:Sky News Australia

{{main|Australian News Channel}}

Sky News Channel's parent company, Australian News Channel (ANC), was owned equally by British Sky Broadcasting (now Sky Limited; which is now a division of Comcast), Seven Media Group and Nine Entertainment Co., each with a 33% stake in the company from its founding until December 2016, when it was acquired by News Corp Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/news-corp-buys-sky-news-in-australia-and-new-zealand-from-seven-and-nine-20161201-gt1kuz.html|title= News Corp buys Sky News in Australia and New Zealand from Seven and Nine |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=1 December 2016|access-date=1 December 2016}}

Sky News Australia launched at 5 pm{{cite web |date=19 February 2016 |title=Sky News Australia first ever broadcast anniversary |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxr50XZp0Yg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Nxr50XZp0Yg |archive-date=21 December 2021 |access-date=19 February 2016 |work=Sky News Australia |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} on 19 February 1996, as the first Australian-produced television news channel. The channel aired its 50,000th unique newscast on 23 April 2003 at 11 am.{{cite web |date=17 April 2003 |title=Sky News Australia [About Us] |url=http://www.skynews.com.au/aboutus.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030417010738/http://www.skynews.com.au/aboutus.htm |archive-date=17 April 2003}} Sky News was added to Austar on 1 April 2000.{{cite news |date=17 March 2000 |title=News on the Hour |page=55 |newspaper=Illawarra Mercury |location=Illawarra, Australia |url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news000318_0496_9436 |access-date=26 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306212224/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news000318_0496_9436 |archive-date=6 March 2012 |via=Fairfax NewsStore}}

In 2004, Sky News began broadcasting Sky News Active, its on-demand interactive TV news service. In 2008, Sky News launched the Sky News Business Channel, and on 20 January 2009, Sky News launched Australian Public Affairs Channel (A-PAC). It began widescreen broadcasting on 17 May 2009.{{cite web |title=Sky News to broadcast in widescreen - Australian-Media.com.au News |url=http://www.australian-media.com.au/news/13033/sky-news-to-broadcast-in-widescreen/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126052116/http://www.australian-media.com.au/news/13033/sky-news-to-broadcast-in-widescreen |archive-date=26 January 2016 |access-date=16 December 2014}} In 2013, Sky News Australia was granted {{A$}}20 million in funding from its parent company to be used over three years.{{cite news |last=Davidson |first=Darren |date=28 January 2013 |title=Sky widens coverage as investors rain cash |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/sky-widens-coverage-as-investors-rain-cash/story-e6frg996-1226563050797?nk=3c4469d5d5e24aacc6b630da9710b3ec |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170125125616/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/sky-widens-coverage-as-investors-rain-cash/story-e6frg996-1226563050797?nk=3c4469d5d5e24aacc6b630da9710b3ec |archive-date=25 January 2017 |access-date=28 January 2015 |work=The Australian}}

Sky News Australia began broadcasting in high definition on 1 December 2015.{{cite web |last=Jenny @Foxtel Community |date=1 December 2015 |title=Sky News Live Ch601 is going HD – Page 3 |url=https://community.foxtel.com.au/t5/Foxtel-iQ3/Sky-News-Live-Ch601-is-going-HD/td-p/101449/page/3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208122322/https://community.foxtel.com.au/t5/Foxtel-iQ3/Sky-News-Live-Ch601-is-going-HD/td-p/101449/page/3 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |access-date=1 December 2015 |work=Foxtel Community}}{{cite web |date=26 April 2016 |title=Sky News Election Channel: Foxtel and Sky's new destination for politics junkies |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/sky-news-election-channel-foxtel-and-skys-new-destination-for-politics-junkies/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426093650/https://www.mediaweek.com.au/sky-news-election-channel-foxtel-and-skys-new-destination-for-politics-junkies/ |archive-date=26 April 2016 |access-date=26 April 2016 |publisher=Mediaweek}} File:Former Sky News Australia logo.pngFile:Sky_News_Live_logo.jpg

In mid-2019, the channel began expanding its digital operations.{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=Cam |date=6 November 2020 |title='In digital, the right-wing material is 24/7': How Sky News quietly became Australia's biggest news channel on social media |url=https://www.businessinsider.com.au/sky-news-australia-biggest-social-media-channel-culture-wars-2020-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106062932/https://www.businessinsider.com.au/sky-news-australia-biggest-social-media-channel-culture-wars-2020-11 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 November 2020 |access-date=22 December 2020 |website=Business Insider Australia |language=en}} This included a content partnership with YouTube, Microsoft News, Facebook and Taboola.{{cite web |last=Blackiston |first=Hannah |date=5 August 2019 |title=Sky News partners with YouTube, Microsoft News, Facebook and Taboola on content distribution deals |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/sky-news-partners-with-youtube-microsoft-news-facebook-and-taboola-on-content-distribution-deals-592069 |access-date=22 December 2020 |website=Mumbrella |language=en-US}} That led to new, opinion-focused videos being uploaded more frequently and across News Corp platforms, after having previously not uploaded any videos from February 2017 to April 2019.

In February 2018, Sky News Australia launched a digital-first brand and content platform called 2600. The online political newsletter is sent out daily with breaking news from Canberra.{{cite news| url=http://www.bandt.com.au/media/sky-news-launches-new-digital-content-platform | work=B&T | title=Sky News Launches New Digital Content Platform | date=11 February 2018 |access-date=11 February 2018}}

In November 2018, Sky News terminated the contract of former Liberal Party MP and late-night presenter Ross Cameron for using sinophobic language to describe Chinese people.{{cite news |last1=Remeikis |first1=Amy |date=2 November 2018 |title=Ross Cameron sacked from Sky News after racist comments about Chinese people |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/nov/02/ross-cameron-sacked-from-sky-news-after-racist-comments-about-chinese-people |access-date=5 November 2018}}

In July 2024, it was reported that the network would relocate to the News Corp Australia headquarters in Surry Hills in 2025.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-21 |title=Fox News Australia? Sky News Australia may be forced to rebrand |url=https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/fox-news-australia-sky-news-australia-may-be-forced-to-rebrand-20240716-p5ju6o |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en}} It was also reported that the network's license to the Sky News brand was expected to expire as early as late-2025, and that Sky Limited was not expected to renew the agreement due to the change in ownership and the divergence in editorial direction between Sky News UK and Sky News Australia. It was reported that News Corp were considering rebranding the network as either "Australian News Channel" or a name containing "Fox News" (derived from U.S. sister network owned by Fox Corporation) or "Talk" (coming from News UK brand Talkradio, which operates a spin-off internet television service).

