''First Edition'', sometimes written as 1st Edition, is an Australian

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broadcast by the

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from 1993 to 1996. It was first launched in February 1993 and featured Doug Weller and Kate Dunstan as hosts. It was withdrawn in May "for refinement" with it being reported that it was suspended until further notice. It returned in September with host

Tony Eastley Tony Eastley is an Australian newspaper journalist and radio and television newsreader and host. Journalism career Eastley began his journalism career in the 1970s with ''The Examiner'' newspaper in Launceston, Tasmania before joining the Austra ...

and was changed from an hour long show to 30 minutes. Eastley left the show in May 1995. Kathy Bowlen became the host and was there until the show was axed in August 1996.

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{{Reflist 1993 Australian television series debuts 1996 Australian television series endings Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming Australian English-language television shows ABC News and Current Affairs