Wow great post. I lived in Newcastle in the late 90s and remember seeing Brett present there, but years later i havent been able to find anything of his time at Prime. I dont suppose you happen to have a video of this by any chance to would you?
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I do, but it’ll probably be a while as I have a huge backlog of tapes to go through and export.
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Prime Local News Illawarra with Kerryn (Bancks) Johnston and Milton O’Brien - 1994
This is how the bulletin started…
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That was actually a pretty great set 
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Does anyone know who the newsreader is?
YT Credit: Rhettrospective
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I love how simple the presentation was back then. Simple text and layouts that are (mostly) easy to read.
Too many swirls, swipes and swooshes in news these days.
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Prime News Canberra Openers
30/8/1994 with Geoff Hiscock:
24/10/1996 with Mal Grieve:
Sourced from: TV Australia
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V/O is Matthew O’Sullivan?
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Yes
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Wow i actually didn’t even know Prime did a form of late news. Great find
I imagine that’s just the 6pm bulletin… I don’t remember Prime ever having a late night news bulletin.
Prime Canberra did have a late news service when they brought the bulletin back in '93. It only lasted for 12 months, IIRC
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Thats heaps good 
Guessing it was never broadcast in other prime regions?
That is correct. Its axing of the late news, along with its 1-hour composite bulletin at 6pm being cut to a half-hour local bulletin, was announced in January 1994.
Prime Canberra did continue airing its own half-hour composite bulletin on weekends until September 1994.
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Quite weird seeing Commonwealth Place before they installed all the flags from the opening shot!
Does anyone know the name of the guy who did the “From Prime Television Canberra…” V/O? Doesn’t sound like Matthew O’Sullivan because the voice is much more deeper
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It was the same person who did Seven’s V/O’s in the 80’s to mid 90s
Bruce Ferrier I think?
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That’s him