
ABC News 24
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ABC News 24 is an Australia
n 24-hour
news channel
launched and owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
. The channel replaced the former ABC High Definition
simulcast of ABC1
and commenced broadcasting at 7:30pm (AEST) 5:30 (AWST
) on Thursday, 22 July 2010.
in their new promotion on Tuesday 22 June. The official promotional reel for ABC News 24 was launched on digital channel 24 between 6 and 8 July.
Speculation about a launch date for ABC News 24 took place in the weeks prior to the official announcement. The Daily Telegraph
claimed in early July that the channel would be delayed due to technical issues at the ABC's new playout facility, MediaHub, in south west Sydney while other outlets reported that the channel was on track to begin in mid-July.
The ABC announced on 13 July 2010 that the channel would have its first live broadcast on 22 July.
repeats of existing ABC News and Current Affairs
output, coverage of the Federal Parliament's Question Time, documentaries and factual and arts programming. These draw upon the ABC's own resources and those of its partner broadcasters, the BBC
, TVNZ, NHK
, and Al Jazeera English.
Live rolling news coverage on the channel is presented on weekdays by Joe O'Brien (mornings), Ros Childs
(midday), Kim Landers (Afternoon Live) and Juanita Phillips
(evenings). Specialist and feature programming includes a daily business program covering the Asia-Pacific region, a topical debate program entitled The Drum presented by Steve Cannane
and an international bulletin with former Moscow correspondent Scott Bevan
entitled The World.
Existing shows ABC News Breakfast
and The Midday Report are broadcast by the channel at the same time as on ABC1
respectively; one reason for this is that viewers in the AWST and ACST time zones, due to ABC News 24 being live around the country, can choose to watch these shows either live (ABC News 24) or on delay (ABC1
/ABC2
). In addition, Lateline Business
is shown in an earlier timeslot than currently scheduled on ABC1
. BBC World News bulletins from London are also broadcast for an hour overnight.
On 30 September 2010, the ABC announced the first new program to be shown on ABC News 24 titled Capital Hill. The political program, originally hosted by Chris Uhlmann
airs Fridays at 5.30pm AEST/AEDT and takes a look at the week’s political events and news, as well as feature interviews with the key players of politics. It is now broadcast every weekday at 5.30pm AEST/AEDT and is hosted by Lyndal Curtis.
On 1 November 2010, the ABC announced that it would establish a news bureau in Afghanistan
from early 2011. The establishment of an Afghanistan presence brings the ABC's total number of international news bureaux to thirteen.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n 24-hour
24-hour news cycle
The 24-hour news cycle arrived with the advent of television channels dedicated to news, and brought about a much faster pace of news production with increased demand for stories that can be presented as news, as opposed to the day-by-day pace of the news cycle of printed daily newspapers...
news channel
News broadcasting
News broadcasting is the broadcasting of various news events and other information via television, radio or internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or television studio newsroom, or by a broadcast network...
launched and owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
. The channel replaced the former ABC High Definition
ABC HD (Australia)
ABC HD was a national public television channel in Australia. It was available nationally to digital terrestrial and cable television viewers in Australia....
simulcast of ABC1
ABC1
ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney using the branding of the Disney owned American network, ABC.The channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004. On 10 December 2004 it was launched on...
and commenced broadcasting at 7:30pm (AEST) 5:30 (AWST
AWST
AWST may refer to:* Australian Western Standard Time. See Time in Australia* Aviation Week & Space Technology...
) on Thursday, 22 July 2010.
Pre-launch
The ABC announced in January 2010 that it planned to launch a 24-hour news channel. The new ABC News 24 logo was revealed by FreeviewFreeview (Australia)
Freeview is the brand given to the digital terrestrial television platform in Australia. It is intended to bring all of the free-to-air broadcasters on to a consistent marketing platform to compete against subscription television, in particular Foxtel, and coincides with the expansion to 3 digital...
in their new promotion on Tuesday 22 June. The official promotional reel for ABC News 24 was launched on digital channel 24 between 6 and 8 July.
Speculation about a launch date for ABC News 24 took place in the weeks prior to the official announcement. The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
The Daily Telegraph is an Australian tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation.The Tele, as it is also known, was founded in 1879. From 1936 to 1972, it was owned by Frank Packer's Australian Consolidated Press. That year it was sold to...
claimed in early July that the channel would be delayed due to technical issues at the ABC's new playout facility, MediaHub, in south west Sydney while other outlets reported that the channel was on track to begin in mid-July.
