For the same reason this BBC presenter felt the need to hold a whole pack of A4 paper 
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That is HILARIOUS 
They must have extremely thick iPads in Britain for someone to make that mistake…
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That’s a really thick IPad cover 
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From what I’ve seen, Sydney’s news and sports presenters are very regular paper holders:
Aside from that, no prizes (pardon the pun) for guessing what Nine News Sydney are giving away in their “NRL Grand Final Week” Viewer Competition! 
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Always reminds me of that bit from Frontline where Rob Sitch’s character scribbles on his paper as the program fades out, then asks “can we return these to props?”
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Can a mod award this bloke with 50 points for getting it correct?
Yeah… Its a Telstra Entertainment Bedside System. $13.75 per day for free to air tv basically. All the channels as if you still own a square tv. Technically it isn’t all the channels either. The internet doesn’t really work as the web browser is greatly out of date. The movie channels suck. No Foxtel anymore. And you generally get to watch nine news with a normal nine watermark.
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Wouldnt they be holding ‘papers’ because the autocue may fail and thats what they’d need to read the headlines? Why is this even a thing?
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Exactly… newsreading 101: One day the autocue will fail. Always gotta have the paper backup ready.
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Looks like the Royal Melbourne News “set” uses the styling of the old news desk.
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Live Stream graphics:
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Best l could find of the set.
EDIT - Livinia actually presented weather tonight right in front of the set.
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Desk reminds me of the old Gold Coast set.
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Looks like the same set they’ve used at the show for a few years.
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Weather in Brisbane was from the top of a tall building in the city for Riverfire (and with Garry in SD but HD graphics). That out-of-focus background was the best we got to see from the location.
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Is that safety harness sponsored by Aldi ?
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Yes - previously reported to be from their “Home Dungeon” range - also worn by the team in-studio to prevent mishaps like falling off those chairs!
From tongue-in-cheek area
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Hopefully Erin Molan will be getting one of those 
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Sydney’s 6pm News will only be 30 minutes in duration tonight due to the NRL grand final.
Brisbane’s news will air from 5-5.30pm today, for the same reason.
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Does anyone know the plan from tomorrow for the morning news at 11:30am? Will it just be in Brisbane getting their own local service or will the whole country be gaining local news just like 4pm?