Syan 
Syan is currently covering the bushfires near the Grampians in western Victoria for ABC News.
Oops. Was posting via the iPad and it spell corrected. Just tried it again to see.
Monday 3 February to Thursday 6 February -
Ishkandar Razak presenting in Victoria tonight.
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Friday 7 February -
Alexandra Alvaro presenting in Victoria tonight.
I believe this is the first time Alex presents a TV news bulletin in Victoria. She had presented the 7pm news while working at the ABC in Hobart. She had also read the morning news on ABC Radio Melbourne in recent weeks.
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What ever happened to the brilliant Suzie Raines? We need more Suzie!
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Pretty sure she reads the news on 3LO sometimes. I am almost certain I heard her read an ABC News bulletin last week. TBH I think she’s better on radio than TV.
3LO. Love that call sign. Thanks for the flashback.
Alexandra Alvaro presenting again in Victoria tonight.
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Brilliant? Suzie is bland and robotic IMHO.
Bland and robotic is what the abc should be. Not trying to be a left wing Sky News.
Agreed. But this isn’t about the content. Suzie just isn’t a good presenter. And that’s important in a job like hosting ABC News
Sad to hear but looks like I’m outnumbered on this one, perhaps she is too robotic.
Tam is probably a good mix of personality for the role. Mary was also a loss.
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Agreed that Mary and Paul Higgins were both good newsreaders
Lexi Hamilton Smith did present ABC New QLD on 14 February as originally promised (“will be joining … from 14 February”)
However she also presented the news on 13 February (and may other times prior to that) 
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Gemma Venees presenting on the NC from 3pm for the first time from their Parramatta Studios.
It appears Gemma will be presenting the 3pm hour all week (Presumably from Parra) with Nakari Thorpe presenting Thursday and Friday. Lorna Dunkley presenting Gemma’s Morning shift.
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The NPC press release said that Tingle’s resignation after more than four years as president was reluctantly accepted by her colleagues. It said that Tingle had formed the view that the demands on her time with a federal election and being an ABC board member that she was unable to give the president’s role the time it deserves. It also said that her colleague Greg Jennett had been appointed the new club treasurer.
Antony Green is stepping down as the national broadcaster’s chief election analyst after more than three decades.
He will continue to work behind the scenes on election-related projects.
Green joined the ABC in 1989 and has provided live analysis of about 100 state and federal elections.
An absolute Australian institution. He will definitely be missed on the coverage. He has been pretty open about this cycle of state elections leading into the 25 Federal as his last, so it isn’t entirely a shock. Still, it’s one of those times you just want him to keep going forever. Unbiased, informative, and incredibly knowledgeable.
The obvious replacement would be Casey Briggs: they have been grooming him for a number of years now.
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Already confirmed in the article
Has also done several US election broadcasts and two referendums
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