''Meet the Press'' was an Australian

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focused on the national political agenda, as well as other news, sport and lifestyle issues.

History

''Meet the Press'' was originally a radio and television

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between 3DB and

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in Melbourne. It commenced in 1957, the very early days of television, well before the simultaneous national broadcasting of programs was possible. The original moderator was

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journalist Frederick Howard. (The HWT then owned both 3DB and HSV-7.) The radio version was somewhat short-lived but the television program lasted for some time. The

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version of the program was hosted by former Network Ten news presenter Kathryn Robinson and aired on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am. It ran from October 1992. The program's first guest was the then prime minister,

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. As a

, usually the format included two guests – a politician and a guest who might be a politician or industry expert. A panel of two journalists joined the presenter to question the guests on the week's political issues and news. Prior to 2013 the Parliament House bureau chief and political editor

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shared the presenting role with

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on alternate weeks. From the show's beginning in 1992 until the end of 2011, the show and production was based at Sydney's Studios. In 2012, the studio production moved to the Networks

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Studios

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and with the change in format, production moved back to Sydney in the Fox Sports studio (owned by producer News Limited).

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was the original host of the program until Paul Bongiorno replaced him in 1996. Former '' Ten Eyewitness News Sydney'' presenter

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shared the presenting role with Bongiorno from 2000 until 2009. In 2010, ''

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s senior political correspondent, Hugh Riminton, joined the program to share the presenting role with Bongiorno. In 2013, former

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'' news presenter Kathryn Robinson was announced as the new host of the show. In 2014, the show was put on hiatus and has not returned.

Logos

File:Meet The Press logo.JPG, Logo used until 4 December 2011 File:Meet the Press Australia logo.png, Logo used from 5 February 2012 – 2 December 2012

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