The 7.30 Report | |
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Genre | News, Current Affairs |
Presented by |
Leigh Sales Chris Uhlmann Kerry O'Brien (1995-2010) |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 25 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Ben Hawke |
Producer(s) | Clay Hichens, Phil Kwok |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network |
ABC1 ABC News 24 |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
Original release | January 1986 – 4 March 2011 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by |
Nationwide This Day Tonight |
Followed by | 7.30 |
External links | |
Website |
The 7.30 Report is an Australian nightly television current affairs program, that was shown on ABC1 and ABC News 24 at 7.30pm, Mondays–Thursdays. Its sister program, Stateline was shown at the same time on Friday nights.
In 2011, it was replaced by 7.30, a revamped current affairs program presented by Leigh Sales and Chris Uhlmann.Leigh Sales is currently the main presenter.
The 7.30 Report began in January 1986, screening Tuesday to Friday evenings. The program extended to Mondays the following year.
Until the end of 1994 the program had separate editions for each state, presented by Alan Carpenter, Mary Delahunty, Quentin Dempster, Trisha Goddard, Sarah Henderson, Genevieve Hussey, John Jost, Leigh McClusky, Kelly Nestor, and Andrew Olle. Kerry O'Brien took over as the presenter of the national program in 1995, with Maxine McKew serving as the main relief presenter until 2006.
O'Brien remained the editor and presenter of the program from the time it went national. He announced in 2010 that he would be leaving at the end of the year. He presented his final edition of the program on 9 December 2010.
In November 2014, ABC announced that local editions of 7.30 would be axed due to funding cuts.
The ABC announced in December 2010 that the program would return in 2011 in a new form, under the name 7.30. The revamped program is presented by Leigh Sales from Sydney. Chris Uhlmann is 7.30's political editor and Canberra presenter.