Les move on. We see it differently. No point going around in circles.
Target the audience where they are rather than where they aren’t.
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Sue McIntosh was weekend newsreader. Mary Delahunty read on weeknights. I think Ian Henderson took over from Mary around 1992 when she moved to the Melbourne edition of The 7.30 Report replacing John Jost who’d gone over to Channel 9.
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Must be different state to state then. So far this year I have seen it in SA, Tas and Canberra and each time it’s left me wondering what had gone on locally that day.
How many times did you watch each bulletin? On what days of the week? Was State Parliament sitting the weeks you saw the bulletins?
“So far this year” is Jan to March, hardly the busiest time of the year for politics in Australia, let alone state politics.
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###WA VOTES
abc.net.au/elections
As WA heads to the polls on Saturday, March 11, the ABC has the most comprehensive coverage on TV, radio, online and on mobile.
ABC will be first with the results, featuring the most accurate and expert coverage and analysis across all platforms.
For full election news coverage throughout the campaign and on election night, ABC News has it covered. You can find data on candidates, electorates, key seats and the best analysis and information here, with Antony Green’s Election Guide, as well as the prediction calculator here.
On election night wherever you are, you can follow the live results on mobile and get updates on developments as they happen at abc.net.au/news and abc.net.au/elections.
On Twitter, use the #wavotes and #wapol hashtags and keep up with the latest at @abcperth
Throughout the election campaign listen to ABC Radio Perth and tune in each night to ABC 7pm News for all the latest on the campaign trail.
##Saturday 11 March – Election Day
TELEVISION
ABC NEWS 24
ABC News 24 will have updates throughout the day as WA goes to the polls and simulcast the election night coverage from 9.00pm AEDT.
WA Votes – Election Special
6:00pm on ABC (WA only) / 9:00pm AEDT on ABC News 24 and streamed live at abc.net.au/news
Live from the ABC Election Centre in Perth, host James McHale and ABC News’ WA Political Correspondent, Jessica Strutt, will be joined by Michael Keenan, Federal Minister for Justice and MP for Stirling will represent the Liberal Party and Tim Hammond, Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs & Shadow Minister Assisting for Resources and Member for Perth (ALP).
ABC Election Analyst Antony Green will be calling the numbers as they come in, and providing full analysis across the night. ABC News journalist Rebecca Carmody will be interviewing the party powerbrokers.
RADIO
ABC RADIO PERTH & all ABC WA Regional stations
6:00pm (WA only) and streamed live on the ABC Radio app, on abc.net.au/perth and on Digital Radio
ABC Radio Perth presenters, Geoff Hutchison and Belinda Varischetti will host the election night coverage from ABC Studios in front of a studio audience. Joining them will be “Poll Bludger” William Bowe who will make sense of the numbers, with guest analysts Ken Travers and Matt Keogh MP from the ALP and Senators Linda Reynolds and Dean Smith from the Liberal Party.
To watch the action unfold live from ABC Studios, register to be part of the audience at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/election-night-at-abc-studios-tickets-32345162251
Follow @abcperth for the latest updates and broadcast highlights throughout the night.
On ABC Radio, AM will be broadcasting from WA on the Thursday and Friday before election day. Host Sabra Lane will interview WA Premier, Colin Barnett and WA Opposition Leader, Mark McGowan.
There will be a special AM Sunday morning edition at 8.00am on ABC Radio, RN and regional radio.
##Sunday 12 March
TELEVISION
WEEKEND BREAKFAST
7.00am on ABC / 7.00am AEDT on ABC News 24
Weekend Breakfast with Miriam Corowa and Andrew Geoghegan, will deliver a wrap of the election results and latest news.
INSIDERS
9:00am on ABC / 9:00am AEDT on ABC News 24
Barrie Cassidy and the panel will provide analysis and context for what the election result means for WA, as well as a wrap of the week in national politics.
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Whoops I forgot about this being so early
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State politics isn’t the only things that happens at a state level.
Roster for Victorian bulletin this week and next week-
Friday - Tuesday- Tamara Oudyn
Wednesday - Friday- Frances Bell
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Last few weeks have been from Tasmania, usually with Peter Gee.
Can we finally expect the ABC News relaunch on Monday with Breakfast returning to Southbank?
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is the current package that they’re using for WA Votes a sign of what’s to come? or is this what they’ve already used before?
They used virtually identical (a little tweaked in some places) for last year’s Federal Election coverage.
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I was wondering the same thing, but it looks pretty much the same as in the past, the ‘oneABC’ font is a thing to look out for with the new graphics.
Apologies for the crap quality (screen cap from a recorded video), but this promotion picture for Insiders used towards the end of the coverage may be a taste of the new look ABC as it uses the ‘oneABC’ font and some of the new corporate yellow colour in the background:
Insiders has used Yellow for ages.
I was paying more attention to the ‘oneABC’ font and since it was ABC News Coverage, I thought some snippets of the new look may have trickled in, if it does launch Monday.