is revamping its daily schedule to strengthen its breaking and rolling news coverage.

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2 Australia s number one news channel will broadcast extended news programs across the day, and introduce a two presenter format to afternoons and evenings. is revamping its daily schedule to strengthen its breaking and rolling news coverage. Joe O Brien presents extended coverge from 9.00am. At 12.00pm Ros Childs will host an extended three hour news program with a focus on business and politics. Tony Eastley and Kim Landers will host the afternoons from 3:00pm to 5:30pm. Scott Bevan and Kumi Taguchi will host evenings from 7:00pm to 8:30pm. The two host format will provide a more conversational style in programs that deliver the latest news and analysis. Later in the evening a new look version of The World will be hosted by Jim Middleton and Zoe Daniel. The daily political affairs program, Capital Hill, moves to an earlier timeslot of 1:00pm and Grandstand, presented by Peter Wilkins, also moves to an earlier timeslot of 5:30pm and extends to five nights a week. For more information please contact: Rachel Baugh ABC TV Marketing & Communications T E. baugh.rachel@abc.net.au 24 is streamed live online: abc.net.au/abcnews24 youtube.com/abcnews24

3 6am-9am ABC News Breakfast Start the day with quality news and analysis, with Virginia Trioli and Michael Rowland. Weather with Vanessa O Hanlon and sports news with Paul Kennedy. Viewers can contribute to stories via twitter, and Facebook. Be on the pace of the developing news stories each day as Joe O Brien anchors a fast moving morning news program featuring live coverage of news events and crosses to reporters and experts for on-the-spot reports, context and analysis. 9am-12pm With Joe O Brien 12pm-3pm With Ros Childs Ros Childs hosts three hours of the latest national and international news with a particular focus on business and politics. The first hour from 12:00pm is broadcast on both ABC1 and ABC News 24. The second hour from 1.00pm includes Capital Hill, with Greg Jennett presenting the daily political round-up with interviews with key political figures and analysis of the leading political issues of the day. At 2.00pm there is another hour of the latest news except when Parliament is sitting and we cross to Question Time. Jane Hutcheon hosts on Fridays. Two of most experienced journalists and former foreign correspondents Tony Eastley and Kim Landers, host the 24 afternoon coverage. Covering the latest news and the topics that have people talking, discussing the day s events with interviews and analysis from expert guests. 3pm-5.30pm With Tony Eastley and Kim Landers

4 5.30pm-6pm Grandstand With Peter Wilkins Peter Wilkins presents the latest sports news, features and discussion with contributions from the ABC s popular radio and television sporting commentators and leading sports figures. From March 17 Grandstand will also be available on iview Steve Cannane and Julia Baird alternate as hosts on The Drum - lively and thought-provoking discussion of the issues of the day from a variety of political and social commentators. The program offers opinion and analysis, debate and argument, in an engaging and entertaining way. The Drum s sister website features ABC columnists and other contributors, as well as video, blogs, polls and a You Said It section. The Drum is repeated at 9.00pm and is available on iview. 6pm-6.45pm The Drum With Steve Cannane or Julia Baird 6.45pm-7pm The Quarters What s happening, covered in a quarter of an hour. The Quarters are a family of genre-based programs airing at 6.45pm weekdays, with encore screenings across the TV schedule. From The Health Quarter or The Food Quarter to whatever you need to know in arts, finance and business 15 minutes on the latest news, issues and developments in the topic that interests you. Scott Bevan and Kumi Taguchi help make sense of the day with a round-up of the news that matters most. Giving the audience the whole picture, with the best ABC reporting from home and across the globe. 7pm-8.30pm With Scott Bevan and Kumi Taguchi

5 8.30pm-9pm The Business With Ticky Fullerton Mon-Thu The day s business and finance news, with the latest trends on international share and currency markets, pointing to what Australians can expect in the day ahead. On 24, Monday to Thursday at 8.30pm and on ABC1 following Lateline. You can watch previous programs on the website and podcasts are available. Replay of The Drum followed by The Quarters. On Monday nights The Drum replay is at 11:00 pm due to the simulcast of Q&A at 9.30 pm. 9pm-9.45pm The Drum Replay With Steve Cannane or Julia Baird Tue-Fri 10pm-11pm The World With Jim Middleton and Zoe Daniel The World is broadcast on 24 and on Australia Network. Jim Middleton and Zoe Daniel bring you the day s national and international news, with reports from the ABC s network of reporters and international correspondents. The World offers a forum for extended news stories, interviews and insights from around the world. Beverley O Connor presents on Friday nights with Jim Middleton. The program is broadcast in a half-hour format at 10:30pm on Monday nights following Q&A. 11pm-11.30pm The latest. Follow the top stories of the day with comprehensive analysis and original reporting from ABC reporters.

6 11.30pm-12am 7.30 Replay Mon-Thu The ABC s flagship daily television current affairs program, 7.30, provides the best analysis of national and international events from an Australian perspective. Presented by Sarah Ferguson. 12am-12.30am The latest. Follow the top stories of the day with comprehensive analysis and original reporting from ABC reporters. One Plus One With Jane Hutcheon 8.30pm Fri One Plus One is the ABC s acclaimed interview program. Presented by Jane Hutcheon, the half-hour show features an in-depth conversation each week with a newsmaker from Australia or overseas. Join sports stars, celebrities, philosophers and politicians as they sit down for revealing and often surprising chats with Jane Hutcheon. One Plus One premieres on Friday at 8:30pm on ABC News 24, and Wednesday 11:30am on ABC1. You can also catch up on iview. 24 s audience has increased each year since its launch in In 2013, 24 reached an average of 3.6 million viewers each week across metro and regional markets, up 9% compared to 2012 (3.3 million). This year, 24 s average reach is 3.7 million viewers each week. Top rating programs for the channel in 2013 included coverage of the Labor Leadership Crisis, Australia Votes Election Night and the Fleet Review Spectacular. Across both the week leading up to the 2013 Federal Election, and the week of the Labor leadership change, ABC News 24 reached 4.8 million viewers the highest ever weekly reach for the channel. Source: OzTAM & RegionalTAM Consolidated data