List of Australian television newsreaders and news presenters

Current presenters

National

• Jayne Azzopardi, Today News presenter
• Ros Childs, ABC News at Noon presenter
• Edwina Bartholomew, Sunrise News presenter
• Natarsha Belling, Seven National News at Noon presenter
• Lizzie Pearl, Weekend Today News presenter
• Deborah Knight, Nine Morning News presenter
• Georgie Tunny, 10 News Weekend presenter
• Narelda Jacobs, 10 News presenter
• Sally Bowrey, Weekend Sunrise News presenter
• Janice Petersen, SBS World News, presenter
• Anton Enus, SBS World News, presenter
• Ricardo Gonçalves, SBS World News Late presenter

Metropolitan

Sydney

Melbourne

Brisbane

Adelaide

Perth

Regional

Breakfast TV

Weekdays

Weekends

Former

• Good Morning Australia (Network Ten) (1981–1992)
• The Big Breakfast (Network Ten) (1992–1995)
• Breakfast (Network Ten) (2012)
• Wake Up (Network Ten) (2013–2014)

Morning TV

Weekdays

Former

• Denise (Seven Network) (1998–2001)
• Good Morning Australia (Network Ten) (1992–2005)
• 9am with David & Kim (Network Ten) (2006–2009)
• Kerri-Anne (Nine Network) (2002–2011)
• The Circle (Network Ten) (2010–2012)
• Studio 10 (Network Ten) (2013–2023)

Current public and current affairs

Longest-serving broadcasters

• Peter Hitchener, ABQ-2 (1970–1972), ABN-2 (1973–1974), GTV-9 (1974–present) – 52 Years
• Susannah Carr, ABW-2 (1974–1985), TVW-7 (1985–present) – 48 Years
• Kevin Crease, NWS-9 (1959–1976) and (1987–2007), ADS-7 (1977–1987) – 48 Years
• Bruce Paige, ABQ-2 (1975–1985), QTQ-9, (1985–1990, 1993–2009, 2010–present), TVQ-10 (1990), TNQ-7/FNQ-10 (1991–1993) – 47 Years
• Brian Henderson, TCN-9/GTV-9 (1956–2002) – 46 Years
• Rick Ardon, TVW-7 (1978–present) – 44 Years
• Mal Walden, HSV-7 (1969–1987), ATV-10 (1987–2013) – 44 Years [Following Brian Henderson's retirement, until December 2013, Walden was the 'longest continually serving presenter on Australian television' and according to himself, had presented 12,000 bulletins].
• Ian Ross, TCN-9 (1965–2001), ATN-7 (2003–2009) – 42 Years
• Peter “Murph” Murphy, TNT-9 (1984–2025) — 41 Years
• Graeme Goodings, TNT-9 (1974–1981), SAS-10 (post 1987, SAS-7) (1981–2014) – 40 Years
• David Johnston, HSV-7 (1963–1978) and (1996–2005), ATV-10 (1980–1996) – 40 Years
• Ann Sanders, TEN-10 (1985–1986), ATN-7 (1987–present) – 37 Years
• Jo Hall, GTV-9 (1979–2011, 2017–2021) – 36 Years
• Kay McGrath, TVQ-10 (1984–1987), ATN-7 (1988–1989), BTQ-7 (1989–2020) – 36 Years
• John Riddell, NWS-9 (1983–1989), SAS-7 (1990–2019) – 36 Years
• Sharyn Ghidella, TNQ (1987–1988), TVQ-10 (1989–1990), TCN-9 (1991–2006), BTQ-7 (2007–present) – 35 Years
• Jane Doyle, ABS-2 (1988), SAS-7 (1989–2022) – 34 Years
• Rob Kelvin, NWS-9 (1979–2010, 2014–2017) – 34 Years
• Rod Young, ABQ-2 (1985–2002), BTQ-7 (2002–2019) – 34 Years
• Ross Symonds, ABV-2 (1970–1982), ATN-7 (1982–2003) – 33 Years
• Bill McDonald, BTQ-7 (1987–1996, 2013–2018), TVQ-10 (1997–2012) – 31 Years
• Ron Wilson, TEN-10 (1981–2012) – 31 Years
• Jim Waley, TCN-9 (1975–2004), Sky News Australia (2009) – 30 Years
• Tom Payne, TVT-6 (1970–2000) – 30 Years
• Brian Naylor, HSV-7 (1970–1978), GTV-9 (1978–1998) – 28 Years
• James Dibble, ABN-2 (1956–1983) – 27 Years
• Juanita Phillips, TVQ-10 (1990–1993), TEN-10 (1994–1996), Sky News Australia (1997), BBC (1998–2000), CNN (2001–2003), ABN-2 (2003–present) – 27 Years
• Ian Henderson, ABV-2 (1992–2018) – 26 Years
• Geoff Raymond, HSV-7 (1956–1969), ATV-0 (1970–1972), ABV-2 (1973–1984) – 26 Years
• Roger Climpson, TCN-9 (1963–1972), ATN-7 (1972–1982) and (1989–1995) – 24 Years
• Anne Fulwood, ADS-7 (1982–1986), TEN-10 (1986–1995), ATN-7 (1995–1999, 2001–2003), HSV-7 (1999–2000) – 19 Years
• Jo Palmer, TNT-9 (2002–2018) — 18 Years
• Sir Eric Pearce, HSV-7 (1956–1957), GTV-9 (1958–1972, 1976–1978) – 17 Years
• Katrina Lee, TEN-10 (1978–1987) and (1991–1994) – 13 Years

Veteran = Critical in the development of their particular news service or long standing role as news presenter at a particular or numerous stations.

Weekly news averages 2010

NFA= no figures available

1970–1979

1970

1973

1976

1977

1978

1980–1989

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

By 27 December of that year, SAS and ADS exchanged affiliations and frequencies, SAS moving to 7 and ADS moving to the Channel 10 frequency.

1988

1989

1990–1999

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996 http://www.mediaspy.info/report/australian-television-news-and-current-affairs-presenters/

1997

1998

1999

2000–2009

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010–2019

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020–present

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

See also

• Television ratings in Australia
• List of Australian television presenters
• List of Australian television news services

References