About Us
7.30 provides the best analysis of local, national and international events from an Australian perspective, weeknights on ABC.
7.30 is available on iView or through repeats on ABC News 24 in the late evenings (a schedule and live stream is available at www.abc.net.au/abcnews24).
Story items and full state-editions of 7.30 are archived online and can be seen at www.abc.net.au/7.30/archive.htm
Program history
ABC TV launched The 7.30 Report in 1986.
The program was state-based until the end of 1995, with presenters around the country including Trisha Goddard, Mary Delahunty, Alan Carpenter, Genevieve Hussy, Andrew Olle and Quentin Dempster.
In 1996, one of Australia's most respected and experienced journalists, Kerry O'Brien, became presenter and editor of a national 7.30 Report and he anchored the program until the end of 2010.
On Monday 7 March, 2011, the program went to air with a new look, a new name, and new hosts, Leigh Sales and Chris Uhlmann.
7.30 Team
Leigh Sales: Anchor
Until 2011, Leigh Sales anchored the prestigious Lateline program, interviewing major figures including Hillary Clinton, Tony Blair and Henry Kissinger.
From 2001 to 2005, she was the ABC's Washington Correspondent, covering stories including the aftermath of September 11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the 2004 Presidential election and Hurricane Katrina. From 2006 to 2008, Leigh was the ABC's National Security Correspondent, before joining Lateline.
In 2005, Leigh won a Walkley Award, Australia's highest journalism honour, for her coverage of Guantanamo Bay and the case of David Hicks. Her subsequent book, Detainee 002, was shortlisted for the 2008 Victorian Premier's Literary Prize and won the 2007 George Munster award for independent journalism.
Leigh worked for the Nine Network before joining the ABC and her writing has appeared in The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Monthly, The Spectator and The Australian Literary Review.
Around Australia
SYDNEY
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CANBERRA
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MELBOURNE
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HOBART
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PERTH
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DARWIN
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BRISBANE
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Contact Us
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