The Carleton-Walsh Report

{{Short description|Australian news and current affairs television show (1985-87)}}

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The Carleton-Walsh Report is an Australian news and current affairs program broadcast by the ABC from 1985. It was fronted by Richard Carleton and Max Walsh.{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Carleton and Walsh polished if predictable | url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127206175 | periodical= The Canberra Times | date= 3 July 1985}} It was a half hour long show shown on Tuesday to Thursday. Originally designed as a companion to The National{{Citation | last= McNamara | first= Marie | title= And yet another! | url= | periodical= The Age | date= 27 June 1985}} it outperformed them despite timeslot issues.{{Citation | last= Watson | first= Bronwyn | title= 'Car Wash' surges ahead | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 14 October 1985}} In 1987 it moved from a 9:30pm slot to 10:00pm.{{Citation | last= Simmonds | first= Diana | title= The Carleton Walsh Report | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 23 February 1987}} Carleton left the show in later that year and it became The Walsh Report in July 1987.{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Max Walsh to leave ABC for Channel 10 | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 1 October 1987}} The show finished on 30 November 1987.{{Citation | last= Simmonds | first= Diana | title= The Walsh Report | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 30 November 1987}}