Looks like Melbourne to me
I donât know Singapore, but Iâd be moderately confident this isnât Melbourne
Iâd usually understand this kind of deliberately not using a shot of any city here to convey âcityâ without being Melbourne or Sydney biased, but for a Melbourne based by-election itâs fineâŚ
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The tower over Speersâ shoulder is the UOB building.
You can see the rest of the buildings here: https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/660410732836159090/
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Looks Melbourne to me.
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Looks like Brisbane to me.
Definitely not MelbourneâŚ. Itâs Singapore
Does it honestly matter what city it is? The normal viewer doesnât care
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Why did the ABC even use a cityscape backdrop when Aston is in the low density eastern suburbs?
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Itâs not Hobart if that helps anybody at all.
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Too glamorous to be Adelaide 
From the SMH article that was linked in the âABC Operationsâ thread:
Another key change is already under way: the reduction in local news stories in the 7pm state bulletins. Two media sources familiar with the plans said management had decided to reduce the number of state-based stories to a maximum of five per bulletin, with a greater emphasis on nationwide and international news.
An ABC spokesperson said the move is an attempt to allow the broadcaster to focus more on digital video while maintaining the quality of the bulletin.
Idiots.
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Awful. Why is there a target anyway in the first place. All stories should be picked on merit for that states audience.
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I did notice there were some nationwide stories on the Victorian bulletins in recent weeks. I do wonder if some of the stories were relevant to the state though.
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The Queensland bulletin is bad enough already; seems to have a lot less local content than the one hour commercials can fit in.
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I also think that ABC should concentrate a better mix with the 7 oâclock news especially across the larger states of Qld and WA as well as the fact that with a 24/7 news channel some of those other stories would be a better fit within say âthe worldâ etc.
This allows more stories from rural areas and hopefully highlights the diverse needs and discussions happening in those neighbourhoods that leaderships in councils and governments could then act on.
Even more so since the local edition of 7:30 was removed years ago.
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Here in SA, if we get 5 local stories weâd be lucky⌠I recon 3 or 4 local packages absolute max.
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Seems there might not be a hard and fast rule to this âonly 5 a bulletin ruleâ. Tonightâs ABC QLD News bulleting featured 7 QLD news items. However 5 of those were presenter V/O only stories of about 30-45 seconds each. Perhaps more flexibility if the stories are RVO?
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Given that ABC News is the only useful local TV News we have in Canberra, this is an insane decision for us locally.
5 âPackagesâ max. I believe itâs a guideline, not set in stone.
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