ABC News Programs

7.30

7.30 provides the best analysis of local, national and international events from an Australian perspective, weeknights on ABC.

Leigh Sales anchors the program with political correspondent Andrew Probyn covering the federal political stories of the day from Canberra.

The program's imperative is to provide up-to-the minute, balanced coverage of the most important issues of the day whether they be political, economic, medical, environmental, social, sporting or cultural.

You can catch-up on iview, and story items and full state-editions of 7.30 are archived online and can be seen here.

Follow on Twitter: @abc730 @leighsales @AndrewProbyn

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ABC News Breakfast

Start the day with quality news, incisive analysis and intelligent debate. Hosted by Michael Rowland and Virginia Trioli, sport with Paul Kennedy, finance with Del Irani and extensive coverage by reporters around Australia and the world. The program reports news as it breaks, weekdays from 6:00-9:00am (AEST) on ABC TV and the ABC News channel, and streamed live from ABC News Digital.

Follow on Twitter: BreakfastNews @LaTrioli @mjrowland68 @paulwkennedy @del_irani

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ABC News with Ros Childs

Ros Childs presents the latest from ABC News, following the day's top stories and coverage of events as they unfold. Plus comprehensive analysis and original reporting from ABC reporters around Australia and the world. Simulcast Monday to Friday, at midday on ABC TV and the ABC News channel or watch on iview.

Australian Story

Australian Story is broadcast on Mondays at 8pm on ABC and repeated on Saturdays at noon. Stories are 'narrated' by the subjects themselves. The program aims to present a varied and contrasting picture of contemporary Australia and Australians from many different perspectives and to contribute to the wider spectrum of coverage of issues and individuals. You can watch the program on iview. The program is also repeated on the ABC News channel on Sundays at 6:30pm.

Follow on Twitter: @AustralianStory

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Background Briefing

Background Briefing is ABC Radio National's agenda-setting current affairs radio documentary program. Investigative journalism at its finest, exploring the issues of the day and examining society in a lively on-the-road documentary style. The program is on Sundays at 8am as part of Sunday Extra with Jonathan Green, and is repeated on Tuesdays at 2pm.

Follow on Twitter: @RadioNational

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Behind the News

Behind the News is on at 10:00am on Tuesdays on ABC ME or watch on iview.

Informing and entertaining Australian school children for more than 45 years, Behind the News is a high-energy, fun way for upper primary and secondary students to learn about current issues and events in their world. Presented by Nathan Bazley, the program explains the big news events of the week and provides an engaging way for children to learn about what is happening in Australia and the world.

The website is packed with kids activities, related to each weekly program, as well as the latest stories from the program. There are also an extensive teacher's resources available online to assist with the activities and tips on how to expand on the issues dealt with in the program.

Follow on Twitter: @BehindtheNews

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Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent has been Australia's leading international current affairs program since 1992. For more than 25 years reporters, producers, camera operators and sound recordists have travelled to just about every corner of the world - sometimes dangerous, often remote - in pursuit of stories that could be confronting and challenging, heart-warming and moving. The next season return is November 27, 2017. You can watch programs from earlier this year at the Foreign Correspondent website.

Follow on Twitter: @ForeignOfficial Connect on Facebook

Four Corners

Four Corners is Australia's premier television current affairs program and has been part of the national story for more than 55 years. Since August 1961 the program has been exposing scandals, triggering inquiries, firing debate, confronting taboos and interpreting fads, trends and sub-cultures.

Its consistently high standards of journalism and film-making have earned international recognition and an array of awards. Four Corners has a series of special broadband editions with extended analysis and extra background information and resources. Four Corners is on ABC on Mondays at 8:30pm and repeated on Tuesdays at 10.00am. It can be seen on the ABC News channel on Saturdays at 8pm and you can catch up on iview.

Follow on Twitter: @4corners

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Insiders

Presented by Barrie Cassidy, Insiders is a fast-moving treatment of national affairs with interviews, discussion, and analysis. Each week the program brings together the experience and insights of leading political commentators and other contributors representing a wide range of opinions.

Podcasts are available and you can watch the broadband versions, as well as read program transcripts. The program is on ABC and the ABC News channel every Sunday at 9am to 10am and can also be watched on iview.

Follow on Twitter: @InsidersABC

Landline

Landline is Australia's national rural issues program and is presented by Pip Courtney. The full hour of Landline can be seen on Sundays at noon on ABC and is repeated the following Monday at 10am.