{{See also|List of programs broadcast by Sky News Australia}}

Sky News programming consists of a mix of live news bulletins, live broadcasts from events (such as Parliament Question Time and selected press conferences), original commentary panel programs and simulcasts of international sister station Sky News UK. Sky News has broadcast every sitting of Question Time from the House of Representatives since its launch in 1996.

Sky News Australia increased its primetime programming offerings, particularly its political-themed shows, significantly in 2013, when it made more obvious its right-leaning ideology, ahead of the 2013 federal election, cancelling almost entirely the slot's rolling news block News Night. It would then regain most of its runtime in 2014. Sky News Australia rebranded itself on 19 January 2015 as "Sky News Live", dropping the "Sky News National" branding.{{cite web|title=SKY NEWS LIVE and ready in 2015|date=20 January 2015|url=http://www.foxtel.com.au/whats-on/foxtel-insider/sky-news-live-and-ready-in-2015-223990.htm|access-date=21 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150121010110/http://www.foxtel.com.au/whats-on/foxtel-insider/sky-news-live-and-ready-in-2015-223990.htm|archive-date=21 January 2015}}

On weekdays, throughout most of the day, rolling news coverage is presented from one of Sky News Australia's studios. From 5 pm (AEST/AEDT), commentary programs begin, and continue through primetime until 11 pm AEST/AEDT. Most of these programs are presented by conservative commentators discussing the news of the day, often with a panel of other commentators, and feature a news update at the beginning of the program (and sometimes further updates during the program). Rolling news continues from 11 pm AEST/AEDT before coverage switches to an overnight simulcast of Sky News UK at 1 am AEST/AEDT.

Beginning in 2007, Sky News aired local breakaway programming for New Zealand viewers in primetime, filmed at Prime NZ's Auckland studios and produced from Sydney. One of these programs, Prime News – First at 5:30, was also simulcast to Australian viewers.{{cite news |date=9 March 2007 |title=Sky News NZ Evening News to launch Monday 12 March 2007 |url=http://www.throng.co.nz/2007/03/sky-news-nz-evening-news-to-launch-monday-12-march-2007/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227055629/http://www.throng.co.nz/2007/03/sky-news-nz-evening-news-to-launch-monday-12-march-2007/ |archive-date=27 February 2015 |access-date=25 March 2016 |work=Throng}} The debut of Sky News NZ Evening News was watched by just 1,500 viewers and panned by critics.{{cite web |url= http://m.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10429215 |title=Sky only a blip on news horizon |date=17 March 2007 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=25 March 2016 |first=Martha |last=McKenzie}} Sky News Australia continued to produce news programming for Prime until 2015, when MediaWorks New Zealand took over production of Prime's news programming via its own news department.{{cite web |date=23 January 2015 |title=Prime News production moves to NZ |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/65355975/prime-news-production-moves-to-nz |access-date=25 March 2016 |work=stuff.co.nz}} On 16 June 2018, Sky News Australia premiered New Zealand Agenda, a political program hosted by New Zealand bureau chief James O'Doherty from Wellington, New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/the-politics-of-a-baby-bump-arderns-six-week-maternity-leave/news-story/6de8c7e1788a61dbff176992a12b3068|title=The politics of a baby bump: Ardern's six-week maternity leave|date=15 June 2018|access-date=15 June 2018|work=The Australian|first=James|last=O'Doherty|url-access=subscription}}

{{div col}}Daytime

• First Edition with Peter Stefanovic (Monday to Friday)
• Weekend Edition (Saturday to Sunday)
• Sky News Breakfast with Jaynie Seal and Samatha Chiari (Only on Sky News Regional & Sky News Weather) (Monday to Friday)
• AM Agenda with Laura Jayes (Monday to Friday)
• Outsiders with Rowan Dean, Rita Panahi, and James Morrow (Sundays)
• Business Weekend with Ross Greenwood (Sundays)
• NewsDay with Tom Connell and Ashleigh Gillon (Monday to Friday)
• Weekend Live (Saturday to Sunday)
• Afternoon Agenda with Kieran Gilbert (Monday to Friday)
• Business Now with Ross Greenwood (Monday to Friday)
• The Kenny Report with Chris Kenny (Monday to Thursday)
• NZ Edition with Jack Nyhof (Saturdays)

Nighttime (Sky After Dark)

• Credlin with Peta Credlin (Monday to Friday)
• The Bolt Report with Andrew Bolt (Monday to Thursday){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/21/the-bolt-report-to-be-resurrected-on-sky-news-five-nights-a-week|title=The Bolt Report to be resurrected on Sky News five nights a week |date=21 March 2016|access-date=21 March 2016|first=Amanda|last=Meade|work=The Guardian}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/03/the-bolt-report-shifting-to-sky-news.html|title=The Bolt Report shifting to SKY News |date=21 March 2016|access-date=21 March 2016|first=David|last=Knox|work=TV Tonight}}
• The Sunday Showdown (Sundays)
• The US Report with James Morrow (Fridays)
• The Media Show with Jack Houghton (Fridays)
• Sharri with Sharri Markson (Monday to Thursday)
• Paul Murray Live with Paul Murray (Sunday to Thursday)
• The U.S Report with James Morrow (Fridays)
• The Rita Panahi Show with Rita Panahi (Fridays)
• The Late Debate with James Macpherson, Liz Storer and Caleb Bond (Monday to Thursday)
• The Late Debate: The Papers with James Macpherson, Liz Storer and Caleb Bond (Monday to Thursday)
• NewsNight (Saturday to Sunday){{div col end}}

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• Peter Stefanovic
• Jaynie Seal
• Laura Jayes
• Tom Connell
• Ashleigh Gillon
• Kieran Gilbert
• Tim Gilbert
• Danica De Giorgio
• Kristie Lloyd
• Ortenzia Borre

• Rowan Dean
• Rita Panahi{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/03/rita-panahi-to-host-friday-show-for-sky-news.html|title=Rita Panahi to host Friday Show for SKY News |date=19 March 2018|access-date=2 July 2018|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox}}
• James Morrow
• Ross Greenwood
• Chris Kenny{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/01/chris-kenny-leads-new-shows-changes-on-sky-news.html|title=Chris Kenny leads new shows & changes on SKY News |date=22 January 2019|access-date=3 March 2019|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox}}{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/04/airdate-kenny-on-sunday.html|title=Airdate: Kenny on Sunday |date=13 April 2018|access-date=2 July 2018|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox}}
• Peta Credlin{{cite web |last=Meade |first=Amanda |date=31 March 2016 |title=Peta Credlin joins Sky News as 2016 election campaign commentator |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/mar/31/peta-credlin-joins-sky-news-as-2016-election-campaign-commentator |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401104940/http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/mar/31/peta-credlin-joins-sky-news-as-2016-election-campaign-commentator |archive-date=1 April 2016 |access-date=1 April 2016 |work=The Guardian Australia}}{{cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=31 March 2016 |title=Peta Credlin joins SKY News |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/03/peta-credlin-joins-sky-news.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401105146/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/03/peta-credlin-joins-sky-news.html |archive-date=1 April 2016 |access-date=1 April 2016 |work=TV Tonight}}
• Andrew Bolt
• Paul Murray
• Jack Houghton
• Jenna Clarke
• James Macpherson
• Sharri Markson
• Laura Jayes
• Kieran Gilbert
• Cheng Lei

