Sunday -
Robert Ovadia is presenting 5pm News.
Melina Sarris presenting the weather in Melbourne filling in for Jane Bunn.
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BRISBANE
Friday (23.11.2018): Ben Davis presented sport.
Sunday (25.11.2018): Paul Burt presented the weather.
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Monday -
Andrew McCormack presenting sport on Afternoon News in Melbourne.
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Tuesday -
Sean Sowerby returned to presenting sport on Afternoon News.
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Tuesday -
Jim Wilson presented sport in Sydney.
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Wednesday (28.11.2018) - Thursday (29.11.2018): Sharyn Ghidella is anchoring solo in Brisbane as Max Futcher is reporting on the Bushfires from Central Queensland.
Ben Davis is presenting sport.
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Thursday -
Jim Wilson presented sport in Sydney.
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Mark Readings doing sport Update in Perth tonight
Thursday (29.11.2018) - Saturday (01.12.2018): Ben Davis presented Brisbaneâs sport.
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Sunday -
Jim Wilson is presenting sport on 5pm News/Sydney News tonight.
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Sunday (02.12.2018): Ben Davis is presenting sport Brisbane sport. Laura Dymock is presenting the weather- her first since return from maternity leave.
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Monday -
Blake Johnson is presenting Afternoon News in Melbourne today.
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Monday (03.12.2018): Katrina Blowers is co-anchoring with Max in Brisbane. Laura Dymock is presenting the weather and Ben Davis presented sport.
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Tonightâs line-up in Brisbane was very telling. Today was the first time, since Bill was replaced in March, that Sharyn was away. Whilst Sharyn anchored solo when Max was away, tonight they wheeled in Katrina Blowers to co-anchor with him. Two things:
- Do they have no confidence in Maxâs authority as anchor? Whilst I agree that it was necessary to give him a co-anchor, why did they give him the weeknight position if he isnât capable of holding the fort. Notice how they send him to cover all of the news events and leave Sharyn in the studio (Nine News rotates). They certainly lean heavily on the latter, and rightly so. I imagine that there would be havoc if she ever quit.
- If Sharyn called in sick one night, would they ask Kay to co-anchor or Katrina? Maybe Kay is on holidays at the moment or they are falling back on their usual summer duo.
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Arenât you reading in to this a bit too much? 
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What? Sharyn anchors solo but Max doesnât (Bill, Rod and Kay have all anchored solo. Nine go solo when their co-anchor is absent). Max is sent to cover EVERY news event while Sharyn anchors solo.
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Thatâs because Max is still senior journalist, in addition to his anchor duties.
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What about Sharynâs career though? Doesnât she deserve to also be at the forefront of news events too?
Also, what is your justification for Katrina co-anchoring with Max tonight? You canât say that that is how Seven operate when on Friday 12th Octover (and every time Max was in transit), Sharyn anchored solo. Just curious.
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Sharyn has been. She was out during the royal visit, drought coverage and the Commonwealth Games, not to mention countless other times before. Max is slightly different though because he has network duties on top of BTQ duties.
In terms of Katrina, it comes down to rostering. Sheâs currently the designated fill-in for everyone. Iâm not 100% sure who is the fill-in for Max but my bet it could be Joel Dry or Steve Titmus? Weâll find out soon enough.
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Not solo. My point is they wonât leave Max at the desk by himself (even over summer, he only ever anchored the bulletin solo 2-3 times solo. Every other time he was alongside Katrina).
No one will fill-in for Max because Seven have confidence in Sharyn, Kay, Katrina (it has taken a bit, but she has been holding Kayâs lead when she fills in of late) and even Kendall to anchor the bulletin and maintain their lead (and rightly so IMO).
Joel Dry may fill-in on weekends whilst Katrina is doing weekdays but I HIGHLY doubt we will see him alongside Sharyn.
Yes Katrina is rostered to fill-in. But no one is rostered to co-anchor with Sharyn.