ABC News Breakfast covers Australian national and international news, analysis, debate, finance, sport and weather. Weekdays from 6:00-9:00am (AEDT) on ABC2 and streamed live from ABC News Online, the program reports news as it breaks in Australia and around the world. News Breakfast features live crosses to ABC newsrooms across Australia and brings you the latest interviews with newsmakers around the country.
ABC News Breakfast is presented by Virginia Trioli and Joe O'Brien.
AM is ABC Radio's flagship current affairs program and is presented by Tony Eastley. For 40 years AM has been setting the day's news agenda with concise reports and analysis from journalists around Australia and around the world. The team puts together editions at 6:05am on ABC Local Radio, 7.10am on ABC Radio National and the main edition at 8am (AEST) on ABC Local Radio; plus a special Perth edition at 8am W.A. time. The 8am program is streamed live from the AM website, and podcasts of full programs or individual story items, as well as MP3s and program transcripts are all available.
Keeping you up-to-date with what's happening in our region, Radio Australia's Asia Pacific brings you the latest coverage and analysis on what's making headlines throughout Asia and the South Pacific.
With reports from across the region, Asia Pacific Business is a weekly round-up of economic conditions, regulatory changes, mergers and acquisitions, and the pitfalls and opportunities of doing business in new markets. Podcasts, MP3s and web-feeds are all available.
Asia Pacific is on Radio Australia, Monday to Friday at 10.05pm, 1.05pm and 3.05pm AEST and at various other times internationally. Asia Pacific can also be listened to on ABC Radio National, Tuesday to Saturday 12.04am and repeated at 5am. Asia-Pacific Business is on Sundays at 6.10pm, Fridays at 5.10pm and Saturdays at 12.34pm, 2.30pm, 5.30pm and 9.05pm AEST, and at various other times internationally.
Asia Pacific Focus provides a weekly analysis of the biggest stories affecting Asia and the Pacific, featuring interviews with key decision-makers from across the region. The program is on ABC1 on Sundays at 11am (AEST) and across the region on Fridays and Saturdays at various times on Australia Network. Asia Pacific Focus is presented by Jim Middleton.
Australian Story is broadcast on Mondays at 8pm on ABC1, and repeated on Saturdays at 12:30pm. Stories are 'narrated' by the subjects themselves. The program aims to present a varied and contrasting picture of contemporary Australia and Australians from many different perspectives and to contribute to the wider spectrum of coverage of issues and individuals. There are broadband specials with extended footage and interviews, and you can watch the program on iView.
Background Briefing is ABC Radio National's agenda-setting current affairs radio documentary program. It varies from week to week in style and content, sometimes doing straight investigative journalism, sometimes exploring important ideas or social issues with an 'on-the-road' documentary style. You will find profiles of politicians, analysis of behind-the-scenes issues that shape society, and sometimes an exploration of an idea. The program is on Sundays at 9am and repeated on Tuesdays at 7pm. Podcasts and RSS feeds are available.
Informing and entertaining Australian school children for more than 40 years, Behind the News is a high-energy fun way for upper primary and secondary students to learn about current issues and events in their world. The program explains the big news events of the week and provides an engaging way for children to learn about what is happening in Australia and the world.
The website is packed with kids activities, related to each weekly program, as well as broadband versions of the program. There is also an extensive teachers kit available online, to assist with the activities and tips on how to expand on the issues dealt with in the program.
There is a "Your News" section, where students can produce their own news stories and send them into the program. Behind the News is on Tuesdays at 10:00am on ABC1 and repeated on Wednesdays at 10:30am.
Correspondents Report is broadcast on ABC Radio National every Sunday morning at 8:05am. The program has built up a solid reputation as one of the most authoritative sources of international news analysis on Australian radio. Correspondents Report provides a unique insight into the developments shaping our world, and reveals the sharp observation of some of the ABC's most experienced correspondents. As well as covering major stories at a level of detail not always possible during the week, it gives ABC foreign journalists the opportunity to reflect on the societies and cultures in which they are based.
Foreign Correspondent has been Australia's leading international current affairs program since 1992. In 18 years reporters, producers, camera operators and sound recordists have travelled more than 170 countries and produced more than 1,500 reports.
