Laura Tingle moves from political editor of 7.30 to global affairs role at ABC

<p>She will cover world affairs across all platforms including the Asia Pacific newsroom and Foreign Correspondent</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/aug/28/weekly-beast-email-austrailan-media-diary-free-newsletter-subscribe-sign-up?CMP=cvau_sfl">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter here</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/07/australia-news-live-flu-election-undecided-seats-kooyong-monique-ryan-melbourne-adam-bandt-greens-liberal-leadership-anthony-albanese-ntwnfb">Australia news live: latest politics and federal election updates</a></li><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>,<a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>The political editor for 7.30, Laura Tingle, is taking on a new role at the ABC as global affairs editor, providing analysis on world events across TV, radio and online.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/feb/12/laura-tingle-joins-abc-as-730s-chief-political-correspondent">Tingle joined the broadcaster in 2018</a> after 35 years as a political journalist for newspapers including the Australian Financial Review, the Australian, the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/aug/28/weekly-beast-email-austrailan-media-diary-free-newsletter-subscribe-sign-up?CMP=copyembed">Sign up to get Guardian Australia’s weekly media diary as a free newsletter</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/may/07/laura-tingle-moves-from-political-editor-of-730-to-global-affairs-role-at-abc">Continue reading...</a>