News Breakfast is currently hosted by James Glenday and Bridget Brennan and is broadcast on ABC TV and ABC News. They are joined by news presenter Emma Rebellato, sport presenter Catherine Murphy and weather presenter Nate Byrne. Tyson Shine is the program's executive producer.
In January 2009, O'Brien replaced Cassidy as a full-time co-host with Cassidy continuing to appear on the program providing political commentary.
In June 2010, Michael Rowland replaced O'Brien, who moved back to Sydney to present ABC News Mornings on ABC News 24.
In May 2011, the program moved to the ABC, with children's programming moving to ABC2 and ABC3.
In November 2011, it was announced that the ABC News Breakfast brand would expand to the weekend with Weekend Breakfast hosted by Andrew Geoghegan and Miriam Corowa.[3]
In January 2014, ABC News Breakfast had an extensive makeover, launching a larger new and improved set with three different individual presenting areas. The set includes a news desk, a newswall presenting area and a soft set with seating. The new set kept the existing couch that has been seen on air since the show's launch.
In April 2017, following the refresh of the ABC News brand, the show rebranded to News Breakfast.[4]
In May 2019, Trioli announced she will leave News Breakfast to replace Jon Faine as the Mornings presenter on ABC Radio Melbourne.[5]
In June 2019, the ABC announced that Lisa Millar would succeed Virginia Trioli, commencing on 19 August.[6] Trioli finished on the show on 16 August.[7]
In November 2023, the ABC announced that Bridget Brennan will join the show as news presenter and co-host the show one day per week whilst Lisa Millar works on other projects.[8][9]
In July 2024, Millar announced she would leave News Breakfast, to focus on other projects across the ABC. Her last show was on 23 August 2024.[10]Bridget Brennan was then announced as Millar's replacement.[11]
In November 2024, Rowland announced that he would leave News Breakfast after almost 15 years to focus on other parts of his career within the ABC.[12] His last show was on 13 December 2024. In December 2024, ABC announced that former ABC News correspondent and ABC News ACT presenter James Glenday would replace Rowland from 20 January 2025.[13] Emma Rebellato and Catherine Murphy also joined the team in 2025 as the program’s news and sports presenters.
Format
News Breakfast covers the latest news, analysis, debate, finance, sport and weather. It draws upon the resources of ABC newsrooms and radio programs across Australia and the world.
During summer, when only some Australian states adopt daylight saving time, Queensland receives the program on a one-hour delay, a 90-minute delay in the Northern Territory and on a three-hour delay in Western Australia. Either way, the ABC News channel broadcasts the program live across Australia from 6:00 am AEST/AEDT.
Weekend Breakfast
Weekend Breakfast is a mix of live breaking news and discussion, interviews with newsmakers and the weekend sport and weather hosted by Johanna Nicholson and Fauziah Ibrahim.[14] The show began on 4 February 2012 and airs from 7:00 am to 11:00 am on weekend mornings (with a gap between 9:00 am and 10:00 am on Sundays for Insiders) on the ABC News channel. It is simulcast on ABC TV between 7:00 am and 9:00 am.
The Breakfast Couch
The Breakfast Couch is a highlights show which covers the best arts and entertainment chats from the previous week on News Breakfast. The show began on 12 August 2017.
Current presenters who have been fill-in hosts or co-hosts of News Breakfast in recent times include Emma Rebellato, Stephanie Ferrier, Stephanie March, David Speers, Catherine Murphy, Margaret Paul, and Olivia Caisley.
Current presenters who have been fill-in hosts or co-hosts of Weekend Breakfast in recent times include Kathryn Robinson, Thomas Oriti, Lorna Dunkley, Greg Jennett, Dan Bourchier, Nick Dole, Richard Davies and Micheal Tetlow.
Fill-in presenters for other roles:
News: Sana Qadar
Sport: Charles Brice[a], Arianna Levy, and Tom Maddocks
Weather: Stephanie Ferrier, Lillian Rangiah and Danny Tran
Fernando Gordillo Altamirano, Linny Kimly Phuong and Sarah Arachchi - Health Check
Katherine Tulich – Entertainment
Sose Fuamoli and Lucy Smith – The Beat
Zak Hepburn – Films
Notes
↑Brice, an Adelaide wheelchair athlete,[15] announced in July 2025 his intention to handcycle from Perth to Sydney, a distance of 4,000 kilometres (2,500mi), fund-raising for spinal injury charities.
