ABC News and Current Affairs is the name of the division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that controls content classified as news, public affairs and business and finance.
However, the other divisions of the ABC also produce a range of programming within these genres. All such content is covered here.
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The ABC produces many current affairs programmes, including The 7.30 Report and Lateline. These programmes often use resources or reports from one another. For instance, an Asia-Pacific-based report from the week's Foreign Correspondent will be edited for use during that same week's Asia-Pacific Focus programme.
News reports from ABC News are also edited, often with new material added on, for use on that night's Lateline.
The ABC's Current Affairs department has also won a number of awards over the years.
Apart from the usual coverage of Public Affairs & Politics during programmes such as ABC News, Lateline and The 7.30 Report, the ABC has a dedicated hour-long Public Affairs programme every Sunday at 9am, Insiders, which is hosted by Barrie Cassidy. The programme comprises a news update, an interview with a prominent political figure (usually a Federal Government minister or Opposition spokesperson), two reviews of the week (one of political cartoons, the other of the political situation) and a discussion of the week in politics and public affairs with a panel of guests, most of whom are from prominent newspapers.
The programme is produced in Melbourne, hence the use of the nearby Australia Network ABC News set for both the news updates and Inside Business (which follows Insiders).
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ABC Foreign Correspondents
Special ABC correspondents
There are a few ABC correspondents who usually report or present ABC programs in Australia but are sent overseas to cover special events. Such ABC correspondents usually have an area of speciality and have reported in a certain area before. Peter Cave is the ABC's senior foreign affairs correspondent and travels all over the world to cover breaking stories.
During the Solomon Islands crisis of April 2006, Phillip Williams, the presenter of Stateline in the Australian Capital Territory, was sent across to report on events there. As a result, Sean Dorney, the ABC's designated Pacific correspondent, moved across to ABC Radio News and Current Affairs to cover the Solomons' crisis for them.
During the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, various ABC correspondents were moved around the region. The foreign affairs editor, Peter Cave, as well as Emma Griffiths, former Middle East correspondent Jane Hutcheon and former Africa correspondent Sally Sara, along with Matt Brown and David Hardaker, took turns covering the crisis from either side of the border.
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