Afternoon news National bulletin Nine News' national afternoon news bulletin was launched in 2004 as
Afternoon Edition in response to the launch of a 4:30 pm bulletin on Seven the year before which was brought about by an extended coverage of the
invasion of Iraq. On 29 June 2009, the bulletin was replaced by an hour-long news magazine program,
This Afternoon, which was axed after 12 programs due to poor ratings. The half-hour bulletin returned on 15 July 2009, and was extended to 60 minutes in November 2010 as
Nine Afternoon News. Past presenters of the national bulletin include
Georgie Gardner (2004),
Mike Munro (2005–2006),
Kellie Sloane (2006–2008),
Leila McKinnon (2008),
Wendy Kingston (2008–2009),
Alicia Loxley (2011),
Mark Ferguson (2009),
Wendy Kingston (2009–2012),
Amelia Adams (2012–2014), and
Davina Smith (2014–2016). A separate edition for Western Australia was introduced on 14 March 2012 and is simulcast on
WIN Television in regional WA. Regional news coverage is incorporated into the bulletin following WIN's decision to end separate
WIN News bulletins for regional Western Australia. The local bulletin was axed in July 2013 but later reintroduced as a thirty-minute addition to the national bulletin on 7 October 2013. Thirty-minute additions to the national bulletin were introduced in both Queensland and Adelaide in 2014.
Local bulletins In 2017, following the extension of
Millionaire Hot Seat to 60 minutes, the Western Australian, South Australian, and Queensland bulletins were reformatted to statewide, hour-long 4:00 pm bulletins under the brand
Nine Live to replace the national bulletin in full. On 1 May 2017, Victoria received its own local hour-long bulletin while the former national bulletin was reformatted to serve New South Wales. Both Victoria and New South Wales retained the
Nine Afternoon News brand.
9News Afternoon currently air at 4:00 pm on weekdays in five separate editions: • The Sydney edition is presented from TCN studios in North Sydney by
Deborah Knight (Monday–Thursday) and Kate Creedon (Friday) and weather presenters
Sophie Walsh (Monday–Thursday) and Belinda Russell (Friday). The bulletin is simulcast across New South Wales and the ACT through Nine O&O
NBN in Northern NSW and Nine affiliate
WIN Television in Southern New South Wales, the ACT, and Griffith. Fill-in presenters include Mark Burrows and Lizzie Pearl. • The Melbourne edition is presented from GTV studios in Docklands by
Brett McLeod or rotating presenters, sport presenter Natalie Yoannidis and weather presenter
Scherri-Lee Biggs. The bulletin is simulcast across regional Victoria,
Tasmania, and
Mildura through Nine affiliate WIN Television. When Brett is not presenting, rotating presenters may include Stephanie Anderson, Eliza Rugg, and Chris Kohler. • The Queensland edition is presented from
QTQ studios in
Mount Coot-tha by Aislin Kriukelis (Monday–Tuesday) and
Alison Ariotti (Wednesday–Friday) with sport presenter
Jonathan Uptin and weather presenters Garry Youngberry (Monday–Thursday) and Luke Bradnam (Friday). The bulletin is simulcast across regional Queensland and the Gold Coast through Nine O&Os
NBN,
NTD in Darwin and Nine affiliates WIN Television and remote eastern and central Australia on
Imparja Television. Fill-in presenters include
Alison Ariotti, Aislin Kriukelis, and Dominique London. • The Adelaide edition is presented from
NWS studios in
Adelaide by
Will McDonald (Monday–Wednesday) and Alice Monfries (Thursday–Friday), sport presenter Tom Rehn, and weather presenter
Jessica Braithwaite. The bulletin is simulcast across South Australia through affiliates
WIN SA and
Southern Cross Nine GDS/BDN. The afternoon bulletin moved from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm in early 2020, airing immediately before the 6:00 pm bulletin and swapping positions in the schedule with
Millionaire Hot Seat. The afternoon bulletin returned to 4:00 pm in January 2024. with sport presenter Paddy Sweeney and weather presenter
Natalia Cooper. The bulletin is simulcast across Western Australia through affiliate
WIN Television. The Pulse is a daily segment that presents news stories from the perspectives of local personalities, offering alternative viewpoints on current events. The bulletin moved time slots from 5:00 pm back to 4:00 pm on 18 March 2024, following
Nine Adelaide's decision to do the same to their afternoon news bulletin in December 2023.
Nightly news Sydney .
