No it is not - you were proven wrong. If you actually have evidence, show us.
And those local news managers are very concerned about what happens if there is a big breaking story. Itâs very likely staff will make plans for the four-day period. That means they will not be available to come back at the last minute if the big one drops.
This is what Iâm concerned about as well.
Yeah, I really canât find anything on TV Tonight?
Oh whoops my mistake, I got them mixed up.
Yes itâs TV Blackbox and Rob McKnight!
Really? What if something really big happens and all hands on deck are needed?
Theyâd better hope this doesnât back fire.
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Donât summon that on us please
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Iâm gonna tempt fate just to piss you off Mr Pickle. 
Seriously, itâs their frigging job. The commercials can keep running local stuff going, and theyâre up shit creek with no paddle, why canât the ABC?
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Theyâll just fly some staff from Ultimo over, I guess. God forbid if news breaks in regional WA.
They just choose not to, theyâve all but abandoned local TV news outside of politics.
WA staying local for the weekend, but would imagine a crew will be on in the big centres, or on-call at least
Because they spent all their money on the VFL? 
In reality, itâs probably got some truth all the OT with the heavy news cycle, but surely theyâd have funding for that at least. Delivering a national service in times of need. Maybe to do with investment in other areas and resources recently (Parramatta, National Forum, Adelaide, the whole rebranding of ABC Family/entertains) finally caught up to them
They way things are going, theyâre going to have to pick up the slack once the commercials get their wish and can drop regional news.
Seriously, if itâs all about cost cutting, I can think of a few things tax payers dollars have been wasted on that are a lot worse.
Yes, it really is no different to the rest of the year. Nobody goes to the ABC TV News for local coverage.
Is there a reason the ABC doesnât get a local content quota when the commercials do (Even 10 has âlocalâ noodle updates, and they wasted 20 million on 10News+)
If the news dept is so short of cash you wonder why we need weather presenters on local bulletins for 3 minutes a night on weekdays.
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News flash: itâs their job. Yes there have been some rather big news events recently. But they have to keep going, the news doesnât stop.
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- The commercials donât have local quotaâs - those are for select regional areas
- Back when they implemented it, the ABC had better local TV news out-put
Another reason why we should have local quotas forced on these entities if they canât be bothered to do whatâs needed
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Why does WA get a reprieve? A bulletin from the nc would still be live? And thereâs less happening in WA than any other state.
Because the national updates will be outdated by the time it broadcasts in WA, as has been constantly emphasized, âdue to time differenceâ.
If you have staff to produce radio bulletins, might as well do it for TV.
As I said, just take a live bulletin from the news channel. Itâs all the east coast will be getting.