Stateline (TV program)

Stateline is a brand used by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for in-depth local and state-based news stories and interviews. Some of the stories feature on a monthly program called Stateline, which airs on the ABC News Channel and is available on ABC iview. It is hosted by James Glenday.

Stateline
Genre	News, current affairs
Presented by	Quentin Dempster (NSW) Josie Taylor (VIC) Jessica van Vonderen (QLD) Ian Henschke (SA) Eliza Blue (WA) Laetitia Lemke (NT) Airlie Ward (TAS) Chris Kimball (ACT)
Country of origin	Australia
Original release
Network	ABC1 ABC News 24 (2010) ABC iview
Release	16 February 1996 (1996-02-16) – 4 March 2011 (2011-03-04)
Release	1 January 2024 (2024-01-01)[1] – present
Related
ABC News 7.30

Stateline was previously a weekly, Friday night television current affairs program. It provided analysis of state and municipal politics as well as insight into state and regional issues in a current affairs journalistic style. The program was known for its interviews with politicians, and for its coverage of important regional issues.

The program premiered on 16 February 1996 at 6 pm.^[2] It moved to 7:30 pm in February 2001, which resulted in The 7.30 Report being removed from Fridays.^[3][4]

The ABC announced in December 2010 that the state-based current affairs program Stateline would be folded into a new 7.30 brand from March 2011.^[5] The change saw 7.30 extended to five nights a week, although Friday editions were to be presented locally and focus on state affairs.^[5] The Friday state-based editions of 7.30 were eventually axed in December 2014.^[6]

Format

It is broadcast on ABC TV, ABC News and ABC iview on Sundays during the state-based news bulletins, with eight separate state and territory specific editions.^{[citation needed]} It was also broadcast on the new digital channel ABC2 after its launch in March 2005.^[7]

With the launch of ABC News 24 in 2010, each local version of Stateline was also broadcast nationally on the channel over the weekend.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2024 the Stateline brand name is in use by the ABC again.^[8] Local presenters of state news bulletins anchor episodes of Stateline.

Former presenters of Stateline until 2011 include:

State/Territory	Presenter
New South Wales	Quentin Dempster
Victoria	Josie Taylor
Queensland	Jessica van Vonderen
Western Australia	Eliza Blue
South Australia	Ian Henschke
Tasmania	Airlie Ward
Australian Capital Territory	Chris Kimball
Northern Territory	Laetitia Lemke