7.30


7.30 is an Australian nightly television current affairs program which broadcasts on ABC and ABC News at on Monday to Thursday nights. The program is currently hosted by Leigh Sales.

History

The program first aired on 7 March 2011, replacing both The 7.30 Report and Stateline, and was originally hosted by Leigh Sales and Chris Uhlmann.
In 2012, Uhlmann was appointed as 7.30 political editor, therefore stepping down as host. Uhlmann remained as political editor until 2013 when he announced that he would be working on a documentary about the Rudd and Gillard Governments for the ABC. Sabra Lane replaced him as political editor, until she left to host the ABC morning radio current affairs program, AM.
In 2015, Jo Puccini was appointed the Executive Producer.
In December 2016, ABC announced that Andrew Probyn would replace Sabra Lane as political editor. In August 2017, Probyn moved to a new role as ABC's political editor replacing Chris Uhlmann who left the broadcaster for the Nine Network.
In February 2018, Laura Tingle was appointed as political editor replacing Probyn.
Sarah Ferguson was a guest presenter of the program. She received critical acclaim for her hard-hitting interview style from many Australian media outlets. Ellen Fanning, Kumi Taguchi, Stan Grant, Michael Rowland and Virginia Trioli are fill-in presenters.

State editions

On Friday, 28 November 2014 Quentin Dempster announced the final episode of the state editions would be the following week, corresponding with his departure from the public broadcaster.
The state editions of 7.30 were broadcast on ABC at 7:30 p.m., with eight separate state and territory specific editions. Each local version of 7.30 was also broadcast nationally on ABC News over the weekend.