I remember GTV trialled having their weekend bulletins read by someone standing up in 2008-09, rather than sitting down, though I can’t remember why it was introduced.
This appeared to cease once GTV got a new set in August 2009 (when they got a set exactly the same as what Sydney got, and what Brisbane would get a month or two later). However, I do remember the standing up format continuing intermittently only for major news headlines (or sometimes the first story of the bulletin) after that.
From memory GTV were swapping and changing their presentation a lot at this time. As was HSV in the early 2000s.
Kind of reflected the rating battle (at the tim) between the two stations.
I remember when GTV implemented the 2006 graphics, the background (of the live Melbourne CBD) lasted only one year, then in 2007 they introduced a wooden desk and had the headlines blend into a static Melbourne background.
At that time, HSV introduced the twisted metal set with a live Melbourne background, so as to give it consistency with its Sydney counterpart (prior to then, the Morning and Afternoon News came out of ATN and HSV, respectively).
