Obama Address to Federal Parliament
Updated: Coverage of US President Barack Obama's visit to Canberra on SBS, Seven, ABC, TEN and Nine.
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SBS ONE will screen Live coverage of President Barack Obama’s address to the Federal Parliament on Thursday morning.
SBS:
World News Australia Special: Obama Address
7:10am Western Australia
8:40am Northern Territory
9:10am Queensland
9:40am South Australia
10:10am NSW, Victoria, ACT, Tasmania
SEVEN (AEDT):
Wednesday 16th November:
3.20pm: Seven News: Special live bulletin and extended coverage
Chris Bath will host a special News bulletin, live from Canberra as Air-Force One touches down.
4.30pm Seven News: Live coverage continues
Seven News will cover the President’s ceremonial welcome to Parliament at 4.30pm AEDST.
Seven will also cross to Darwin where preparations are being made for the President’s visit on Thursday, when a major announcement will be made.
6.00pm: Seven News: Special one hour bulletin
Seven News will continue its regular bulletin at 6pm with live, uninterrupted coverage of the joint press conference with President Barack Obama and Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
Thursday 17th November
6.00am: Sunrise: Live and extended coverage
Hosted by Melissa Doyle and David Koch, Sunrise will extend its regular coverage with Melissa Doyle reporting live from Canberra and David Koch from Europe.
11.30am: Seven News: Morning Edition
Seven’s Ann Sanders will bring all the latest news from around the nation, plus a recap on the day’s Presidential tour.
4.30pm SEVEN NEWS: Afternoon Edition
Channel Seven senior reporters, Chris Reason and Nick McCallum will travel with President Obama to Darwin and report live for a special afternoon news bulletin.
6.00pm Seven News: Evening Edition
Continuous coverage from Darwin with live updates from Chris Reason and Nick McCallum.
6.30pm Today Tonight: Special Edition
Today Tonight host Matthew White, will cross live to Darwin for an address by Obama to Australian and American troops, concluding his official tour of Australia.
ABC:
Wednesday 16th November
ABC News 24
3pm – 7pm (Live AEDT)
Afternoon Live Special: President Obama – Live coverage of the visit by US President Obama
7:30pm – 10.00pm (Live AEDT)
ABC News 24 Special: President Obama – Live coverage of the visit by US President Obama
Thursday 17th November
ABC News 24
10am – 11am (Live AEDT)
President Obama Addresses Parliament – Live coverage of President Obama’s address to both houses of Parliament.
ABC1
ACT, NSW, VIC, TAS
6:00am – 10:00am
ABC News Breakfast – A special four hour edition
10am – 11am
President Obama Addresses Parliament – Live coverage of President Obama’s address to both houses of Parliament.
SA
5:30am – 9:30am
ABC News Breakfast – A special 4 hour edition
9:30am – 10:30am
President Obama Addresses Parliament – – Live coverage of President Obama’s address to both houses of Parliament.
QLD
5:00am – 9:00am
ABC News Breakfast – A special 4 hour edition
9:00am – 10:00am
President Obama Addresses Parliament – Live coverage of President Obama’s address to both houses of Parliament.
NT
4:30am – 8:30am
ABC News Breakfast – A special 4 hour edition
8:30am – 9:30am
President Obama Addresses Parliament – Live coverage of President Obama’s address to both houses of Parliament.
WA
4:00am – 7:00am
ABC News Breakfast – A special 4 hour edition
7:00am – 8:00am
President Obama Addresses Parliament – Live coverage of President Obama’s address to both houses of Parliament.
TEN: (live in all markets from 4:30pm AEDT)
Wed Nov 16
4:30pm TEN News Special Bulletin – Obama In Canberra,
Comprehensive live coverage of United States President Barack Obama’s visit to Canberra.
Please note The Bold and the Beautiful will be a double episode, 4pm Thursday in select markets.
Nine:
Wednesday, November 16
3.20pm Live: President Barack Obama’s arrival in Canberra on Air Force One.
4.30pm Live: Rolling coverage of President Obama’s arrival at Parliament House.
6pm: National Nine News; Live coverage from Parliament House, headlined by Laurie Oakes.
Including, from 6.05pm, a live press conference with Prime Minister Julia Gillard and President Barack Obama
Thursday, November 17
From 5.30am: A special extended edition of TODAY, hosted by Karl Stefanovic in Canberra, will continue throughout the morning including coverage of President Obama’s historic address to both houses of parliament plus ongoing national coverage of his first trip to Australia.
11am: Channel Nine News continues with national coverage of the Presidential tour Down Under.
This post will update with other networks as advised.
Please check local Guides!
17 Responses
@Jillian, not sure, but you can take him back if you want – we’ll even throw in GIllard and Brown as well!
He pulls more live TV than anything else here in Australia.
I was initially thinking ABC would cover him. They like Politics and everything in between. Oh well wake up to Obama.
*Yawn*
This guy is ruining our country here in the USA. Why is he speaking in Australia?
Oh, who cares?
For those of us at work only ABC has a night time replay of the Address to Parliament – 10pm on News 24 or 11.30pm on ABC1.
Did the Queen create this much fuss? 🙂
All networks except for Murdoch’s Foxtel channel.
Interesting, I don’t think our own head of state’s visit created this much fuss.
I’ll watch whichever channel has the least garish, superflous, red/orange hideous graphics telling us who and what we are watching, which they seem to deem totally necessary. I think we all know who Pres. Obama is without the need for hideously garish captions.
The difference is nine’s not number one (do you know how ironic that is to write!!!) anymore… Theyre not the leaders… The ‘new nine’
Seven has released it’s programming, you watch, Nines will be the exact same, Nine always copy Seven.
Any words on Foxtel channels SKY NEWS, CNN and BBC World news covering this event?
Not yet but I imagine A-PAC and SKY News.
Today Show will run til 11.
No doubt that Seven, Nine and ABC News will also air this Obama Address.
I think its safe to say…. all Networks will be taking this address!