''Prime7 News'' was a local television news service in parts of regional

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, produced by

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. A statewide national bulletin, 5 full local news bulletins, and news update services was presented from Prime Media's National Headquarters in

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to viewers in Regional NSW, ACT, Regional VIC and Gold Coast QLD. As a

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owned-and-operated station, it also broadcast: * ''Seven News * ''NBC Today'' * ''Seven Early News'' * ''Sunrise'' * ''The Morning Show'' * ''Seven Morning News'' * ''Seven News At 4'' * ''Seven News The Latest'' * ''Weekend Sunrise'' * ''The Morning Show Weekend'' * ''Seven Weekend News''

Regional services

''Prime7 Local News''

Prime7's flagship bulletin aired at 6pm in five distinct local editions for the Border, Central West, North West, North Coast and Wagga Wagga broadcast regions. The bulletins were presented by Madelaine Collignon, with Kirstie Fitzpatrick as the weather presenter. Each region had five reporters while the North Coast has four separate bureaus with its own reporter, such as

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's Samantha Crowe. Presentation used to be presented separately from Prime Television's launch after aggregation, including full local news services for the Gold Coast, Canberra, Wollongong and Newcastle; currently, the network's full bulletin regions were reduced to five, and production of these were centralised from Prime7's headquarters in Canberra. Separate presentations remained for Northern and Southern New South Wales until 13 February 2017, when Prime7 Local News became a single unified presentation. Since the closure of the Tamworth studios in April 2015, the North West edition of the bulletin used to broadcast live from Canberra; it has since then exchanged years later to the NSW North Coast edition, Prime7's largest market with a full bulletin service. Since 2015, the latest bulletins from each of the five regions become available to watch on their respective YouTube pages for 30 days after broadcast. Following Seven West Media's purchase of Prime Media in 2021, video on demand for these five bulletins were also made available on Seven's streaming service

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from early 2022. In July 2022, the “Prime7 News” branding was retired and it now falls under the

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brand.

''Prime7 News at 6:30''

Until 21 February 2014, Prime7 broadcast a delayed ''

'' into areas that receive full ''Prime7 Local News'' bulletins on weeknights. Since 24 February 2014, Prime7 produced its own live bulletin due to the extension of ''Seven News'' to one hour on the eastern seaboard. This was presented by Daniel Gibson at 6:30pm, and covered national and international news that were being broadcast by Seven News in its metropolitan counterparts. Kirstie Fitzpatrick presented the expanded weather forecast, which features state, East Coast metropolitan cities and national weather. The statewide edition, however, did not cover across the entire New South Wales. Albury (which was served by sister station AMV in Victoria) didn't receive this bulletin and continued to receive an edited version of ''Seven News Melbourne'', which had been trimmed down to 30 minutes. The edited version featured the first half before joining live for sports and weather.

Local news updates

The news bulletins for the Gold Coast was axed in 2000, and those for

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, and

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were discontinued in 2001. At the same time, the network's Moree news bureau, which provided stories for the Tamworth bulletin, was closed. This, as well as the closure of bulletins by

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in parts of

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and

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, prompted an investigation by the

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. New rules were later set out requiring regional stations to offer minimum levels of local content, over a six-week period. Two-minute news updates were introduced to Newcastle, Wollongong and Canberra in 2004. There are also updates presented for Western Victoria, Central Victoria and Gippsland. These were presented by Phoebe Deas with weather presented by Daniel Gibson. Craig Moore presented weekend weather updates across the Prime7 broadcast area. Prime7's Gold Coast transmitters did not carry any local news updates, as it is not a regional market required, by law, to fulfil minimum quota rules; those getting local news rely instead on Seven's GC transmitters carrying opt-outs from Brisbane's

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, including its weeknight ''Seven Gold Coast News'' bulletins.

Notable personalities

A number of well-known

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and television personalities began their careers at Prime7 News, including: * Former ''Seven News'' Canberra correspondent and current ''10 News First Perth'' reporter Natalie Forrest * Former ''

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'' co-host

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* '' The Morning Show'' co-host

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* Former ''

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'' and

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host

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. * Current ''

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'' reporter Shannon Marshall-McCormack * Current ''

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References

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