9News Sydney is presented from the TCN studios in North Sydney by
Peter Overton (Sunday–Thursday) and TBA (Friday and Saturday) with sport presented by
James Bracey (Sunday–Thursday) and Zac Bailey (Friday and Saturday) and weather presented by
Sophie Walsh (Sunday–Thursday) and
Belinda Russell (Friday–Saturday). Between 2008 and 2020, the evening bulletin was simulcast on local radio station
Hope 103.2, until Hope Media launched their news service. Henderson retired in November 2002, with then
Sunday and weekend presenter
Jim Waley taking over as weeknight anchor. Despite winning the 2003 and 2004 ratings seasons (the former by a margin of over 100,000 viewers), Waley was replaced three years later by weekend presenter
Mark Ferguson, after which
National Nine News started to lose its long-time ratings lead in Sydney to the rival
Seven News, winning just one (out of 40) ratings week in 2005 (a huge, negative turnaround from winning all 40 ratings weeks in 2003). In January 2009,
Peter Overton became Nine's Sydney anchor, with Ferguson returning to his former weekend role (replacing
Michael Usher and his predecessor
Mike Munro). In 2011,
Nine News overtook
Seven News in Sydney in the ratings for the first time in seven years, winning 26 weeks to Seven's 14 weeks. In December 2016, long-time sports presenter
Ken Sutcliffe retired after 34 years of presenting the sport; he was replaced by
Cameron Williams. In December 2017,
Deborah Knight was appointed as presenter of
Nine News Sydney on Friday and Saturday nights, replacing
Georgie Gardner, who replaced
Lisa Wilkinson on
Today. In January 2019, Knight was appointed co-host of
Today and continued to present
Nine News Sydney until December. In January 2020, Georgie Gardner returned to presenting the
Nine News Sydney bulletin on the weekends, replacing Knight, who went on to host the afternoon show on
2GB. In December 2021, weekend sports presenter
Erin Molan resigned from the network after 11 years. James Bracey was later announced as her replacement. In March 2022,
Cameron Williams resigned after 16 years at the Nine Network for personal reasons. In November 2025, it was announced that
Amber Sherlock had been made redundant, one of several on air faces impacted by job cuts across Broadcast and Streaming Divisions. Fill-in presenters for the bulletin include
Mark Burrows and
Jayne Azzopardi (news),
Matt Burke and Zac Bailey (sport) and Kate Creedon,
Sophie Walsh and Zara James (weather). As of 2024, Nine News is more popular than Seven News. While both are competitive, Nine News Sydney consistently achieves the top ratings, sometimes for consecutive years. For example, Nine News Sydney held the top spot for the tenth consecutive year in 2020.
Melbourne 9News Melbourne is presented from the GTV studios in Docklands by
Alicia Loxley and
Tom Steinfort (weeknights) and
Peter Hitchener (weekends) with sport presented by
Tony Jones (weeknights), Natalie Yoannidis (weekends) and weather presented by
Scherri-Lee Biggs (weeknights) and Madeline Spark (weekends). The late
Brian Naylor presented
National Nine News Melbourne for 20 years from 1978 following his resignation from
HSV-7 to 1998. Following his retirement, he was succeeded by
Peter Hitchener as weeknight presenter, while
Jo Hall took over from Hitchener as weekend presenter. Hall scaled back her work with Nine to news updates and fill-in duties in November 2011, with
Weekend Today newsreader Alicia Loxley taking over as weekend presenter.
Rob Gell formerly presented the weather until 2003, when he was replaced by Nixon; Gell subsequently defected to the rival
Seven News Melbourne bulletin presenting the weather on weekends. For many decades,
Nine News Melbourne was the most dominant local news service, often drawing a peak audience of more than 400,000 viewers. However, in the mid-2000s, the bulletin started to lose ground to the rival
Seven News Melbourne, winning only 24 (out of 40) weeks in 2006 and then narrowly losing in 2007 when it won 19 weeks (to Seven's 20 weeks, with the other week tied). Even during the years when
Nine News struggled nationally, the Melbourne bulletin remained competitive, being the only metropolitan bulletin to win any weeks against
Seven News in 2008 and 2009. In March 2011, the GTV studios moved their base from Bendigo Street, Richmond, to a new building in Bourke Street, Docklands. In December 2021, it was announced that Peter Hitchener would scale back to 4 days a week from January 2022 presenting from Monday to Thursday with Alicia Loxley presenting on Friday. In November 2023, it was announced that
Alicia Loxley and
Tom Steinfort would replace
Peter Hitchener to present on weeknights and Hitchener would move to weekends from January 2024. Fill-in presenters for the bulletin include
Brett McLeod and Stephanie Anderson (news), Natalie Yoannidis and Trent Kniese (sport), Stephanie Anderson and Isabel Quinlan (weather).
