Prime7 News

The Prime7 Local News logo used 2017–present

Former Prime News reporter Ashlea Brown interviewing Wagga Wagga Mayor Kerry Pascoe

Prime7's flagship bulletin airs at 6pm in five distinct local editions for the Border, Central West, North West, North Coast and Wagga Wagga broadcast regions. The bulletins are presented by Madelaine Collignon, with Kirstie Fitzpatrick as the weather presenter. Each region has five reporters while the North Coast has four separate bureaus with its own reporter, such as Port Macquarie's Samantha Crowe.

Presentation used to be presented separately from Prime Television's launch after aggregation, including full local news services for the Gold Coast, Canberra, Wollongong and Newcastle; currently, the network's full bulletin regions were reduced to five, and production of these were centralised from Prime7's headquarters in Canberra. Separate presentations remained for Northern and Southern New South Wales until 13 February 2017, when Prime7 Local News became a single unified presentation. Since the closure of the Tamworth studios in April 2015, the North West edition of the bulletin used to broadcast live from Canberra; it has since then exchanged years later to the NSW North Coast edition, Prime7's largest market with a full bulletin service.

Since 2015, the latest bulletins from each of the five regions become available to watch on their respective YouTube pages for 30 days after broadcast. Following Seven West Media's purchase of Prime Media in 2021, video on demand for these five bulletins were also made available on Seven's streaming service 7plus from early 2022.

Until 21 February 2014, Prime7 broadcasts a delayed Seven News into areas that receive full Prime7 Local News bulletins on weeknights. Since 24 February 2014, Prime7 has produced its own live bulletin due to the extension of Seven News to one hour on the eastern seaboard. This is presented by Daniel Gibson at 6:30pm, and covers national and international news that are being broadcast by Seven News in its metropolitan counterparts. Kirsty Fitzpatrick presents the expanded weather forecast, which features state, East Coast metropolitan cities and national weather.

The statewide edition, however, does not cover across the entire New South Wales. Albury (which is served by sister station AMV in Victoria) does not receive this bulletin and continues to receive an edited version of Seven News Melbourne, which has been trimmed down to 30 minutes.[1] The edited version features the first half before joining live for sports and weather.

The Prime News logo used 2001–2011

The news bulletins for the Gold Coast was axed in 2000, and those for Newcastle, Canberra, and Wollongong were discontinued in 2001. At the same time, the network's Moree news bureau, which provided stories for the Tamworth bulletin, was closed.[2] This, as well as the closure of bulletins by Southern Cross Ten in parts of Queensland and New South Wales, prompted an investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Authority. New rules were later set out requiring regional stations to offer minimum levels of local content, over a six-week period.[3]

Two-minute news updates were introduced to Newcastle, Wollongong and Canberra in 2004. There are also updates presented for Western Victoria, Central Victoria and Gippsland. These are presented by Phoebe Deas [4] with weather presented by Daniel Gibson. Craig Moore presents weekend weather updates across the Prime7 broadcast area.

Prime7's Gold Coast transmitters currently do not carry any local news updates, as it is not a regional market required, by law, to fulfil minimum quota rules; those getting local news rely instead on Seven's GC transmitters carrying opt-outs from Brisbane's BTQ, including its weeknight Seven Gold Coast News bulletins.