Newsreaders on Morning News and Afternoon News in Sydney this week -
Monday- Lizzie Pearl
Tuesday & Wednesday-Mark Burrows
Thursday & Friday- Davina Smith
Friday 5 August
Lizzie Pearl is presenting Early News.
Peter Hitchener is presenting in Melbourne with Alicia away tonight.
Dougal Beatty is presenting First at Five News & 6pm Melbourne News this weekend.
Georgie presented for 9 days straight this past week in Sydney, Pete returned on Sunday
I think it was eight days - but still, a great effort from her. We rarely see Georgie do overtime tbh*
*that’s not me being critical. I just remember a discussion on here about the amount of additional days she did compared to Deb Knight.
Monday 8 August
Christine Ahern presented Early News.
After celebrating 35 years at Nine earlier in the year Lane Calcutt is leaving the station; the biggest loss so far for Nine.
The Australian: “Queensland Premier’s poaching continues to thin out the ranks of newsrooms”
In the past few days, Palaszczuk has poached her biggest prize yet: Nine’s Lane Calcutt, the elder statesman of Queensland TV political reporters. Calcutt is just the latest big-money signing in a long line of Brisbane reporters to dump an actual newsroom to join the sprawling government media operation now dubbed the Palaszczuk News Network (better known as PNN).
At our count, that puts the flow of senior Brisbane TV reporters to Palaszczuk from Brisbane newsrooms in just the past year at more than 10, and her total team of spinners who once worked in the media at well over 30. What makes the Queensland Premier’s poaching of Calcutt (who starts next month) even more interesting is that two years ago, his fellow Brisbane press gallery journalists were caught on a hot mic in 2020 accusing Calcutt of bowling up softball ‘Dorothy Dixer’ questions to Palaszczuk during a Covid-19 press conference.
It was earlier reported that Cullen Robinson , the executive producer of the 6pm news , and reporter Shannon Marshall-McCormack (who has become “2032 Olympics Adviser to the Queensland Premier” a whole decade out from the Brisbane games) had left the station to join the media team.
What is so special about Nine’s Brisbane newsroom that Palaszczuk is so keen to poach reporters from there?
Why is her media team so big is the next question? What on earth are they all doing? Advisors galore it seems. She had taken a leaf out of Andrews book.
Ahhh, I suspected this was going to happen. I was about to ask why he wasn’t on the politics beat for the past week or so. Obviously, a big loss to Nine. His reports were the only reason I sampled QTQ. Honestly. Whatever The Australian now suddenly wants to say, I always found Lane to be very reasoned.
As for Palaszczuk, perhaps it isn’t the best media strategy to take all of the good journos because it just leaves the Tim Arviers to do the reporting 
Monday 8 August
Stephanie Anderson is presenting Afternoon News in Melbourne today.
Poor Pete really struggled with his voice tonight, even losing it during the closer of the bulletin. 
Richard Wilkins is at the desk with Davina on Sydneys afternoon news speaking on the passing of Olivia Newton John
I wanted to reach through the TV and give Peter Overton a hug after that first report tonight. His voice cracked a little but he managed to keep it together.
Not sure if it has been mentioned already but Reece D’Alessandro has moved to Canberra to become Federal Politics reporter.
Pete really made a very impassioned plea for people who are suffering mental health issues to speak up and seek help after the lead report on Paul Green’s death. It’s moments like these that he really shines through as a presenter.
Alicia Loxley is back Presenting Melbourne’s 9News this Weekend.
Mark Burrows is presenting Fri-Sat evening in Sydney
Look like they’re on the set of The Nanny…