Brisbane (Queensland statewide) 9News Queensland is presented from the QTQ studios in
Mount Coot-tha by
Melissa Downes and Joel Dry (weeknights) and Mia Glover (weekends) with sport presented by
Jonathan Uptin (weeknights) and Dominique Loudon (weekends) and weather presented by Garry Youngberry (Sunday–Thursday) and Luke Bradnam (Friday–Saturday). The 6:00 pm bulletin is simulcast in Brisbane on commercial radio station
River 94.9 and throughout remote eastern and central Australia on
Imparja Television. Bruce Paige and Heather Foord co-anchored the 6:00 pm bulletin from 1995 until 2001, when Foord joined Mike London as a weekend anchor and
Jillian Whiting replaced her on weeknights. London resigned in June 2003 after allegations emerged that he had organized a female friend to complain about the presentation of weeknight anchor Bruce Paige. Foord resigned as weeknight anchor on 5 December 2008 and was replaced by Melissa Downes on weeknights with
Eva Milic and former ABC newsreader Andrew Lofthouse fronting weekend bulletins. A year later, Bruce Paige retired from the weeknight chair (he was replaced by Lofthouse) and Heather Foord returned to present weekend bulletins solo for two years. In February 2018, in a minor network reshuffle, weekend presenters Darren Curtis and Alison Ariotti were removed from presenting the weekend news; they were replaced by Jonathan Uptin, the then-presenter of the regional Queensland bulletins. Despite several position changes over the past three decades, as of 2026,
9News Queensland continues to retain a historic long-standing ratings lead ahead of
10 News Queensland and
Seven News Brisbane dating back to the 1980s. Paige returned to full-time news reading in January 2012, fronting
Nine Gold Coast News solo until he was paired with Wendy Kingston in July 2016. As of September 2017, the Brisbane weekend bulletins are simulcast in the Darwin area on weekends. In January 2023, long-serving sports presenter
Wally Lewis resigned from the role, citing health concerns. He was replaced by
Jonathan Uptin. Mia Glover replaced Uptin as weekend news presenter. In January 2025,
Andrew Lofthouse announced his retirement effective immediately after 17 years with the network. In May 2025, Nine announced that Joel Dry would return to the network, succeeding
Andrew Lofthouse and joining
Melissa Downes from 18 August.
Adelaide 9News Adelaide is presented from the NWS studios in Adelaide by Brenton Ragless (weeknights) and
Will McDonald (weekends) with sport presented by Tom Rehn (weeknights) and Corey Norris (weekends) and weather presented by
Jessica Braithwaite (weeknights) and Chelsea Carey (weekends). The weeknight bulletins are simulcast on local radio station
107.9 Life FM and nightly across the Riverland and Southwest regions of South Australia on
WIN Television SDS/RDS and is shown in the
Spencer Gulf and
Broken Hill in New South Wales on
Nine GDS/BDN.
Rob Kelvin and
Kevin Crease presented the Adelaide edition of
National Nine News from 1988 until 2007, making them one of the longest serving news presenting teams in Australia, until Crease died of cancer in 2007. Caroline Ainslie previously presented the news with Kelvin until 1987.
Georgina McGuinness was the weekend presenter between 1989 and 2011, during which her bulletins consistently rated higher than the rival
Seven News Adelaide in its time slot. In May 2018, long-standing news director Tony Agars was removed after fifteen years in the role. In 2021,
Nine News Adelaide began challenging and beating
Seven News Adelaide in ratings for the 6:00 pm news and continued to do so in the weekend's bulletins as the team were "honoured that more and more South Australians are turning to us for their nightly news.” Throughout the 1990s, Deanna Williams was the main fill-in presenter and state political reporter. Following Kevin Crease's death in 2007, Kelvin was partnered with
Kelly Nestor, who left the network in 2009 following the termination of her contract. Kelvin retired on New Year's Eve 2010 but was brought out of retirement in 2014 as the presenter of the local afternoon news bulletin.
Kate Collins formerly presented the bulletin between 2011 and 2025, with Ragless joining her on the news desk in 2014, until she left the Nine Network in November 2025.
Perth 9News Perth is presented from the STW studios in Perth by
Michael Thomson (weeknights) and
Tracy Vo,
Monika Kos and
Natalia Cooper (weekends), sport presented by Paddy Sweeney (weeknights) and
Alicia Molik (weekends) and weather presented by
Natalia Cooper (Sunday–Wednesday) and Sarah Smith (Thursday–Saturday). The 6:00 pm bulletin is simulcast each weekday on local radio station Sunshine 98.5 FM and nightly across regional Western Australia on
WIN Television. Fill-in presenters include Tracy Vo and
Natalia Cooper.
Dixie Marshall presented the weeknight bulletin between 2002 and May 2011, alongside Sonia Vinci as Australia's first duo female news presenting team for five years until early 2008, when Vinci was replaced by Greg Pearce.
Natalia Cooper was a weather presenter for
Nine News Perth until her resignation in June 2008. In December 2019, it was announced that
Nine Live Perth presenter Tracy Vo would move to Sydney to host
Today as a news presenter. Louise Momber would appear on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Jerrie Demasi would appear on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday presenting
Nine Live Perth. In March 2020, Vo returned to Perth due to the
COVID-19 pandemic and continued to present the weekend bulletins, replacing Louise Momber. Local Weekend bulletins,
Nine News Perth Saturday and
Nine News Perth Sunday air at 6:00 pm.
Sharlyn Sarac and
Matt Tinney previously presented weekend bulletins until Sarac resigned in 2010. Tinney left a year later to present
WIN News in regional Western Australia. Now, Tinney presents on
TVW on
Seven News Perth
Sunrise cut ins. == Regional bulletins ==