Agenda (Australian TV program)

Agenda
Also known asAM Agenda
PM Agenda
Sunday Agenda
Weekend Agenda
GenreNews, Current Affairs, Commentary
Presented byKieran Gilbert (AM)
Laura Jayes (Lunchtime)
David Speers (PM)
David Lipson (Saturday)
Peter van Onselen (Sunday)
Kristina Keneally (Sunday)
Jim Middleton (Weekend)
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 mins – 2 hours
Original release
NetworkSky News Australia
Release4 July 2010 (2010-07-04) –
present
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Agenda is the name given to a series of Australian television news and commentary programs, broadcast on Sky News Australia throughout the week. The Agenda series of bulletins serve as the channel's flagship program.

The series focuses on mainly political topics, and in each episode the host usually interviews a guest, and is then usually joined by either Sky News contributors or politicians from opposing sides of politics debating the issues of the day.

With the exception of Sunday Agenda and the Thursday episode of PM Agenda, the program is broadcast live from the Sky News studio at Parliament House in Canberra. The other programs are broadcast from the main Sky News centre in the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park.[citation needed]

Lunchtime Agenda was ended on 29 May 2015, when it was replaced by To The Point co-hosted by Peter van Onslen and Kristina Keneally.[1] Saturday Agenda ended in 2015, when its presenter David Lipson defected to the ABC[2] and the format was eventually replaced by Pyne & Marles.[3]

While the contemporary Australian Agenda debuted on 4 July 2010,[4] the title had previously been used for a weekly interview program presented by John Gatfield in at least 2001.[5] The edition rebranded as Sunday Agenda on 9 July 2016.[6]

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  2. ^ Healey, Briana (30 October 2015). "Sky News political reporter David Lipson joins ABC Lateline". Influencing. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. ^ Molloy, Shannon (28 January 2016). "Christopher Pyne ... the TV star? The colourful MP lands his own weekly show, alongside rival Richard Marles". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  4. ^ Knox, David (2 July 2010). "Airdate: Australian Agenda". TV Tonight. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Transcript of Panel Discussion - Medical negligence payout, with John Gatfield, 'Australian Agenda', Sky Television". Australian Medical Association. 29 November 2001. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Paul Murray and PVO to work weekends too". MediaWeek. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.