Editing Lateline (section)

== History ==
When ''Lateline'' premiered on 13 February 1990, it was a thirty-minute single-topic debate forum hosted by [[Kerry O'Brien (journalist)|Kerry O'Brien]], broadcast nationally on ABC-TV from Canberra. Airing on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights in 1990 and 1991, and expanding to Monday to Thursday from 1992 onwards, the program opened with a short video piece examining the perceived most compelling topic at hand in news and current affairs on the given day with disciplined, journalistic balance. O'Brien then followed the video with a moderated debate between two and four participants for the duration of the program. It was later hosted by [[Maxine McKew]] who retired from broadcasting in 2006 to pursue a political career with the Australian Labor Party. Later hosts included [[Tony Jones (news journalist)|Tony Jones]], [[Leigh Sales]], [[Ali Moore]], and [[Emma Alberici]].

The most notable aspect of the format when it premiered was that many guests appeared via satellite. Whether in the studio or on the other side of the world all the guests would appear as 'remote', on TV monitors beside the host. The time slot of the program greatly improved the prospective line up of the overseas contributors and enabled the show to interpolate the Australian perspective with relevant, international viewpoints.

In 2000, the program was moved from Canberra to the TV network's headquarters in Sydney. ''Lateline'' thereafter incorporated the ''ABC Late News'', a ten-minute news-break style rundown of the day's top stories and important events from the day.

In October 2017, the ABC announced that after 28 years ''Lateline'' would be cut as the broadcaster launches new investigative and specialist journalism teams.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-05/lateline-cut-after-27-years-amid-abc-overhaul/9018228|title=Lateline cut after 27 years amid ABC overhaul|work=ABC News|date=5 October 2017|access-date=5 October 2017}}</ref> The management of the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] announced the termination of the ''Lateline'' program, after 28 years on air, on 5 October 2017, though assuring its full resources until the end of the Australian TV season in December of the same year. The Corporation's news and current affairs chief, Gaven Morris, cited the demise of the program as being due to changes in audience preference and digital disruption from the internet.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/abcs-lateline-axed-reports-20171004-gyumxq.html| title = Lateline, The Link to be axed in ABC overhaul| date = 5 October 2017}}</ref> The Australian non-commercial broadcaster has proposed a new approach to in-depth, investigative reporting, also announcing a new program and improved multi-platform support for other, existing programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://about.abc.net.au/press-releases/abc-investigations-specialist-reporting-team-2018-tv-line-up-changes/|title=ABC Investigations, Specialist Reporting Team & 2018 TV line-up changes}}</ref>