• Kenny Heatley, Julia Bradley,{{Cite web |last=Willan |first=Fiona |date=7 January 2025 |title=X |url=https://x.com/Fi_Willan/status/1876519014085820895 |access-date=6 March 2025 |website=X}} Caroline Marcus and Brent O’Halloran – Sydney
• Holly Edwards-Smith, Georgia Simpson, Holly Stearnes and Simon Love – Melbourne
• Trudy McIntosh and Cameron Reddin – Canberra
• Kaiser Shields and Harry Clarke – Brisbane
• Lauren Forbes - Gold Coast
• Monique Van Der Hayden - Adelaide
• Crystal Wu - Perth
• Matt Cunningham – Darwin
• Jack Nyhof – Wellington, New Zealand
• Staś Butler – Taipei, Taiwan
• Annelise Nielsen – Washington, D.C., United States

• Caroline Marcus{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/skys-full-of-stars-new-faces-for-the-news-channels-lineup-in-2017/news-story/bc5e98c00534df96e409364b78f1e04f|title=Sky's full of stars: new faces for the news channel's line-up in 2017|date=17 December 2016|access-date=13 January 2017|work=news.com.au|publisher=News Corp Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161217232843/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/skys-full-of-stars-new-faces-for-the-news-channels-lineup-in-2017/news-story/bc5e98c00534df96e409364b78f1e04f|archive-date=17 December 2016|last=Byrnes|first=Holly}}

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• Cory Bernardi (2023)
• John Gatfield 1996–2008 now with Sky Racing. Co-anchored the first bulletin on 19 February 1996 with Juanita Phillips
• Samantha Armytage
• Dan Bourchier {{small|(now with ABC News)}}
• Ross Cameron (2013-2018)
• Brooke Corte {{small|(now with Nine Radio)}}
• Helen Dalley
• Craig Emerson {{small|(resigned in protest over Blair Cottrell interview)}}
• Georgie Gardner {{small|(now with Nine News)}}
• Amy Greenbank {{small|(now with ABC News)}}
• Stan Grant (2013-2017)
• Leigh Hatcher
• Patricia Karvelas {{small|(now with ABC News)}} (2016-2017)
• Kristina Keneally {{small|(former Premier of New South Wales and Former Senator for New South Wales)}} (2014-2017)
• Chris Kohler {{small|(now with Nine News)}}
• David Koch {{small|(now with Sunrise on the Seven Network)}}
• Mark Latham {{small|(now a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council)}} (2016-2017)
• Prue Lewarne
• Samantha Maiden {{small|(resigned whilst suspended. Now with news.com.au)}}
• John Mangos
• Sharon McKenzie
• Piers Morgan
• Melanie McLaughlin {{small|(now with Seven News)}}
• Jim Middleton {{small|(now a Media Advisor for Climate 200)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.climate200.com.au/about-us|title=About Us|website=Climate 200|access-date= 3 September 2022}}
• Erin Molan{{Cite news |last=Sharp |first=Annette |date=17 December 2024 |title=Erin Molan's stinging one-word response to Sky dumping |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/erin-molans-stinging-oneword-response-to-sky-dumping/news-story/87978649c426a2a188bbe8ead30c9dde |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=news.com.au |publisher=News Corp}}
• Kelly Nestor
• Janine Perrett{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/10/axed-heads-up-with-janine-perrett.html|title=Axed: Heads Up with Janine Perrett |date=2 October 2018|access-date=27 October 2018|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox}}
• Juanita Phillips {{small|(now with ABC News)}}
• Cameron Price {{small|(now with Seven News)}}
• Chris Roe
• Celina Edmonds {{small|(now with ABC News)}}
• Vanessa Grimm
• Nina Stevens {{small|(now with Seven News)}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2014/03/michael-willesee-leaves-sky-news.html|title=Michael Willesee leaves SKY News|date=17 March 2014|access-date=13 January 2017|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox}}
• Amber Sherlock {{small|(now with Nine News)}}
• David Speers {{small|(now with Insiders)}}
• Greg Thomson {{small|(resigned whilst suspended)}}
• Karen Tso {{small|(now with CNBC)}}
• Jacinta Tynan
• Peter van Onselen (2010-2017)
• Terry Willesee
• Michael Willesee, Jr.
• Ahron Young
• Craig Norenbergs
• James Bracey {{small| (now with Nine News)}}
• Ticky Fullerton{{small| (now CEO of the Australian British Chamber of Commerce)}}{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/05/new-roles-for-peter-stefanovic-laura-jayes-ticky-fullarton-at-sky-news.html|title=Airdate: New Roles for Peter Stefanovic, Laura Jayes, Ticky Fullarton at SKY News|date=27 May 2019|access-date=31 July 2019|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox}}
• Peter Gleeson
• Fiona Willan {{Small|(now with ABC News)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/fiona-willan/104868070 |title=Fiona Willan - ABC News |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation }}
• Olivia Caisley {{Small|(now with ABC News)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/olivia-caisley/104867896 |title=Olivia Caisley - ABC News |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=18 February 2025 }}{{div col end}}

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Sky News Australia has a bureau in every capital city in Australia, completing this with the opening of its Hobart studio in 2013. In 2016, it opened a bureau in Cairns, making it the first non-capital city bureau.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/04/sky-news-expands-to-cairns-bureau.html|title=SKY News expands to Cairns bureau|date=4 April 2016|access-date=4 April 2016|first=David|last=Knox|work=TV Tonight|url-status=live|archive-date=4 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404030749/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/04/sky-news-expands-to-cairns-bureau.html}} In 2017, a Gold Coast bureau was opened marking the third non-capital city studio after Cairns and Geelong.{{cite web |date=1 August 2017 |title=Sky News opens new studio facility on the Gold Coast |url=https://decidertv.com/page/2017/8/1/sky-news-opens-new-studio-facility-on-the-gold-coast-skynewsaust |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801014320/https://decidertv.com/page/2017/8/1/sky-news-opens-new-studio-facility-on-the-gold-coast-skynewsaust |archive-date=1 August 2017 |access-date=1 August 2017 |work=Decider TV}}

