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Simon Robinson was appointed director of ABC News (Australia) on the 28th of May 2026. He is the latest in a series of directors that has included Justin Stevens, Gaven Morris, Kate Torney and John Cameron since 2004.
ABC News 24, now known as ABC News Channel, officially launched at 7:30 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time on the 22nd of July 2010, simulcasting its first hour of transmission on ABC1.
ABC News uses a theme composed by Tony Ansell and Peter Wall, first introduced in 1985 and used for 20 years. It was revived in an updated form in August 2024 as part of a rebrand, remastered by David McDonald.
ABC News launched its first fully independent news bulletin on the 1st of June 1947, after years of negotiation with the Australian Government.
In March 2024, ABC News won the 2023 Gold Lizzie for Best Title at the IT Journalism Awards, a shared honour between ABC News Story Lab and ABC Radio, plus Best Gaming Coverage and Best News Coverage for three stories about data breaches affecting Australians.
General Douglas MacArthur, who set up his wartime headquarters in Australia, banned weather forecasts on Australian radio, including the ABC, on the theory that they might help the enemy. He also ordered every station to broadcast only three simultaneous news bulletins a day, at 7:45 am, midday and 7 pm.