The ABC announced on 13 July 2010 that the channel would have its first live broadcast on 22 July.
Programming
ABC News 24's output consists of a mix of live bulletins, timeshiftedTime shifting
Time shifting is the recording of programming to a storage medium to be viewed or listened to at a time more convenient to the consumer. Typically, this refers to TV programming but can also refer to radio shows via podcasts....
repeats of existing ABC News and Current Affairs
ABC News and Current Affairs
ABC News and Current Affairs is the name of the division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that controls content classified as news, public affairs and business and finance....
output, coverage of the Federal Parliament's Question Time, documentaries and factual and arts programming. These draw upon the ABC's own resources and those of its partner broadcasters, the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, TVNZ, NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
, and Al Jazeera English.
Live rolling news coverage on the channel is presented on weekdays by Joe O'Brien (mornings), Ros Childs
Ros Childs
Ros Childs, born in the United Kingdom in 1967, is a TV Journalist focused on business matters, who used to work primarily for ITV before moving to Australia and joining the ABC.-United Kingdom:...
(midday), Kim Landers (Afternoon Live) and Juanita Phillips
Juanita Phillips
Juanita Phillips , is an Australian journalist and news presenter, currently working for the ABC as main weeknight presenter for the New South Wales edition of ABC News at 7pm and evening presenter for ABC News 24 bulletins....
(evenings). Specialist and feature programming includes a daily business program covering the Asia-Pacific region, a topical debate program entitled The Drum presented by Steve Cannane
Steve Cannane
Steve Cannane is a news journalist and current affairs reporter for ABC News. He currently presents The Drum on ABC News 24 and is a reporter on Lateline.Previously, Cannane worked as a reporter, producer and presenter for Triple J...
and an international bulletin with former Moscow correspondent Scott Bevan
Scott Bevan (journalist)
-Biography:Bevan grew up near Merewether in Newcastle.In 1984 Bevan joined The Newcastle Herald as a cadet journalist. He later worked in commercial radio as a news presenter. After a fifteen month stint in Japan he joined the Nine Network in 1989 as a reporter...
entitled The World.
Existing shows ABC News Breakfast
ABC News Breakfast
ABC News Breakfast is an Australian breakfast television programme which broadcasts on ABC1 & ABC News 24 from 6am - 9am on weekdays. The program airs live in all Australian timezones on the high-definition digital free-to-air channel ABC News 24...
and The Midday Report are broadcast by the channel at the same time as on ABC1
ABC1
ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney using the branding of the Disney owned American network, ABC.The channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004. On 10 December 2004 it was launched on...
respectively; one reason for this is that viewers in the AWST and ACST time zones, due to ABC News 24 being live around the country, can choose to watch these shows either live (ABC News 24) or on delay (ABC1
ABC1
ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney using the branding of the Disney owned American network, ABC.The channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004. On 10 December 2004 it was launched on...
/ABC2
ABC2
ABC2 is a national public television channel in Australia. Launched on 7 March 2005, it is the responsibility of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television division, and is available nationally to digital television viewers in Australia...
). In addition, Lateline Business
Lateline Business
Lateline Business is a late night half hour business news television programme on ABC1 & ABC News 24 in Australia. The program is currently presented by ABC business journalist Ticky Fullerton....
is shown in an earlier timeslot than currently scheduled on ABC1
ABC1
ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney using the branding of the Disney owned American network, ABC.The channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004. On 10 December 2004 it was launched on...
. BBC World News bulletins from London are also broadcast for an hour overnight.
On 30 September 2010, the ABC announced the first new program to be shown on ABC News 24 titled Capital Hill. The political program, originally hosted by Chris Uhlmann
Chris Uhlmann
Chris Uhlmann is an Australian television presenter and journalist. He is chief political editor for ABC News 24, and in December, 2010, was appointed as co-host of the ABC Television current affairs program, 7.30....
airs Fridays at 5.30pm AEST/AEDT and takes a look at the week’s political events and news, as well as feature interviews with the key players of politics. It is now broadcast every weekday at 5.30pm AEST/AEDT and is hosted by Lyndal Curtis.
Programmes
- ABC NewsABC News (Australia)ABC News is a national news service produced by the News and Current Affairs division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - the division is responsible for all newsgathering and production of news output for ABC television, radio and online services...
- ABC News BreakfastABC News BreakfastABC News Breakfast is an Australian breakfast television programme which broadcasts on ABC1 & ABC News 24 from 6am - 9am on weekdays. The program airs live in all Australian timezones on the high-definition digital free-to-air channel ABC News 24...