The base of Sky News Australia is in the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park, from which the majority of its news and programming is broadcast. Its Melbourne studio was upgraded in 2014, allowing it to be used as a secondary broadcast studio.{{cite web |url=http://www.newscaststudio.com/2014/08/26/sky-news-updates-melbourne-bureau/ |work=NewsCastStudio |title=Sky News updates Melbourne bureau |date=26 August 2014 |access-date=28 January 2015}} Hinch Live became the first regular program to be broadcast from Melbourne.{{cite news |last=Dennehy |first=Luke |date=6 January 2015 |title=Derryn Hinch to host new Hinch Live talk current affairs show on Sky News |newspaper=Herald Sun |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/derryn-hinch-to-host-new-hinch-live-talk-current-affairs-show-on-sky-news/story-fnn7ma1h-1227176316415?nk=3c4469d5d5e24aacc6b630da9710b3ec |access-date=28 January 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150128035030/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/derryn-hinch-to-host-new-hinch-live-talk-current-affairs-show-on-sky-news/story-fnn7ma1h-1227176316415?nk=3c4469d5d5e24aacc6b630da9710b3ec |archive-date=28 January 2015}}

The third major bureau is in Parliament House, Canberra, opened in 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/house_of_representatives_committees?url=proc/media/subs/sub002.pdf |title=Submission by Australian News Channel Pty Ltd – Media Coverage of Parliamentary Proceedings |work=Australian News Channel |date=June 2004 |access-date=22 April 2016}} Lyndal Curtis became Bureau Chief of in October 2015.{{cite web |publisher=TV Tonight |first=David |last=Knox |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/10/former-abc-journo-joins-sky-news.html |title=Former ABC journo joins SKY News |date=13 October 2015 |access-date=13 October 2015}} Additionally, Sky News has a small office in the Channel Seven building in Martin Place, which includes a small street-level single camera studio which looks onto Elizabeth Street, Sydney.{{cite news |last=Sinclair |first=Lara |date=5 October 2009 |title=Sky to go local at News offices |newspaper=The Australian |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26163927-7582,00.html |access-date=4 November 2023 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20091010105835/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26163927-7582,00.html |archive-date=10 October 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Internationally, Sky News's only foreign bureau is in Wellington, New Zealand, opened in 2015.{{cite web |date=17 March 2015 |title=Sky News announces NZ's only 24-hour news channel Political Bureau |url=http://www.throng.co.nz/2015/03/sky-news-announces-nzs-24-hour-news-channel-political-bureau/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505231047/http://www.throng.co.nz/2015/03/sky-news-announces-nzs-24-hour-news-channel-political-bureau/ |archive-date=5 May 2015 |access-date=26 July 2016 |work=Throng}}{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/7571316 |title=Uma Patel – ABC News |publisher=ABC News |access-date=26 July 2016 |url-status=live |archive-date=26 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726044855/http://www.abc.net.au/news/7571316}}

Apart from its own resources, at launch Sky News Australia used the news resources of its former parent companies Seven News, Nine News and Sky News UK, as well as sister networks Sky News UK and Fox News Channel. ABC America and CBS were founding international partners of Sky News Australia.{{cite web |date=20 February 2016 |title=Sky News Australia first ever broadcast 1996 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGlsP33Qt5Y |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/jGlsP33Qt5Y |archive-date=21 December 2021 |access-date=20 February 2016 |work=Sky News Australia}}{{cbignore}}

In 2010 it had agreements with CCTV China, ABC America, CBS, Reuters, APTN, Bloomberg, Dow Jones and Newshub, when it signed a four-year partnership deal with CNN International, commencing on 1 January 2011.{{cite web |date=11 October 2010 |title=Sky News Australia Partners With CNN International |url=http://www.foxtel.com.au/whats-on/foxtel-insider/sky-news-australia-partners-with-cnn-international-98556.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313160721/http://www.foxtel.com.au/whats-on/foxtel-insider/sky-news-australia-partners-with-cnn-international-98556.htm |archive-date=13 March 2011 |access-date=28 January 2015}}

In 2017, Denis Muller, a senior research fellow at the University of Melbourne's Centre for Advancing Journalism, described the channel as having a "split personality", running straight news bulletins and reporting during the day with professional and independent journalists and presenters, while moving toward "right-leaning punditry" in prime time.

In February 2021, Muller, commenting on former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's statement that Sky News was following a pattern laid down by Fox News, described the nighttime programming of Sky News as including "the unconstrained peddling of extreme right-wing propaganda, lies, disinformation, crude distortion of fact, and baseless assertions".

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Sky News Australia has an editorial policy that follows a conservative, right-wing bias. Coverage is frequently critical of Australia's main progressive political parties, Labor and the Greens in addition to the Moderate Faction of Liberal Party,{{Cite news |date=4 September 2024|title='Woke lefties' have infiltrated the Liberal Party |website=Sky News Australia|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Z1YMmR0TI |access-date=28 February 2025}} while being supportive of right-wing parties such as the Liberal-National Coalition (except for the Moderate Faction {{Cite news |date=4 September 2024|title='Woke lefties' have infiltrated the Liberal Party |website=Sky News Australia|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Z1YMmR0TI |access-date=28 February 2025}} ) and One Nation. Presenter Paul Murray has stated that "Sky News at night is a Liberal echo chamber".{{cite news |last=Meade |first=Amanda |date=23 November 2018 |title=Paul Murray's hot-mic admission: 'Sky News at night is a Liberal echo chamber' |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/nov/23/paul-murrays-hot-mic-admission-sky-news-at-night-is-a-liberal-echo-chamber |access-date=5 November 2023}} Drawing a strong comparison to Fox News, the network began moving towards panel-based programming from 2010, with most of its highest profile prime time commentators being conservative.{{cite web|last=Burrowes|first=Tim|date=28 October 2016|title=Sky News host Kristina Keneally: Australia is too small for a Fox News|url=https://mumbrella.com.au/sky-news-host-kristina-keneally-australia-small-fox-news-404933|access-date=17 February 2017|work=Mumbrella}}{{cite web|last=Meade|first=Amanda|date=25 March 2016|title=Straight news or Fox News? Andrew Bolt's show sends Sky further right on the night|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/25/straight-news-or-fox-news-andrew-bolts-show-sends-sky-further-right-on-the-night|access-date=17 February 2017|work=The Guardian}} Hosts Andrew Bolt and Paul Murray have been compared to Fox News presenters Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity respectively.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Murdoch-owned outlets—including Sky News Australia commentators—dubbed Victoria premier Daniel Andrews a "dictator" for his local response. Andrews criticised the network in an interview, stating that "in Victoria, the haters hate and the rest vote Labor and that's fine by me. Call me what you want, what really matters is not that nonsense, that noise, that vitriol, that [Sky News] After Dark bullshit. That’s all that it is – the worst of American politics imported into ours."{{Cite news |last=Kolovos |first=Benita |date=2023-12-08 |title=Daniel Andrews fires up over ‘Dictator Dan’ moniker and Sky News After Dark ‘bullshit’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/08/daniel-andrews-dictator-dan-comment-sky-news-after-dark |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news |last=Meade |first=Amanda |date=2023-09-26 |title=So long and thanks for all the biffs: Murdoch press may miss the man they called Dictator Dan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/27/so-long-and-thanks-for-the-biffs-murdoch-press-may-miss-the-man-they-called-dictator-dan |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Andrew Bolt and Alan Jones frequently spread claims about the mental health of then-United States president Joe Biden, claiming he was unfit to be the President and suggesting he was suffering from dementia.{{cite news |date=23 September 2021 |title=People can see the 'serious mental decline' of Joe Biden |work=The Australian |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/people-can-see-the-serious-mental-decline-of-joe-biden/video/d49a311d882ed18c4d1c7fad698ee8a5 |access-date=27 September 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Muzaffar |first1=Maroosha |date=7 July 2021 |title=Australian TV channel calls Biden 'barely cogent' leader 'who couldn't find his way home after dark' |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/biden-cognitive-decline-australia-news-b1879533.html |url-status=live |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822041126/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/biden-cognitive-decline-australia-news-b1879533.html |archive-date=22 August 2021}}

