Brisbane and Queensland Seven News Brisbane is directed by Michael Coombes and presented by
Max Futcher and Sarah Greenhalgh on weeknights and Samantha Heathwood on weekends from Seven's Brisbane studios, located at
Mount Coot-tha. Sport is presented by
Steve Titmus from Sunday to Wednesday and
Ben Davis from Thursday to Saturday. Weather is presented by certified meteorologist
Tony Auden from Sunday to Thursday and Coastal Expert Paul Burt on Friday and Saturday. The bulletin is also simulcast in Brisbane on local radio station 96.5 Family FM, to regional
Queensland viewers in the
Sunshine Coast,
Wide Bay-Burnett,
Toowoomba,
Rockhampton,
Mackay,
Townsville and
Cairns television markets via the
Seven Queensland network and across central & remote areas of eastern Australia, on
Southern Cross Central. Previously,
Tracey Challenor presented the weekend news for many years until her resignation in February 2007. Cummins was first appointed to the weekday weather in 2005 after more than a year of the Brisbane bulletin not having a weather presenter; former kids show presenter
Tony Johnston had this role in 2003. Cummins was replaced by former
Nine weatherman
John Schluter in early 2007 and she was moved to weekends. Ghidella joined
Seven News in 2007 and replaced Challenor. In October 2002, Rod Young moved from
ABC News in Brisbane to co-anchor with Kay McGrath. She had presented
Seven News Brisbane solo for the previous nine months following the retirement of
Frank Warrick. Their dual presenter format has proved to be successful. Following a couple of lean years coming second to
Nine News Brisbane,
Seven News Brisbane regained its ratings lead by 2007, helped by the recruitment of ex-Nine weatherman
John Schluter and director of news Rob Raschke. In 2008,
Seven News Brisbane was officially the #1 bulletin in Brisbane, winning all 40 ratings weeks. In January 2013,
Sharyn Ghidella and
Bill McDonald were appointed Sunday to Thursday presenters with
Kay McGrath and
Rod Young moving to present on Friday & Saturday. It was also announced that Ghidella will present a local edition of
Today Tonight. In March 2018, McDonald was removed as co-anchor of the bulletin, and was replaced by Max Futcher following poor ratings. In January 2024, it was announced that Samantha Heathwood will replace Katrina Blowers as weekend news presenter from 3 February. Blowers will share presenting
Seven Afternoon News with Heathwood and will be a reporter. In July 2024,
Sharyn Ghidella was made redundant after 17 years with the network. Following a raft of changes to the Brisbane newsroom, in August 2024, after 18 years,
Shane Webcke stepped down from his sports presenter role to explore new directions and focus on family interests In October 2024, it was announced Sarah Greenhalgh would join Max Futcher as co-anchor of 7NEWS Brisbane’s flagship 6.00pm weekday bulletin, starting from Monday, 21 October News updates for Brisbane are presented by
Max Futcher or Sarah Greenhalgh throughout the afternoon and the early evening. Katrina Blowers is a fill-in news presenter for the bulletin.
Ben Davis and Alissa Smith are fill-in sports presenters and Laura Dymock is the fill-in weather presenter.
Presenters Reporters • Garth Burley (crime) • Katrina Blowers • Laura Dymock • Anna McGraw • Amanda Abate • Brittany Lane • Rosanna Kingsun (court) • Mitchell Kroehn • Deon Savage • Carly Madsen • Alex Lewis • Tamra Bow • Ben Davis (sport) •
Shane Webcke •
Trevor Gillmeister ===
Sunrise correspondents=== • Georgia Chumbley (primary) • Tamra Bow (secondary)
Past presenters •
Frank Warrick – news (1976–2001) •
Darren McDonald – news (1980s) •
Tracey Challenor – news (1991–2007) •
Simon Reeve – news (2001–2003) •
Bill McDonald – sport •
Talitha Cummins – weather (2005–2010) ==Current local programming==