- Business Today
- The Midday Report
- Afternoon Live
- Capital Hill
- The Drum
- The Quarters
- The World
- One Plus One
- Tonic
- Newsline
- Contact Sport
- Lateline BusinessLateline BusinessLateline Business is a late night half hour business news television programme on ABC1 & ABC News 24 in Australia. The program is currently presented by ABC business journalist Ticky Fullerton....
- 7.30 SelectThe 7.30 ReportThe 7.30 Report is an Australian nightly television current affairs program, that was shown on ABC1 and ABC News 24 at , Mondays–Thursdays...
- The World This Week
Repeated from ABC1
- 7.307.307.30 is an Australian nightly television current affairs programme ABC1 and ABC News 24 at , Monday to Friday. A national edition screens from Monday to Thursday, produced at the ABN studios in Ultimo, Sydney and presented by Leigh Sales and Chris Uhlmann. A local edition with a focus on state...
(Live) - LatelineLatelineLateline is an Australian television news and current affairs program produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, airing weeknights at on ABC1. The program has developed a reputation for head-to-head debates on current issues and political interviews. Lateline is followed by its sister...
- Insiders (Live)
- Inside BusinessInside BusinessFor the business newspaper based in the United States, see Inside Business Inside Business is an Australian television program broadcast on ABC TV. Making its debut on 4 August 2002, it presents analysis of the financial world, including the Australian sharemarket, business activities and the...
- OffsidersOffsidersOffsiders is an Australian television sports program, that is currently airing live on Sunday mornings at 10.30am on both ABC1 and ABC News 24 networks . It began airing in 2005...
- Asia Pacific Focus
- Australian StoryAustralian StoryAustralian Story is a national weekly documentary series, produced and broadcast on ABC Television.Since 1996 Australian Story has featured many Australians from diverse backgrounds and reputations...
- Q&AQ&A (TV program)Q&A is an Australian television program, broadcast on ABC1 hosted by award-winning news journalist Tony Jones. It is similar to shows like Question Time on the BBC and Questions and Answers on RTÉ....
(Live) - Four Corners
- LandlineLandline (TV series)Landline is an Australian national rural issues television program broadcast on ABC1. Presented by Anne Kruger, the program discusses rural issues regarding farming, mining and fisheries from around Australia...
- Talking Heads
- Behind the NewsBehind the NewsBehind the News is a long-running news-program broadcast on Australia's ABC1 made in Adelaide and aimed at school-aged children...
- Big IdeasBig Ideas (Australia)Big Ideas is a weekly radio program on ABC Radio National which presents lectures or panels on ideas or issues of particular importance. It is broadcast on Sundays at 5:00 p.m...
- Foreign CorrespondentForeign Correspondent (TV series)Foreign Correspondent is a weekly Australian documentary series and current affairs program screened on ABC1, Tuesday at . Premiering at on Saturday 14 March 1992, the aim is to give informed information about the happenings in other countries either on the light side of life or during crisis.-...
ABC News 24 online
ABC News 24 is streaming online at the ABC's website. However, contrary to previous ABC News and ABC Online practice, the news stream is not available outside of Australia, and unlike other programming on iView it is not currently offered as unmetered content by any internet service providers. The ABC News 24 stream is available in Medium and High bandwidth varieties on the iView site.News Presenters
- Virginia TrioliVirginia TrioliVirginia Frances Trioli is an award-winning Australian journalist and author.-Biography:Born in Bendigo, she attended Donvale High School and graduated from La Trobe University in the 1980s, with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a fine arts major in cinema...
& Michael Rowland (ABC News BreakfastABC News BreakfastABC News Breakfast is an Australian breakfast television programme which broadcasts on ABC1 & ABC News 24 from 6am - 9am on weekdays. The program airs live in all Australian timezones on the high-definition digital free-to-air channel ABC News 24...
) - Joe O'Brien (Mornings, Monday-Thursday)
- Jane Hutcheon (One Plus One)
- Ros ChildsRos ChildsRos Childs, born in the United Kingdom in 1967, is a TV Journalist focused on business matters, who used to work primarily for ITV before moving to Australia and joining the ABC.-United Kingdom:...
(The Midday Report) - Kim Landers (Afternoon Live)
- Juanita PhillipsJuanita PhillipsJuanita Phillips , is an Australian journalist and news presenter, currently working for the ABC as main weeknight presenter for the New South Wales edition of ABC News at 7pm and evening presenter for ABC News 24 bulletins....
