto something… 
Managed to find the caps I did on the day ABC News NSW launched their now old set:
At the time, it was quite refreshing to have multiple camera angles every bulletin, compared to before when there’d only be two or three shots per bulletin - a habit that unfortunately seems to have made a comeback in recent months (although if part of that has anything to do with the moving around of set pieces to make way for new stuff, then fair enough I suppose):
Personally I hope when the new set launches, we’ll again see a decent variety of camera angles on ABC News NSW! 
I still cant get over how unnecessarily large that desk was.
Isn’t it multipurpose?
I would say this will be the template for all sets around Australia.
A few issues happening live at the moment on News 24 with incorrect camera switches.
First Bill Shorten head appeared very wide.
Then Miriam back in the studio with a bucket of wet wipes and getting set up in the chair.
Then back to Miriam again with a very stern look on her face.
Will try and get some caps.
