History
Australia Wide stemmed from ABC Local Radio's Radio Pictures program, in which local radio presenters from rural Western Australia were given video equipment and training to produce local stories. This program produced a four part series for ABC TV in 1998. In 2000, it was intended that the concept would be turned into a regular program, shown on ABC TV. A pilot was produced, however the series did not go ahead.
Video equipment was still given to a number of additional Local Radio studios, along with training and additional staffing hours. A few more short series of "Radio Pictures" were produced, and video appeared on ABC Online. In 2003, the regular series idea was turned into the week-daily "Australia Wide", also including content from regular ABC News reports. It ran for fifteen minutes and was only available on ABC Online, produced by produced by the ABC's New Media and Digital Services division in Brisbane.
In March 2005, ABC2 launched, and Australia Wide became available to a wider audience. ABC ran a competition in late 2005 called "Video Lives" to find new documentary making talent. Following a restructure of the ABC in 2007, production was moved from Brisbane to Sydney, where the program was to be produced by the Corporation's News and Current Affairs division.
Kerrin Binnie formerly hosted Australia Wide, Emma Renwick assumed Binnie's position.
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