(National Evening News, Monday-Thursday) - Scott BevanScott Bevan (journalist)-Biography:Bevan grew up near Merewether in Newcastle.In 1984 Bevan joined The Newcastle Herald as a cadet journalist. He later worked in commercial radio as a news presenter. After a fifteen month stint in Japan he joined the Nine Network in 1989 as a reporter...
(The World & Evenings, Tuesday-Friday) - Jeremy Fernandez (The World & Evening Monday)
- Steve CannaneSteve CannaneSteve Cannane is a news journalist and current affairs reporter for ABC News. He currently presents The Drum on ABC News 24 and is a reporter on Lateline.Previously, Cannane worked as a reporter, producer and presenter for Triple J...
(The DrumThe Drum (TV program)The Drum is an Australian current affairs and news analysis program which appears on ABC News 24 weekdays at 6:05pm. The program is presented by Steve Cannane. It was formerly hosted by Chris Uhlmann and has been hosted by Annabel Crabb...
presenter) - Annabel CrabbAnnabel CrabbAnnabel Crabb is an Australian political journalist and commentator who is currently the ABC's chief online political writer. Previously she has worked for Adelaide's The Advertiser, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald, and won a Walkley Award in 2009 for her...
(The DrumThe Drum (TV program)The Drum is an Australian current affairs and news analysis program which appears on ABC News 24 weekdays at 6:05pm. The program is presented by Steve Cannane. It was formerly hosted by Chris Uhlmann and has been hosted by Annabel Crabb...
contributor) - Jim MiddletonJim MiddletonJames Blaine "Rifle Jim" Middleton was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of two seasons with the New York Giants and Detroit Tigers...
(Newsline) - Richard Davies (Weekday Afternoon updates, Friday National Evening News & Weekend Evenings)
- Nick Dole (Weekday Afternoon updates & Late Evenings Monday-Friday)
- Erin Bell (Weekday Afternoon updates & Late Evenings Monday-Friday)
- Simon Palan (Weekend Afternoons)
- Andrew Geoghegan (Friday-Sunday Mornings)
- Tony EastleyTony Eastley-Journalism career:Eastley began his journalism career in the 1970s with The Examiner newspaper in Launceston, Tasmania before joining the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1979.With ABC-TV he spent stints in Singapore and Hong Kong as a foreign correspondent....
(The World This Week)
Substitute Presenters
- Whitney Fitzsimmons
- Nick Grimm
- Jason Om
- Tracey Bowden
- Tim Palmer (The DrumThe Drum (TV program)The Drum is an Australian current affairs and news analysis program which appears on ABC News 24 weekdays at 6:05pm. The program is presented by Steve Cannane. It was formerly hosted by Chris Uhlmann and has been hosted by Annabel Crabb...
) - Peter LloydPeter Lloyd (ABC correspondent)Peter Lloyd is a journalist and senior producer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's news and current affairs program Lateline...
(The DrumThe Drum (TV program)The Drum is an Australian current affairs and news analysis program which appears on ABC News 24 weekdays at 6:05pm. The program is presented by Steve Cannane. It was formerly hosted by Chris Uhlmann and has been hosted by Annabel Crabb...
) - Peter Wilkins (The DrumThe Drum (TV program)The Drum is an Australian current affairs and news analysis program which appears on ABC News 24 weekdays at 6:05pm. The program is presented by Steve Cannane. It was formerly hosted by Chris Uhlmann and has been hosted by Annabel Crabb...
)
Finance Presenters
- Whitney FitzsimmonsWhitney FitzsimmonsWhitney Fitzsimmons is an Australian journalist.Fitzsimmons has been a presenter for the past five years on Australian Broadcasting Corporation's international channel Australia Network...
(Business Today) - Alan KohlerAlan KohlerAlan Kohler has been a financial journalist since 1971. He began as a cadet on The Australian; has been a columnist for Chanticleer in The Australian Financial Review and was Editor of the AFR between 1985 and 1988...
("Kohler Report", Monday-Friday evenings & Inside Business) - Di Bain
- Alicia Barry
- Lexi Metherell
- Ticky Fullerton (Lateline BusinessLateline BusinessLateline Business is a late night half hour business news television programme on ABC1 & ABC News 24 in Australia. The program is currently presented by ABC business journalist Ticky Fullerton....
