Nine News


Nine News is a national news service on the Nine Network in Australia. Its flagship program is an hour-long bulletin at 6:00 pm, with editions produced by Nine's owned-and-operated stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. A half-hour news program for the Gold Coast also airs every weeknight before the 6:00pm news. National bulletins air throughout the day and evening, broadcast from Nine's headquarters in Sydney.
Until the mid-2000s, Nine News was positioned as the highest-rated news service in Australia, but it was overtaken by rival news service Seven News in 2005 before regaining the top position in 2013.

History

9News, previously known as Channel 9 News in Sydney and Brisbane, Television City News in Melbourne, National Nine News, 9 Eyewitness News — is one of Australia's longest-running television news services, founded in 1958, along with Seven News on the rival Seven Network.
On 20 October 2008, National Nine News was renamed to Nine News.
On 1 January 2024, Nine News updated the new on-air presentation graphic and brand as 9News.
On 8 June 2025, Nine News received international attention when its American correspondent Lauren Tomasi was shot with a rubber bullet by a police officer while covering the June 2025 Los Angeles protests.
At Nine's 2023 upfront presentation, Nine announced the upcoming launch of Nine News Tasmania, a new bulletin to air from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm seven nights a week on TVT Tasmania, on-par with Nine's other flagship bulletins. The bulletin, featuring local, national and international news was to be presented from a new studio in Hobart with local bureaus located in Launceston and the Northwest Coast. Intended to launch in early 2023, the bulletin was abandoned and featured no mention at the following years' upfront presentation. WIN News Tasmania continues to air local news at 5:30 pm weeknights followed by Nine News Melbourne at 6:00 pm nightly.

National bulletins

''Today Early News''

Today Early News is a half-hour bulletin airing at 5:00 am on weekdays, presented from TCN studios in North Sydney by Jayne Azzopardi.
Originally pre-recorded, the bulletin began as the "AM Edition" of Qantas Inflight News, a daily update for passengers. Early morning bulletins were introduced in the early 1990s under the titles Daybreak and later National Nine Early News. In 2003, the early morning bulletins were discontinued when Today was extended to begin at 6:00 am. The bulletin, which was presented by Sharyn Ghidella and Chris Smith, briefly resumed at 6:00 am in February 2005 before being cancelled again in July 2005. Presenters, including Amber Sherlock, Alicia Loxley, Belinda Russell, Julie Snook, Lara Vella and Alex Cullen anchored the bulletin at various times. In mid-2014, Snook replaced Russell but was promoted to the sports department two years later, with Vella assuming the role.
In October 2014, the bulletin underwent changes after its contract with Qantas ended. It rebranded as Nine News: Early Edition, featuring a Nine News feed and finance/weather tickers. The segment included a review of newspaper front pages and transitioned from pre-recorded to live crosses.
In April 2024, the bulletin was renamed Today Early News to align with the Today brand, mirroring a similar rebrand by Seven News.

''9News Morning''

9News Morning airs at 11:30 am on weekdays, presented from TCN studios in North Sydney by Deborah Knight and Kate Creedon. Fill-in presenters include Kate Creedon, Alison Piotrowski and Mark Burrows.
Originally titled National Nine Morning News, the bulletin has aired since 1981, first hosted by Eric Walters. It expanded to one hour on 4 May 2009. From 2004 to 2008, it was branded Morning Edition and later AM Edition until May 2009.
Local editions previously aired in Perth and Queensland. The Queensland edition provided updates during daylight saving on the southeast coast but was axed in October 2017.

''9News: First at Five''

9News: First at Five airs at 5:00 pm on weekends, presented from GTV studios in Docklands by rotating anchors.
Launched in January 2011 to counter Network Ten's schedule shift, the bulletin does not air in Sydney and Brisbane on Sundays during the NRL season or live sports broadcasts. Originally hosted from Sydney by Georgie Gardner and Peter Overton, the production moved to Melbourne in 2015.

''9News Late''

9News Late airs Sundays at ~9:45 pm and weeknights at ~10:00 pm, hosted by Jane Goldsmith, Tracy Vo, and Natalia Cooper from STW studios in Perth. Launched in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, 9News Late initially broadcast from Willoughby before relocating weeknight production to Perth in May 2020.
Fill-in presenters include Michael Genovese, Georgie Gardner, and Melissa Downes. The bulletin succeeded Nightline, which was cancelled due to budget cuts and later declining ratings.

''9News Updates''

Short, localised updates air weekday afternoons, presented by state-based reporters. National evening updates originate from Sydney, while weekend late updates are broadcast from Perth.

Online presence

9News.com.au is the Nine Network's web news portal. According to third-party web analytics provider Similar Web, it is the 57th most visited website in Australia, as of June 2025. Similar websites rate the portal as the 5th most visited news website in Australia, as of April 2023.

