Channel Nine has discontinued its Darwin television news bulletin and significantly reduced its newsroom staff in the Northern Territory. Only one reporter and camera operator will remain to cover news across the region, while Territorians will now receive the Queensland bulletin seven nights a week. The network cites a 'strategic transformation program' as the reason for the changes, which have impacted approximately eleven full-time positions across its Darwin and Gold Coast bureaus.
Channel Nine has axed its Darwin television bulletin and revealed the network’s newsroom in the Northern Territory will be run by a skeleton staff after scrapping several roles. Channel Nine has scrapped its Darwin television bulletin and revealed only one reporter and camera operator will stay on to cover news breaking across the Northern Territory .
Across both bureaus, approximately eleven full-time positions have been impacted. Picture: Asanka Ratnayake / Getty Images The spokesperson said just one reporter and camera operator will stay on to cover news in the Territory. NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro was critical of Channel Nine’s decision and urged the network to reinstate the weeknightly bulletin,
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