)
Sport Presenters
- Paul Kennedy (ABC News BreakfastABC News BreakfastABC News Breakfast is an Australian breakfast television programme which broadcasts on ABC1 & ABC News 24 from 6am - 9am on weekdays. The program airs live in all Australian timezones on the high-definition digital free-to-air channel ABC News 24...
, Weekday Mornings & Contact Sport) - Amanda Shalala
- Tulsen TollettTulsen TollettTulsen Tollett is an ex-professional rugby league player who played for Penrith Panthers and Parramatta Eels in Australia's elite ARL competition, and also for London Broncos in the European Super League....
- Claire Aird
- Amy Bainbridge
- Meredith Sheehan
Weather Presenters
- Vanessa O'Hanlon (ABC News BreakfastABC News BreakfastABC News Breakfast is an Australian breakfast television programme which broadcasts on ABC1 & ABC News 24 from 6am - 9am on weekdays. The program airs live in all Australian timezones on the high-definition digital free-to-air channel ABC News 24...
and Weekday Mornings) - Graham Creed (Afternoon Live and Weeknight Evenings)
- Paul Higgins (ABC News BreakfastABC News BreakfastABC News Breakfast is an Australian breakfast television programme which broadcasts on ABC1 & ABC News 24 from 6am - 9am on weekdays. The program airs live in all Australian timezones on the high-definition digital free-to-air channel ABC News 24...
and Weekday Mornings relief presenter)
Canberra Bureau
- Lyndal Curtis (Political editor & host of Capital Hill)
- Hayden Cooper
- Andrew Greene
- Latika Bourke
- Melissa Clarke
- George Roberts
- Gillian Bradford
- Julie Doyle
Former Presenters
- Ali MooreAli Moore- Biography :Moore began her career in 1987 as a cadet for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation , where she was active in a number of programmes.In 1996 she moved to the Nine Network, where she was a reporter and eventually presenter of Business Sunday...
(Afternoon Live, 2010) - Chris UhlmannChris UhlmannChris Uhlmann is an Australian television presenter and journalist. He is chief political editor for ABC News 24, and in December, 2010, was appointed as co-host of the ABC Television current affairs program, 7.30....
(Political editor and host of Capital Hill, 2010) - Nick Lucchinelli
- Kathryn Stolarchuk (Producer at SunriseSunrise (TV program)Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network. On weekdays the programme follows Seven Early News, and runs from 6am through to 9am.-History:...
) - Melissa Hamilton
Overseas Bureaux
- AucklandAucklandThe Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
- LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
- MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
- New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
- Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
- New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
- BangkokBangkokBangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
- BeijingBeijingBeijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
- JakartaJakartaJakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
- Jerusalem
- JohannesburgJohannesburgJohannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
- TokyoTokyo, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
- Port MoresbyPort MoresbyPort Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43...
On 1 November 2010, the ABC announced that it would establish a news bureau in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
from early 2011. The establishment of an Afghanistan presence brings the ABC's total number of international news bureaux to thirteen.
Overseas Correspondents
- Sean Dorney - Pacific
- Liam Fox - Papua New Guinea
- Dominique Schwartz - New Zealand
- Sally SaraSally SaraSally Jane Sara AM is an Australian journalist and TV presenter. Currently she is the ABC's Afghanistan correspondent.- Background :...
- Afghanistan - Zoe Daniel - South East Asia
- Mark Willacy - North Asia
- Ben KnightBen KnightBen Knight is a typographic coordinator for the United Nations. In 2002, Knight joined the UN in New York City where he started working closely with Maxim Zhukov to help with multilingual typographic design teaching, solutions, and co-ordination. Knight took over the responsibility UN typographic...
- Middle East - Anne Barker - South Asia
- Matt BrownMatt BrownMatt Brown may refer to:*Matt Brown , former Member for Kiama and former Minister of Tourism and Housing in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Australia...
- Indonesia - Stephen McDonell - China
- Emma AlbericiEmma AlbericiEmma Alberici is currently the Europe Correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She was formerly the Finance reporter on The 7.30 Report, presenter of the now defunct "Business Breakfast", then general finance reporter for ABC TV and Radio.Previously she was a reporter and...
- Europe - Philip Williams - Europe
- Rachael Brown - London
- Norman Hermant - Moscow
- Michael Brissenden - Washington
- Lisa MillarLisa MillarLisa Millar is an Australian Walkley Award winning journalist, primarily employed as a reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, who is currently the Chief of the ABC Washington Bureau....
- Washington - Jane Cowan - North America
- Ginny Stein - Africa