On 13 December 2020, Rowan Dean promoted the Great Reset conspiracy theory on Sky News Australia, claiming that "This Great Reset is as serious and dangerous a threat to our prosperity – to your prosperity and your freedom – as we have faced in decades".

As of February 2021, American far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones uses segments from Sky News Australia to back up his claims.

In July 2021, Alan Jones and Craig Kelly falsely claimed that United Kingdom data proved that getting vaccinated against COVID-19 would increase the likelihood of death due to COVID-19. The claim originated in The Daily Exposé, a British website known for promoting COVID-19 and anti-vaccine misinformation.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-19|title=Ep 24 - Dangerous and misleading|url=https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/jones/13450962|access-date=2022-12-04|website=ABC News Australia|language=en-AU}} The Daily Exposé's claim was debunked by the BBC, Full Fact and Reuters.{{Cite news |date=2021-07-01 |title=Covid: Misleading stat claims more vaccinated people die |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57610998 |access-date=2022-12-04}}{{Cite web |date=2021-07-02 |title=Vaccinated people sometimes die of Covid-19—but very rarely |url=https://fullfact.org/online/fully-vaccinated-deaths-daily-expose/ |access-date=2022-12-04 |website=Full Fact |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2021-07-07 |title=Fact Check-England's COVID-19 death statistics do not suggest vaccines aren't working |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check-covid-england-idUSL2N2OJ1ET |access-date=2022-12-04}} Sky News Australia subsequently removed the broadcast and issued a correction on its website.

On 1 August 2021, YouTube barred Sky News Australia from uploading new content onto their channel for a week for breaking YouTube's rules on posting videos containing COVID-19 misinformation.{{Cite news |date=1 August 2021 |title=Sky News Australia barred for week by YouTube over Covid misinformation |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-58045787 |access-date=1 August 2021}} Upon the channel's return to the platform, Sky News Australia published a piece titled "Uncancelled: Sky News Australia Set Free" wherein Digital Editor Jack Houghton claimed the channel's temporary banning was the result of Silicon Valley and left-wing media attempting to stifle free speech.{{Citation |title=UNCANCELLED: SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA SET FREE | date=5 August 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUD_BykmytU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/IUD_BykmytU |language=en |access-date=7 August 2021 |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}

A 2022 analysis by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a British think tank, found that Sky News Australia was a major source for climate change misinformation. Sky News Australia rejected the findings of the analysis, saying that they would "continue to encourage debate" on climate change.{{Cite web|last=Readfearn|first=Graham|date=2022-06-13|title=Sky News Australia is a global hub for climate misinformation, report says|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/jun/14/sky-news-australia-is-a-global-hub-for-climate-misinformation-report-says|access-date=2022-06-20|website=The Guardian|language=en}} In 2022, Sky News Australia promoted a now retracted journal article from the European Physical Journal that claimed to have found no evidence of climate change in two video segments. The two segments were viewed more than 500 000 times.{{Cite news |last=Readfearn |first=Graham |date=2023-08-25 |title=Scientific journal retracts article that claimed no evidence of climate crisis |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/26/scientific-journal-retracts-article-that-claimed-no-evidence-of-climate-crisis |access-date=2023-09-14 |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |title=Report finds 'no evidence' of a climate emergency |url=https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https://www.facebook.com/SkyNewsAustralia/videos/654593805870532/&show_text=true&width=560&t=0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220926144512/https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https://www.facebook.com/SkyNewsAustralia/videos/654593805870532/&show_text=true&width=560&t=0 |archive-date=2022-09-26 |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Facebook}}{{Cite AV media |title=Report finds 'no evidence' of a climate emergency |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7P4zyxM8zc |access-date=14 September 2023|language=en |date=18 September 2022 |author=Sky News Australia |via=YouTube }}

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The highest rating broadcast on Sky News Australia was an episode of Paul Murray Live on 26 June 2013 (following the 2013 Labor leadership spill), averaging 197,000 viewers across a special two-hour broadcast. The highest audience share Sky News Australia has achieved was during coverage of the 2009 Victorian bushfires.{{cite web| url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/nine-maroons-seven-with-origin-and-leadership-double-20130627-2oyig.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald| title=Nine maroons Seven with Origin and leadership double | date=27 June 2013|access-date=28 January 2015}}

On 15 December 2014 during the Sydney Lindt café siege, coverage of the unfolding incident took 16 of the 20 most watched programs on the Foxtel platform. The 7 pm (AEST) hour was the highest rated at 109,000 viewers.{{cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=16 December 2014 |title=Ratings: Monday 15 December 2014 |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2014/12/monday-15-december-2014.html |access-date=20 April 2015 |publisher=TV Tonight}} Sky News achieved a day time share of 2.6% (behind ABC News 24's 3.8%) and a primetime share of 1.5% (behind ABC News 24's 2.5%).{{cite web|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2014/12/martin-place.html|title=Martin Place siege: ABC / SKY News|date=17 December 2014|access-date=20 April 2015}}

