News Breakfast

The program commenced broadcasting on 3 November 2008 as ABC News Breakfast on ABC2 (now ABC TV Plus), with hosts Virginia Trioli, Barrie Cassidy (Monday-Thursday) and Joe O'Brien (Friday), sport presenter Paul Kennedy and weather presenter Vanessa O'Hanlon.[1][2]

News Breakfast is currently hosted by Michael Rowland and Lisa Millar and is broadcast on ABC TV and ABC News. They are joined by sport presenter Paul Kennedy, finance presenter Madeleine Morris and weather presenter Nate Byrne. Emily Butselaar 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 ABC News 24. (now ABC News)

In May 2011, the program moved to ABC, with children's programming moving to ABC2 (now ABC TV Plus) and ABC3 (now ABC Me)

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.[3]

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 ABC News brand, the show rebranded to News Breakfast.[4]

In May 2019, Trioli announced she will leave News Breakfast to replace Jon Faine as the Mornings presenter on ABC Radio Melbourne.[5]

In June 2019, ABC announced that Lisa Millar would succeed Virginia Trioli, commencing on 19 August.[6] Trioli finished on the show on 16 August.[7]

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 in the states of New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania all-year round. It is broadcast on a 30-minute delay in South Australia (all-year) and the Northern Territory (wintertime). On wintertime, Queensland broadcasts the program live, while Western Australia 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 Northern Territory 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.

Current presenters who have been fill-in hosts or co-hosts of News Breakfast in recent times include Paul Kennedy, Madeleine Morris, Mary Gearin, David Speers, Hamish MacDonald, Georgie Tunny, Ali Moore and Iskhandar Razak.

Fill-in presenters for other roles:

• Sport: Georgie Tunny, Catherine Murphy and Elias Clure
• Weather: Georgie Tunny, James Hancock and Lara Hyams

Other presenters who have either filled in presenting News Breakfast in the past include Jeremy Fernandez, Kumi Taguchi, Del Irani, Emma Alberici, Zoe Daniel, John Barron, Greg Jennett, Sara James, Beverley O'Connor, Frances Bell, Karina Carvalho, Melissa Clarke and Tamara Oudyn.

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

• Alice Zaslavsky – Food
• Barrie Cassidy – Politics
• Katherine Tulich – Entertainment
• Zan Rowe – "The Beat"
• Zak Hepburn – Films

• Official website
• "Meet the new team for Breakfast", TVTonight.com.au