Presenters
Presenter | Role | Tenure |
---|---|---|
Virginia Trioli | Co-host | 2008–present (Monday-Thursday from 2013) |
Michael Rowland | Co-host | 2010–present |
Beverley O'Connor | Fridays Co-host | 2013–present |
Paul Kennedy | Sport | 2008–present |
Vanessa O'Hanlon | Weather | 2008–present |
In January 2009, ABC announced that Joe O'Brien will remain as host on Monday through to Friday replacing Barrie Cassidy. In April 2010, ABC announced that O'Brien would leave ABC News Breakfast to be morning news presenter on ABC News 24. In May 2010, former ABC News North America correspondent Michael Rowland replaced O'Brien as co-host.
The main fill-in presenters for Trioli are Tamara Oudyn, Beverley O'Connor and Melissa Clarke and the fill-in presenters for Rowland are Paul Kennedy, Neal Woolrich and Waleed Aly. Steve Pearce and Amy Bainbridge are the fill-in sport presenters if Kennedy is away and Paul Higgins is the fill-in weather presenter if O'Hanlon is away.
Karina Carvalho and Beverley O'Connor replaced Virginia Trioli, while she was on maternity leave, throughout 2012.
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