Sky News Live rated 56,000 viewers for early evening coverage of the 2015 Queensland state election, and 83,000 viewers for later coverage, beaten by ABC News 24's coverage which was watched by 195,000 viewers nationally.{{cite tweet |date=1 February 2015 |title=SatTV: Queensland election News24 metro 195k / Brisbane only: Nine 146k ABC 109k Seven 76k STV: SkyNews late 83k early 56k @NatalieSouthby |url=https://twitter.com/MediaweekAUS/status/561759248275623936 |access-date=20 April 2015 |number=561759248275623936 |user=MediaweekAUS}} For its coverage of the failed Liberal leadership spill on 9 February 2015 between 9 am and 10 am, Sky News Live was the second most watched subscription channel and the coverage was the third most watched program of the day with 69,000 viewers.{{cite tweet|number=564949572787519488|user=MediaweekAUS|url=https://twitter.com/MediaweekAUS/status/564949572787519488|title=Mon STV @SkyNewsAust #2 channel Leadership crisis 9-10am #3 program 69k|access-date=20 April 2015}}

Sky News Live reached a total audience of 700,000 viewers on 14 September 2015 (including simulcast on Sky News Business) during the 2015 Liberal leadership spill. It was the most watched subscription television channel for the evening and outrated all free-to-air television channels between 11 pm and midnight AEST.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/abc-and-sky-news-the-big-winners-out-of-liberal-leadership-spill-20150915-gjmy8i.html|title=ABC and Sky News the big winners out of Liberal leadership spill|date=15 September 2015|access-date=16 September 2015|first=Michael|last=Lallo|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|archive-date=16 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916043842/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/abc-and-sky-news-the-big-winners-out-of-liberal-leadership-spill-20150915-gjmy8i.html}} The highest rated hour of coverage was from 10pm, achieving 190,000 viewers, the second highest ratings since the 2013 Labor Party spill.{{cite web|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/09/monday-14-september-2015.html|title=Monday 14 September 2015|date=15 September 2015|access-date=16 September 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/abc-news-24-the-ratings-winner-as-turnbull-wins-spill/story-e6frg996-1227527956142|title=ABC News 24 the ratings winner as Turnbull wins spill |newspaper=The Australian|date=15 September 2015|access-date=16 September 2015|first=Michael|last=Bodey}}{{subscription required}}

A March 2016 article in The Guardian Australia reported Sky News averages 12,000 national viewers between 6 pm and midnight, with a peak of 18,000 between 8 pm and 10 pm, although the report did not specify what days or dates this average refers to.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/25/straight-news-or-fox-news-andrew-bolts-show-sends-sky-further-right-on-the-night|title=Straight news or Fox News? Andrew Bolt's show sends Sky further right on the night|work=Guardian Australia|first=Amanda|last=Meade|date=25 March 2016|access-date=26 March 2016|archive-date=25 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325233752/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/25/straight-news-or-fox-news-andrew-bolts-show-sends-sky-further-right-on-the-night|url-status=live}}

During the 2016 federal election, Sky News averaged 96,000 viewers, an increase of 46% from the 2013 election.{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/abc-election-coverage-attracts-biggest-tv-audience/news-story/2a2a02a7973220f06f92547f887ec644|title=Election 2016: TV ratings for poll night sees ABC attract biggest TV audience|date=4 July 2016|access-date=4 July 2016|work=The Australian|first=Michael|last=Bodey}}

In July 2018, Sky News claimed to have achieved its highest ratings on record, with viewership up 9% overall and its weeknight primetime (6pm–11pm) viewership 25% higher on the same period last year, according to OzTAM figures.{{cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/sky-news-on-a-roll-as-presenters-bring-in-record-number-of-viewers/news-story/0dad1163c9ff48459953ba7bac8c19e7|title=Sky News on a roll as presenters bring in record number of viewers|work=The Australian|date=16 July 2018|access-date=16 July 2018|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web |date=16 July 2018 |title=Sky News delivers record-breaking audiences |url=http://more.skynews.com.au/media-release-07-16-sky-news-delivers-record-breaking-audiences/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715234255/http://more.skynews.com.au/media-release-07-16-sky-news-delivers-record-breaking-audiences/ |archive-date=15 July 2018 |access-date=16 July 2018 |work=Sky News Australia}}

In August 2018, coverage of the Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2018 saw Sky News gain its highest Tuesday primetime audience ever with a 4.2% audience share. Speers, Credlin and Jones & Co all had their highest-rated episodes on record.{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/08/libspill-drives-sky-news-audience.html|date=23 August 2018|access-date=23 August 2018|first=David|last=Knox|work=TV Tonight|title=LibSpill drives SKY News audience}}

The Sky News 2022 Australian federal election debate had 415,000 viewers.

The Sky News 2025 Australian federal election debate had a viewership of 410,000.{{cite news |url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/first-leaders-debate-breaks-live-sky-news-audience-records-reaching-410000-australians/news-story/3fcabc13d2ef91bd051dd44c3b1acc6d |access-date=27 April 2025 |date=10 April 2025 |title=First leaders’ debate breaks live Sky News audience records reaching 410,000 Australians |work=Sky News |url-status=live |archive-date=27 April 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250427123722/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/first-leaders-debate-breaks-live-sky-news-audience-records-reaching-410000-australians/news-story/3fcabc13d2ef91bd051dd44c3b1acc6d}}

In August 2018, Sky News was heavily criticised for providing a platform to Blair Cottrell, leader of the far-right, Neo-Nazi organisation United Patriots Front in a one-to-one discussion about immigration on The Adam Giles Show. Sky News presenter Laura Jayes and ABC journalist David Speers were among those critical (both on-air and off-air) of his appearance on the programme due to the fact that he has expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler and claimed to have manipulated women "using violence and terror."{{cite news|last1=Meade |first1=Amanda |title=Sky News interview with far-right agitator Blair Cottrell sparks fury |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/06/sky-news-interview-far-right-blair-cottrell |work=The Guardian|date=6 August 2018|access-date=6 August 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-06/sky-news-apologises-for-airing-interview-with-blair-cottrell/10076074|title=Sky News admits it was 'wrong' to air interview with Blair Cottrell from United Patriots Front|work=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=6 August 2018}} Sky News commentator and former Labor Party minister Craig Emerson resigned in protest after the interview was broadcast, stating that "My father fought Nazis in WWII and was interred in a German POW camp", and that the decision to give Cottrell a platform on Sky News was "another step in a journey to normalising racism & bigotry in our country". The activist group Sleeping Giants Oz called on advertisers to pull advertising campaigns off Sky News in the wake of the channel's interview with Cottrell.{{cite news|last1=Zhou |first1=Naaman |title=Advertisers urged to pull campaigns from Sky News after far-right extremist interview |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/aug/07/advertisers-urged-to-pull-campaigns-from-sky-news-after-far-right-extremist-interview |work=The Guardian|date=7 August 2018|access-date=7 August 2018}}{{Cite web |date=2018-11-28 |title=Sleeping Giants Oz: How an anonymous Twitter account took on Sky News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/how-sleeping-giants-oz-took-on-sky-news/10563792 |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=ABC News (Australia) |language=en-AU}}