Since 1991 this program has been ABC TV's main vehicle for current affairs coverage of regional/rural issues and events. Landline typically features stories, ranging across agri-politics and economics, business and product innovation, animal and crop science, regional infrastructure, climate and weather trends, regional and rural services, music and lifestyle.

As much as anything Landline's enduring popularity is based on its ability to explain and contextualise the issues affecting Australians living and working in the bush to those living in our big cities.

You can catch up on episodes on iview.

Follow on Twitter: @abclandline @pipcourtney

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Lateline

Hosted by Emma Alberici (Monday to Thursday nights) and David Lipson (Fridays), the award-winning program breaks stories and sets the agenda, with original journalism and investigations.

Lateline provides an intelligent window on the world, informing and challenging the audience with quality analysis, combined with a fresh approach to telling important stories.

With insightful interviews on a wide range of topics, Lateline is the "brain food" for those with an appetite for discussion and debate.

With an established reputation and a broadcasting history of more than 25 years, Lateline continues to remain relevant in an ever changing media landscape.

Follow on Twitter: @Lateline

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Offsiders

Gerard Whately presents Offsiders on ABC each Sunday at 10:00am and repeated on the ABC News channel at 11:30pm (AEST). A program for anyone who's serious about sport, Offsiders provides challenging, insightful, humorous debates about the topic that dominates weekends - sport. Each week the program brings together the experience and insights of leading sporting commentators and other contributors representing a wide range of opinions. If you miss the program, you can watch the broadband edition.

Follow on Twitter: @OffsidersABC

Q&A

It doesn't matter who you are, or where you're from - everyone can have a go and take it up to our politicians and opinion makers.

Q&A is live to air - happening as viewers watch – and it’s all about encouraging people to engage with politics and society.

If you want a chance to ask the questions, register online now, submit a video question or tweet your question during the program using #QandA and @qanda

Watch live on Mondays at 9.30pm on ABC.

Weekend Breakfast

Hosted by Miriam Corowa and Andrew Geoghegan, Weekend Breakfast covers the latest news from around Australia and the world, with in-depth analysis and interviews, as well as regular news updates, sport, weather and what's happening in the arts. Weekend Breakfast is on the ABC News channel from 7:00am (AEST) and simulcast on Sundays on ABC.

Follow on Twitter: @MiriamCorowa @abcAndrewG

AM

AM is ABC Radio's flagship current affairs program presented by Sabra Lane. For more than 50 years AM has been setting the day's news agenda with concise reports and analysis from journalists around Australia and around the world.

The AM team puts together editions at 6:05am on ABC Radio, 7.10am on ABC RN and the main edition at 8am on ABC Radio. A special Perth edition is at 8am, Western Australia time. The program is streamed live online and you can listen to full programs or individual story items. Or download the podcast version. 

Follow on Twitter: @amworldtodaypm @SabraLane

Correspondents Report

Correspondents Report is broadcast on ABC Radio National every Sunday morning at 7:00am and is presented by Elizabeth Jackson. The program provides a unique insight into the developments shaping our world, and reveals the sharp observation of some of the ABC's most experienced correspondents. In Correspondents Report, the ABC's overseas reporters give their interpretation and analysis of the week's major events, reflecting on the societies and cultures in which they are based.

Download the podcast here.

PM

PM is one of the grand institutions of Australian public broadcasting. For more than four decades, the program has been reporting on Australia and the world. The program gives you a comprehensive review and debate of national and international current affairs.

PM's timeslot at the end of the day has always given it a strong position from which to produce commentary and analysis on the political events of the moment, both in Canberra and the state capitals and provide the latest reports on the news events of the day.

On ABC Radio and streamed live online as well as podcast versions and audio on demand of the full program or individual story items, are available. PM is on Monday to Friday on RN after the 5pm ABC News and after the 6pm news on ABC Radio.

The World Today

As its name implies, The World Today reports Australia's place in the world and the way that international issues affect us. Presented by Eleanor Hall, the program is broadcast around the nation at 12.10pm on ABC Radio and ABC RN. The World Today is essential listening, midway between its stable-mate programs AM and PM, by which time significant stories have developed here and overseas, particularly in Asia, the Pacific and North America.

ABC reporters around Australia and overseas correspondents file up to the minute reports, covering breaking stories and giving you all the background and analysis you'll need. The program is streamed live and podcasts, MP3s and transcripts are all available.