The program draws on the ABC's extensive network of international correspondents and a Sydney-based reporting and production team and is hosted by Mark Corcoran.
Foreign Correspondent reports on major international issues but it also travels to places where reporters and camera operators are less welcome - investigating stories that governments don't want told.
The program is broadcast on ABC 1 on Tuesdays at 8pm (AEDT) and on Australia Network at the same time and repeated later in the schedule. You can also watch it on iView or from the Foreign Correspondent website.
Foreign Correspondent stories are also regularly re-broadcast by more than 20 international networks, including CNN International, Al Jazeera, NHK Japan and TV NZ.
Four Corners is Australia's premier television current affairs program. It has been part of the national story since August 1961, exposing scandals, triggering inquiries, firing debate, confronting taboos and interpreting fads, trends and sub-cultures.
Next year the program will celebrate 50 years on-air.
Its consistently high standards of journalism and film-making have earned international recognition and an array of awards. Four Corners has a series of special broadband editions with extended analysis and extra background information and resources. Four Corners is on ABC1 on Mondays at 8.30pm and repeated on Wednesdays at 11.35pm and can be seen on iView.
Each Sunday at 10am on ABC1, Inside Business provides news and analysis from the corporate world around Australia. Presented by Alan Kohler, one of Australia's leading financial journalists, the program combines interviews with newsmakers and examination of the issues making waves each week, with hard business news stories. Inside Business is on ABC TV at 10am on Sundays. You can watch the broadband versions of the features stories, as well as read program transcripts online.
Presented by Barrie Cassidy, Insiders is a fast-moving treatment of national affairs with interviews, discussion, and analysis. Each week the program brings together the experience and insights of leading political commentators and other contributors representing a wide range of opinions.
Insiders also gives Australians a chance to air their views on problems or issues that affect them in a special segment called 'Your Shout'. Podcasts are available and you can watch the broadband versions, as well as read program transcripts. The program is on ABC1 every Sunday at 9am to10am and can also be watched on iView.
Landline is Australia's national rural issues program and is presented by Anne Kruger. The full hour of Landline can be seen on Sundays at noon on ABC1 and is repeated the following Monday at 11am.
Since 1991 this program has been ABC-TV's main vehicle for current affairs coverage of regional / rural issues and events.
Landline typically features stories, ranging across agri-politics and economics, business and product innovation, animal and crop science, regional infrastructure, climate and weather trends, regional and rural services, music and lifestyle.
As much as anything Landline's enduring popularity is based on its ability to explain and contextualise the issues affecting Australians living and working in the bush to those living in our big cities.
Landline is broadcast on the Australia Network on Saturdays at various times and is also available on iView.
Lateline is a unique nightly news analysis program bringing you up-to-the-minute coverage of Australian and international news and events. The program is on Monday to Friday at 10.30pm and is presented by Leigh Sales, Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, and Tony Jones on Wednesdays and Thursdays. In 2010, the program celebrates 20 years on ABC television.
The program engages the foremost experts or commentators - wherever in the world they may be - to bring you insights from a range of perspectives. If they're making news, launching new ideas, or at the forefront of debate, the team at Lateline will track them down and bring them to you.
Video, vodcasts and transcripts of stories and interviews are all available on the website.
Transcript archives go back to 1998 and programs are available on iView.
Lateline Business forms the second half of a comprehensive late-night ABC news hour starting with Lateline and is on ABC1 at 11pm.
Regular host Ali Moore is currently presenting Business Today on Australia Network, and Whitney Fitzsimmons is in the chair. Whitney usually presents Business Today.
The program goes beyond the headlines and examines the issues that are driving the world of business and finance, and shaping the day ahead on the markets. Programs are available on iView, as well as vodcasts, broadband video and program transcripts.
News on 3 is hosted by Behind the News presenter Nathan Bazley and is a 10-minute action-packed bulletin, featuring the top news stories and issues of the day.
News on 3 is targeted at primary and junior secondary school kids. The news bulletins are on Monday to Friday, 4:25pm and 6:55pm on the kids channel ABC3.
