''News Breakfast'' is an Australian news

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program. It is broadcast on ABC TV and ABC News channel from 6:00 am to 9:00 am AEST or AEDT on weekdays and is hosted by James Glenday and Bridget Brennan. The program is also streamed live on

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to anyone in Australia, and the

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channel for those in the Asia-Pacific region.

History

The program commenced broadcasting on 3 November 2008 as ''ABC News Breakfast'' on

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, with hosts

Virginia Trioli Virginia Frances Trioli (born 16 August 1965) is an Australian journalist, author, radio and television presenter. Career Born in Bendigo, Trioli attended Donvale High School and graduated from La Trobe University in the 1980s with a Bachelo ...

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(Monday-Thursday) and Joe O'Brien (Friday), sport presenter

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and weather presenter Vanessa O'Hanlon. ''News Breakfast'' is currently hosted by James Glenday and Bridget Brennan and is broadcast on ABC TV and

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. They are joined by news presenter Emma Rebellato, sport presenter Catherine Murphy and weather presenter Nate Byrne. Tyson Shine is the program's executive producer. In January 2009, O'Brien replaced Cassidy as a full-time co-host with Cassidy continuing to appear on the program providing political commentary. In June 2010, Michael Rowland replaced O'Brien, who moved back to Sydney to present ABC ''News Mornings'' on

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. In May 2011, the program moved to the ABC, with children's programming moving to ABC2 and

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. In November 2011, it was announced that the ''ABC News Breakfast'' brand would expand to the weekend with ''Weekend Breakfast'' hosted by Andrew Geoghegan and Miriam Corowa. In January 2014, ''ABC News Breakfast'' had an extensive makeover, launching a larger new and improved set with three different individual presenting areas. The set includes a news desk, a newswall presenting area and a soft set with seating. The new set kept the existing couch that has been seen on air since the show's launch. In April 2017, following the refresh of the ''

'' brand, the show rebranded to ''News Breakfast''. In May 2019, Trioli announced she will leave ''News Breakfast'' to replace

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as the ''Mornings'' presenter on

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. In June 2019, the ABC announced that

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would succeed

, commencing on 19 August. Trioli finished on the show on 16 August. In November 2023, the ABC announced that Bridget Brennan will join the show as news presenter and co-host the show one day per week whilst Lisa Millar works on other projects. In July 2024, Millar announced she will leave ''News Breakfast'', to focus on other projects across the ABC. Her last show was on 23 August 2024. Bridget Brennan has been announced as Millar's replacement. In November 2024, Rowland announced that he will leave ''News Breakfast'' after almost 15 years so he can focus on other parts of his career within the ABC. His last show was on 13 December 2024. In December 2024, ABC announced that former ''ABC News'' correspondent and ''ABC News ACT'' presenter James Glenday will replace Rowland from 20 January 2025. Catherine Murphy will also join the team as sport presenter.

Format

''News Breakfast'' covers the latest news, analysis, debate, finance, sport and weather. It draws upon the resources of ABC newsrooms and radio programs across Australia and the world. The program is broadcast live on ABC TV and ABC News channel in the states of

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Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

and

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all-year round. It is broadcast on a 30-minute delay in

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(all-year) and the

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(wintertime). On wintertime,

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broadcasts the program live, while

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airs the program on a two-hour delay. During summer, when only some Australian states adopt daylight saving time, Queensland receives the program on a one-hour delay, a 90-minute delay in the

and on a three-hour delay in Western Australia. Either way, the ABC News channel broadcasts the program live across Australia from 6:00 am AEST/AEDT.

''Weekend Breakfast''

''Weekend Breakfast'' is a mix of live breaking news and discussion, interviews with newsmakers and the weekend sport and weather hosted by Johanna Nicholson and

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. The show began on 4 February 2012 and airs from 7:00 am to 11:00 am on weekend mornings on the ABC News channel. It is simulcast on the ABC TV on Sunday mornings from 7:00 am to 9:00 am.

''The Breakfast Couch''

''The Breakfast Couch'' is a highlights show which covers the best arts and entertainment chats from the previous week on ''News Breakfast''. The show began on 12 August 2017.

Presenters and reporters

News Breakfast

Weekend Breakfast

Fill-in presenters

Current presenters who have been fill-in hosts or co-hosts of ''News Breakfast'' in recent times include Emma Rebellato, Stephanie Ferrier, Stephanie March,

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, Catherine Murphy, Margaret Paul, Iskhandar Razak and Daniel Ziffer. Fill-in presenters for other roles: * News: Charles Brice, Sana Qadar and Thomas Oriti * Sport: Charles Brice, Arianna Levy, and Tom Maddocks * Weather: Stephanie Ferrier and Danny Tran Other presenters who have filled in presenting ''News Breakfast'' in the past include Ali Moore,

Jeremy Fernandez Jeremy Fernandez is an Australian journalist and television news presenter with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Fernandez is currently weeknight presenter of '' ABC News NSW'' in Sydney. Early life and education Fernandez was ...

, Kumi Taguchi,

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Emma Alberici Emma Alberici (born 3 February 1970) is an Australian journalist and former foreign correspondent who was the chief economics correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television network. Alberici was until 2017 the presen ...

, Hamish Macdonald, Bridget Brennan, Mary Gearin, James Glenday, Madeleine Morris, Zoe Daniel, John Barron,

Georgie Tunny Georgina “Georgie” Tunny (born 24 January 1991) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. She is best known for her work as a co-host of Network 10's '' The Project'' and was a presenter on ABC's ''News Breakfast''. Early life ...

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, Sara James,

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, Frances Bell, Karina Carvalho, Melissa Clarke and

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Former presenters

News Breakfast

Weekend Breakfast

Regulars

The program features a number of regular segments and guests which appear each morning discussing the latest news and politics. * Alice Zaslavsky – Food *

– Politics *Katherine Tulich – Entertainment *Sose Fuamoli and Lucy Smith – The Beat * Zak Hepburn – Films

References

External links

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"Meet the new team for Breakfast"
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