Editing Midday (Australian TV program) (section)

===Guest hosts===
The program would occasionally use guest presenters, usually personalities from other Nine Network programs, who would fill in for the regular hosts of the show.

A notable guest host in 1985 was [[John Howard]] who filled in for Ray Martin on 30 August 1985.<ref name=tcn>{{Cite episode|title=Midday with Ray Martin|episode-link= |series=1 |series-link= |first=Howard|last=John|network=[[Nine Network|Nine]]|station=[[TCN-9]]|date=30 August 1985|season=1|series-no= |number= |minutes=|time=|transcript= |transcript-url= }}</ref> Howard, who was deputy opposition leader at the time, was the network's second choice after initially approaching opposition leader and Liberal Party leader [[Andrew Peacock]] who declined the invitation to host the show.<ref>{{cite news|last=Atkins|first=Dennis|date=9 April 2011|title=Party games: Rival within |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/party-games-rival-within/news-story/9f256a9dd1bdbabcd1b6ed93ecacc87c|work=The Courier-Mail|access-date=5 August 2021}}</ref> Howard is believed to have chosen his own guests which included political journalists [[Richard Carleton]] and [[Laurie Oakes]], cricketer [[Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)|Bill O'Reilly]] and actress [[Carmen Duncan]].<ref name=tcn/>

Within a week of Howard hosting ''Midday'', Peacock unsuccessfully attempted to replace Howard as deputy opposition leader with [[John Moore (Australian politician)|John Moore]] which led to the [[1985 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill]] which ultimately saw Howard replace Peacock as Liberal Party leader.<ref>{{cite news|last=Malone|first=Paul|date=6 September 1985|title=Howard leads the Liberals; Peacock stands down after miscalculating support|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/13760507|work=The Canberra Times|access-date=5 August 2021}}</ref>