Australia Network's flagship current affairs program, Newsline provides in-depth analysis of major news events around the region and the world.
Anchor Jim Middleton draws on 40 years experience to bring you the news behind the headlines. Newsline features interviews, in-depth reports and insights into the issues affecting you and your world today.
With correspondents in Beijing, Tokyo, Jakarta, New Delhi, Bangkok, the Middle East, Moscow, London, Washington, Canberra, Auckland and the Pacific, Newsline is the ideal way to keep up with what's important across the globe.
The program is on Monday to Friday at various international times.
Barrie Cassidy presents Offsiders on ABC1 each Sunday at 10:30am. A program for anyone who's serious about sport, Offsiders provides challenging, insightful, humorous debates about the topic that dominates weekends - sport. Each week the program brings together the experience and insights of leading sporting commentators and other contributors representing a wide range of opinions. If you miss the program, you can watch the broadband edition.
PM is one of the grand institutions of Australian public broadcasting. For more than four decades, the program has been reporting on Australia and the world. It was the first Australian current affairs program to use journalists, not announcers or actors, as hosts.
PM's timeslot at the end of the day has always given it a strong position from which to produce commentary and analysis on the political events of the moment, both in Canberra and the state capitals and provide the latest reports on the news events of the day. PM is hosted by Mark Colvin. The program is streamed live from the PM website and podcasts of the full program or individual story items, as well as MP3s and program transcripts are available. PM is on Monday to Friday on Radio National after the 5pm news and after the 6pm news on ABC Local Radio.
Broadcast on ABC1 every Friday at 7:30pm, Stateline provides the best analysis of local politics and current issues that affect people in their own state or territory. There are eight local editions, with a presenter for each. All the programs have their own unique local style and also include colourful stories about people and places in their region. Stateline is repeated on ABC1 on Saturdays at midday.
A national interview program, Sunday Profile focuses on key issues in Australia, providing listeners with detailed analysis of stories and background information and key interviews with major players. Presenter, Monica Attard talks to people in the news about the news. Monica has hosted the program since 2002. She took much of 2006 off to focus on her TV duties with Media Watch, but is back in 2007. Sunday Profile is on ABC Local Radio at 9.05pm and you can also listen to the program live online. MP3s and program transcripts are also available.
The 7.30 Report is the ABC's national flagship TV current affairs program, compered by one of Australia's most respected and experienced journalists, Kerry O'Brien. Monday to Thursday, The 7.30 Report provides in-depth coverage and analysis of the major daily news events - both domestic and international.
The program's imperative is to provide up-to-the minute, balanced coverage of the most important issues of the day whether they be political, economic, medical, environmental, social, sporting or cultural.
The program can be watched on iView the following day, and vodcasts and broadband versions of feature stories are available, as well as extended interview material and program transcripts.
The Midday Report is on ABC1, Monday to Friday at noon and streamed live from ABC News Online. The program provides the latest national and international news and has a business focus, with the latest stock market information and what's happening in the world of finance. The Midday Report is presented by Ros Childs. A Perth edition of the program is also done each day.
As its name implies, The World Today reports Australia's place in the world and the way that international issues affect us.
Broadcast around the nation at lunchtime (at noon on ABC Local Radio and ABC Radio National, an hour later in rural Australia) The World Today is essential listening, midway between its stable-mate programs AM and PM, by which time significant stories have developed here and overseas, particularly in Asia, the Pacific and North America.
ABC reporters around Australia and overseas correspondents file up to the minute reports, presented by Eleanor Hall.
The World Today covers breaking stories and gives you all the background and analysis you'll need. With its broader format, The World Today takes you to places other daily current affairs programs rarely reach.
The program is streamed live and podcasts, MP3s and transcripts are all available.
| 11:00am | Landline |
| 12:00pm | Midday Report |
| 7:00pm | ABC News (NSW) |
| 7:30pm | The 7.30 Report |
| 8:00pm | Australian Story |
| 8:30pm | Four Corners |
| 10:35pm | Lateline |
| 11:10pm | Lateline Business |
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AEDT = Australian Eastern Daylight Time which is 11 hours ahead of UTC (Greenwich Mean Time)