Several high-profile figures have criticised Sky News, including former prime minister Kevin Rudd, who told a media inquiry in February 2021 that it was following the "template" of Fox News in becoming a "legitimising echo-chamber for this increasingly far-right, extremist worldview".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/10/kevin-rudd-says-sky-news-is-using-fox-model-to-radicalise-politics-in-australia|title=Kevin Rudd says Sky News is using Fox model to radicalise politics in Australia|work=Guardian Australia|first=Amanda|last=Meade|date=10 February 2021|accessdate=8 December 2023}} In December 2023, former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews, who was a frequent target of scorn from Sky News pundits during his premiership, referred to the channel's after dark coverage as "bullshit" and "the worst of American politics imported into ours".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/08/daniel-andrews-dictator-dan-comment-sky-news-after-dark|title=Daniel Andrews fires up over 'Dictator Dan' moniker and Sky News After Dark 'bullshit'|work=Guardian Australia|first=Benita|last=Kolovos|date=8 December 2023|accessdate=8 December 2023}}

Sky News began broadcasting in widescreen, along with its sister channels on 17 May 2009. Sky News Australia only provides closed captioning between 4 pm and 5 pm (AEST/AEDT) each day.{{cite web |title=SKY NEWS Launches Live Captions |url=https://blog.ai-media.tv/blog/sky-news-launches-live-captions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611230248/https://blog.ai-media.tv/blog/sky-news-launches-live-captions |archive-date=11 June 2020 |website=blog.ai-media.tv}}

Sky News began broadcasting in high definition on 1 December 2015.

With the roll-out of Foxtel Digital, Sky News Australia launched the Sky News Active interactive news service based on the Sky News UK service with the same name. The service offered a choice of eight news screens, some with original content not seen on the main channel they vary depending on the days news or events and include the latest news, business, sport, showbiz and weather in text. Other features included interactive polling and the latest news headlines via text. On 15 November 2009 Sky News active re-launched with a new look as well as 5 additional local screens (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.{{cite news | url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,26163927-7582,00.html | work=The Australian | first=Lara | last=Sinclair | title=Stock Quotes | date=5 October 2009 | access-date=5 October 2009 | archive-date=8 October 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008131917/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,26163927-7582,00.html | url-status=dead }}

Sky News Now was a mobile service available on Vodafone, Telstra and 3. It offered a wide variety of news in both video and text.{{cite web |date=5 November 2007 |title=Australia's first business news channel to launch early 2008 |url=http://www.onscreenasia.com/article/australia-first-business-news-channel-to-launch-early-2008/2067 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013011323/http://www.onscreenasia.com/article/australia-first-business-news-channel-to-launch-early-2008/2067 |archive-date=13 October 2015 |access-date=13 October 2015 |work=On Screen Asia}} As of 2015, the service was no longer available.

Sky News Alerts is a SMS and MMS breaking news service available on all mobile phones inside Australia.{{cite web |title=Sky News Alerts |url=http://www.skynews.com.au/ondemand/mobile/mobile.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301031009/http://www.skynews.com.au/ondemand/mobile/mobile.asp |archive-date=1 March 2007 |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Sky News Australia}} Breaking news alerts are sent to a subscriber via SMS or MMS at a cost per message.{{cite web |title=SMS Alerts Terms and Conditions |url=http://www.skynews.com.au/connect/about-sky-news/legals/sms-alerts-terms-and-conditions.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719082717/http://www.skynews.com.au/connect/about-sky-news/legals/sms-alerts-terms-and-conditions.html |archive-date=19 July 2014 |access-date=13 October 2015 |work=Sky News Live}}

In November 2014, Sky News Australia was contracted to provide Qantas with in-flight news bulletins replacing a longstanding contract with the Nine Network.{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/qantas-takes-sky-news-to-the-air-in-overhaul-of-its-inflight-entertainment-20140723-zvy3b.html|title=Qantas takes Sky News to the air in overhaul of its in-flight entertainment|last=Freed|first=Jamie|date=23 July 2014|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}

In Australia, since June 2023, Sky News partners with Nova Entertainment to offer an audio simulcast of its television channel via the free Nova Player app (nationally) and DAB+ digital radio (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane only). Various programs podcasts including First Business, Market Day, Showbiz, Agenda, Australian News Week, Credlin and The Rita Panahi Show are also available on the app.{{Cite news |last=Mediaweek |date=25 June 2023 |title=Sky News Australia and NOVA Entertainment release Sky News Radio |language=en-AU |work=Mediaweek |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/nova-sky-news-radio/ |access-date=4 November 2023}} Previously, it was on IHeartRadio from March 2020 until June 2023, as part of a deal with ARN.{{Cite news |last=Mediaweek |date=22 March 2020 |title=iHeartRadio to stream Sky News Australia audio feed |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/iheartradio-sky-news-audio-feed/ |access-date=4 November 2023 |work=Mediaweek |language=en-AU}}

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Sky News Regional (formerly Sky News on WIN) is a free-to-air version of Sky News Australia, which was launched on 2 September 2018. The channel features Sky News Australia and Fox Sports News programming, as well as the morning newscast Sky News Breakfast commissioned for this channel that also airs on Sky News Weather.{{cite news |last=Cronin |first=Seanna |date=4 August 2018 |title=Foxtel to launch 24-hour news on WIN |work=Cairns Post |location=Cairns |url=https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/foxtel-to-launch-24-hour-news-on-win/news-story/2adf8455e87d0d42dca63ab44558b3c8 |access-date=4 August 2018}}{{cite news |last=Mason |first=Max |date=4 August 2018 |title=Australian News Channel and WIN partner to bring Sky News to free-to-air for first time |newspaper=Australian Financial Review |url=https://www.afr.com/business/media-and-marketing/tv/australian-news-channel-and-win-partner-to-bring-sky-news-to-freetoair-for-first-time-20180525-h10k0d |access-date=4 August 2018}} The channel was originally established as part of a partnership with WIN Television.{{Cite web |last=Mediaweek |date=2021-05-30 |title=Sky News Australia and Southern Cross Austereo sign content agreement |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/sky-news-australia-and-southern-cross-austereo-sign-content-agreement/ |access-date=2022-02-16 |website=Mediaweek |language=en-AU}}{{cite web |last=Meade |first=Amanda |date=19 March 2021 |title=Sky News dumped in the regions as Win welcomes Nine |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/mar/19/sky-news-dumped-in-the-regions-as-win-welcomes-nine |access-date=16 May 2021 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} In 2021, WIN's contracts with both Network 10 and Sky News expired; with WIN returning to its previous Nine Network affiliation on 1 July 2021, and Sky News's contract expiring on 1 August 2021 (the allotments were, in turn, used for 9Life). Sky News reached a new agreement with Southern Cross Austereo to distribute the channel on their now Network 10-affiliated stations, now known as Sky News Regional.