YouTube

9News Australia has a YouTube channel that shares clips from 9News programs. The channel has approximately 1.63 million subscribers as of May 2025.

9News Podcast

is a podcast that provides listeners with the latest developments in local, national, and international news. The 10-minute national news bulletin is presented by Nine Radio journalists – working with the newsrooms of 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR – and utilizes the resources of 9News’ team of journalists.

Live streaming

In June 2008, live streaming of the 6:00 pm bulletins from Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane were introduced on the Nine News website. These bulletins are accessible nationwide. Nine Morning News, Nine Afternoon News, and later Nine News Now were also made available for live streaming online.
By 2014, the 6:00 pm bulletins from Adelaide and Perth were added to the platform. Additionally, the Nine News website introduced the capability to stream live press conferences and live feeds from various Nine News helicopters across the country during breaking or developing stories.

Capital-based bulletins

Afternoon news

National bulletin

Nine News' national afternoon news bulletin was launched in 2004 as Afternoon Edition in response to the launch of a 4:30 pm bulletin on Seven the year before which was brought about by an extended coverage of the invasion of Iraq. On 29 June 2009, the bulletin was replaced by an hour-long news magazine program, This Afternoon, which was axed after 12 programs due to poor ratings. The half-hour bulletin returned on 15 July 2009, and was extended to 60 minutes in November 2010 as Nine Afternoon News.
Past presenters of the national bulletin include Georgie Gardner, Mike Munro, Kellie Sloane, Leila McKinnon, Wendy Kingston, Alicia Loxley, Mark Ferguson, Wendy Kingston, Amelia Adams, and Davina Smith.
A separate edition for Western Australia was introduced on 14 March 2012 and is simulcast on WIN Television in regional WA. Regional news coverage is incorporated into the bulletin following WIN's decision to end separate WIN News bulletins for regional Western Australia. The local bulletin was axed in July 2013 but later reintroduced as a thirty-minute addition to the national bulletin on 7 October 2013.
Thirty-minute additions to the national bulletin were introduced in both Queensland and Adelaide in 2014.

Local bulletins

In 2017, following the extension of Millionaire Hot Seat to 60 minutes, the Western Australian, South Australian, and Queensland bulletins were reformatted to statewide, hour-long 4:00 pm bulletins under the brand Nine Live to replace the national bulletin in full. On 1 May 2017, Victoria received its own local hour-long bulletin while the former national bulletin was reformatted to serve New South Wales. Both Victoria and New South Wales retained the Nine Afternoon News brand.
9News Afternoon currently air at 4:00 pm on weekdays in five separate editions:
  • The Sydney edition is presented from TCN studios in North Sydney by Deborah Knight and Kate Creedon and weather presenters Sophie Walsh and Belinda Russell. The bulletin is simulcast across New South Wales and the ACT through Nine O&O NBN in Northern NSW and Nine affiliate WIN Television in Southern New South Wales, the ACT, and Griffith. Fill-in presenters include Mark Burrows and Lizzie Pearl.
  • The Melbourne edition is presented from GTV studios in Docklands by Brett McLeod or rotating presenters and weather presenter Scherri-Lee Biggs. The bulletin is simulcast across regional Victoria, Tasmania, and Mildura through Nine affiliate WIN Television. When Brett is not presenting, rotating presenters may include Stephanie Anderson, Eliza Rugg, and Chris Kohler for news, and Natalie Yoannidis for sport.
  • The Queensland edition is presented from QTQ studios in Mount Coot-tha by Aislin Kriukelis and Alison Ariotti with sport presenter Jonathan Uptin and weather presenters Garry Youngberry and Luke Bradnam. The bulletin is simulcast across regional Queensland and the Gold Coast through Nine O&Os NBN, NTD in Darwin and Nine affiliates WIN Television and remote eastern and central Australia on Imparja Television. Fill-in presenters include Alison Ariotti, Aislin Kriukelis, and Dominique London.
  • The Adelaide edition is presented from NWS studios in Adelaide by Will McDonald and Alice Monfries, sport presenter Tom Rehn, and weather presenter Jessica Braithwaite. The bulletin is simulcast across South Australia through affiliates WIN SA and Southern Cross Nine GDS/BDN. The afternoon bulletin moved from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm in early 2020, airing immediately before the 6:00 pm bulletin and swapping positions in the schedule with Millionaire Hot Seat. The afternoon bulletin returned to 4:00 pm in January 2024.
  • The Perth edition is presented from STW studios in Perth by Monika Kos with sport presenters Matthew Pavlich and Paddy Sweeney and weather presenter Natalia Cooper. The bulletin is simulcast across Western Australia through affiliate WIN Television. The Pulse is a daily segment that presents news stories from the perspectives of local personalities, offering alternative viewpoints on current events. The bulletin moved time slots from 5:00 pm back to 4:00 pm on 18 March 2024, following Nine Adelaide's decision to do the same to their afternoon news bulletin in December 2023.