Editing Lateline (section)

{{Short description|Former Australian TV news program}}
{{About|the Australian current affairs television program|the short-lived American sitcom|LateLine}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = Lateline (Australia) titlecard.jpg
| genre                = News and current affairs
| creator              =
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| presenter            = [[Emma Alberici]] (2012–2017)<br />[[Ali Moore]] (2011)<br />[[Leigh Sales]] (2008–2010)<br />[[Virginia Trioli]] (2007–2008)<br />[[Tony Jones (news journalist)|Tony Jones]] (1999–2016)<br />[[Maxine McKew]] (2001–2006, 1995–1999)<br />[[Kerry O'Brien (journalist)|Kerry O'Brien]] (1990–1995)
| theme_music_composer = 
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| country              = Australia
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 28
| num_episodes         = 
| list_episodes        = 
| producer             = [[ABC News and Current Affairs]]
| location             = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]
| cinematography       = 
| editor               = Chris Schembri
| camera               = 
| runtime              = 30 minutes
| network              = [[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC]]<br />[[ABC News (TV channel)|ABC News]] (2010–2017)
| first_aired          = {{start date|1990|2|13|df=y}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|2017|12|8|df=y}}
| related              = ''[[The Business (TV program)|The Business]]'' (2006 to present) 
}}

'''''Lateline''''' was an Australian television news program which ran from 1990 until 2017. The program initially aired weeknights on [[ABC TV (Australian TV channel)|ABC TV]]. In later years it was also broadcast internationally throughout Asia and the Pacific on the Australia Plus Satellite Network, and on the 24-hour [[ABC News (TV channel)|ABC News Channel.]]

The late evening current affairs program developed a longstanding reputation for setting the agenda of the following days' news across the continent. It was well known to feature head-to-head debates on current issues, hard hitting political interviews, and attracted the appearance of many world leaders in industry, politics and media. It was labelled by the influential Australian online website [[Crikey]] magazine as being, "an unmissable current affairs program that almost certainly creates more headlines in the next day's newspapers than any other TV show in the country."<ref>{{cite news |title=Best News/Current Affairs TV Program of the Year |url=http://www.crikey.com.au/Media-Arts-and-Sports/20061212-Best-NewsCurrent-Affairs-TV-Program-of-the-Year-.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730072755/http://www.crikey.com.au/Media-Arts-and-Sports/20061212-Best-NewsCurrent-Affairs-TV-Program-of-the-Year-.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2012 |publisher=Crikey |access-date=30 November 2007 }}</ref> The program's late timeslot in AEST benefited enormously from its favourable alignment with overseas correspondents.