In its first two weeks on the air, the channel averaged 10,000 viewers in primetime and 4,000 viewers in daytime, with Richo the highest rated program at 24,000 viewers.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/sep/21/how-the-gig-economy-wreaks-havoc-on-abcs-shrinking-budget|title=How the Gig economy wreaks havoc on ABC's shrinking budget |work=The Guardian|first=Amanda|last=Meade|date=21 September 2018|access-date=21 September 2018}}

The channel is available on digital channel 56 across Southern Cross Austereo's regional markets in Regional QLD, Southern NSW & ACT and Regional VIC, and on WIN digital channel 53 in Northern NSW and the Gold Coast.{{cite web |date=31 July 2021 |title=A new home for real news and honest views. SKY NEWS REGIONAL LAUNCHES AUGUST 1 |url=https://www.southerncrossaustereo.com.au/media/media-releases/a-new-home-for-real-news-and-honest-views-sky-news-regional-launches-august-1 |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=Southern Cross Austereo}} It is not available in Broken Hill/Spencer Gulf, Tasmania, Mildura, Darwin, Remote & Central Australia and Regional WA. Mildura, Tasmania, and Regional Western Australia previously broadcast the channel as Sky News on WIN on the WIN network until August 2021 when it switched to 9Life's feed. The channel was previously on WIN digital channels 83 and 85, prior to the rebrand as Sky News Regional on 1 August 2021.

Sky News Regional ended its broadcast on channel 53 in Griffith and South-East South Australia on 30 June 2024 after an unsuccessful renewal of the affiliation agreement with WIN.{{cite web |last1=Perry |first1=Kevin |title=SKY NEWS REGIONAL Ends Free-to-Air Broadcast in South Australia |url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2024/06/28/sky-news-regional-ends-free-to-air-broadcast-in-south-australia/ |publisher=TV Blackbox |access-date=8 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703182146/https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2024/06/28/sky-news-regional-ends-free-to-air-broadcast-in-south-australia/ |archive-date=3 July 2024 |date=28 June 2024}}{{cite web |title=WIN Network pulls plug on Griffith Sky News coverage, upsets local advertisers |url=https://regionriverina.com.au/win-network-pulls-plug-on-griffith-sky-news-coverage-upsets-local-advertisers/65277/ |publisher=Region Riverina |access-date=8 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704080448/https://regionriverina.com.au/win-network-pulls-plug-on-griffith-sky-news-coverage-upsets-local-advertisers/65277/ |archive-date=4 July 2024 |date=4 July 2024}}

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In April 2016, Sky News Australia announced a temporary spin-off channel known as the Sky News Election Channel. The channel carried extended coverage of the Australian federal election, the United Kingdom referendum on remaining in the European Union, and United States presidential election, including coverage and programming from partners such as Sky News UK, ABC News (United States), CBS News, CNN, C-SPAN, and Fox News, as well as encore showings of Sky News Australia opinion programmes. The channel temporarily replaced A-PAC on Foxtel; A-PAC remained available on Sky News Multiview.{{Cite magazine |date=26 April 2016 |title=Foxtel and SKY launch new election channel |url=http://if.com.au/2016/04/26/article/Foxtel-and-SKY-launch-new-election-channel/OEBDWLLCDT.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426094642/http://if.com.au/2016/04/26/article/Foxtel-and-SKY-launch-new-election-channel/OEBDWLLCDT.html |archive-date=26 April 2016 |access-date=26 April 2016 |magazine=IF Magazine}}{{Cite web |last=Leong |first=Matthew |date=24 June 2024 |title=Sky News announces new channel for political elections |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/sky-news-announces-new-channel-for-political-elections-836654 |access-date=25 June 2024 |website=Mumbrella |language=en-AU}}{{cite web |date=26 April 2016 |title=Sky News Election Channel: Foxtel and Sky's new destination for politics junkies |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/sky-news-election-channel-foxtel-and-skys-new-destination-for-politics-junkies/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426093650/https://www.mediaweek.com.au/sky-news-election-channel-foxtel-and-skys-new-destination-for-politics-junkies/ |archive-date=26 April 2016 |access-date=26 April 2016 |publisher=Mediaweek}} It operated from 1 May 2016 to 23 January 2017.{{cite web |last=Paigeturner |date=18 January 2017 |title=Key Customer Updates from 2017 |url=http://community.foxtel.com.au/t5/Announcements/Foxtel-Customer-Updates/td-p/175039 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128234656/http://community.foxtel.com.au/t5/Announcements/Foxtel-Customer-Updates/td-p/175039 |archive-date=28 January 2017 |access-date=19 January 2017 |work=Foxtel}}

On 28 June 2024, the Sky News Election Channel was revived, focusing upon coverage of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, French legislative election, and United States presidential elections, and the 2025 Australian federal election. The channel once again replaced Sky News Extra on Foxtel.{{Cite magazine |last=Baumann |first=Jasper |date=24 June 2024 |title=Sky News unveils dedicated international election channel |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/sky-news-unveils-dedicated-international-election-channel/ |access-date=25 June 2024 |magazine=Mediaweek}}

On 23 March 2023, the network launched a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel on Samsung TV Plus known as Sky News Now; the channel features highlighted content from Sky News, Sky News Weather Channel, and Sky News Extra.{{Cite news |author=Staff writers |date=20 March 2023 |title=New Sky News Australia channel available on millions of Australian smart TVs with the launch of 'Sky News Now' in partnership with Samsung |language=en |work=Sky News Australia |url=https://www.skynews.com.au/business/media/new-sky-news-australia-channel-available-on-millions-of-australian-smart-tvs-with-the-launch-of-sky-news-now-in-partnership-with-samsung/news-story/2415ebb04f482afbdcf9f88e492f40db |access-date=2023-03-21}}{{Cite news |date=19 March 2023 |title=Sky unveils a new digital platform |newspaper=The Australian |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/skys-unveils-a-new-digital-platform/news-story/7e0c9a6daef4a68eecbbe7989275e01c |access-date=3 November 2023}}{{subscription required}}

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