2025 Federal Election on Sky News broadcast details – On Saturday 3 May as Australians decide who will lead the country, Sky News will bring viewers all the numbers, seats, and swings as polls close on this tight election where every single vote matters.
The country’s top political team with the experience, commitment, and insight you can trust will deliver unparalleled live coverage of the 2025 Federal Election featuring the fastest and most accurate results, expert analysis, and on-the-ground reporting from across the country.
Coverage begins at 6:00am with First Edition: Australia Decides, hosted by Peter Stefanovic in Brisbane, delivering live reports from key electorates as Australians head to the polls. From 9:00am, AM Agenda: Australia Decides, with Laura Jayes in Sydney, will continue the nationwide coverage, tracking turnout and early trends.
At 11:00am, NewsDay: Australia Decides, hosted by Ashleigh Gillon in Perth, will pick up the rolling coverage bringing the latest developments and key updates from polling booths.
Then from 2:00pm, Holly Stearnes will lead Afternoon Agenda: Australia Decides from Melbourne, covering the crucial final hours before polls close.
At 5:00pm, Sky News’ special election night coverage begins. Sky News Chief News Anchor Kieran Gilbert will anchor live coverage of Australia Decides: Election Night, joined by a panel of political experts including Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell, Sky News Political Commentator and former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Tony Abbott Peta Credlin, Sky News Contributor and former ABC and Nine Political Editor Chris Uhlmann, Queensland Labor Senator and Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Murray Watt, Victorian Liberal Senator and Shadow Minister for Education Sarah Henderson, Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and former Nationals Leader Barnaby Joyce and former Labor Cabinet Minister in the Rudd Government Joel Fitzgibbon, who will examine key results and project the likely outcome as Australia decides its next government.
As polls close around the country, Sky News Chief Election Analyst Tom Connell will break down the data in real time to provide viewers with up-to-the-minute voting numbers, emerging trends, projections, and results across all 151 seats.
During the night, the team will cross to Sky News Hosts Sharri Markson and Paul Murray who will be live from Liberal HQ and Chris Kenny and Laura Jayes who will live from Labor HQ.
Sky News’ all-star line-up of hosts and reporters will also be on location around the country including Andrew Bolt, Peter Stefanovic, Ashleigh Gillon, Matt Cunningham, Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood and Sky News Political Commentator and former Labor Cabinet Minister in the Hawke-Keating Governments, Graham Richardson.
Sky News will continue its live coverage on Sunday 4 May tracking all the seat-by-seat election results and what it means for our nation.
At 6:00am, Weekend Edition: Australia’s Verdict begins hosted by Tim Gilbert, who will review the full results and political fallout from the night before.
From 7:00am, Sunday Agenda: Australia’s Verdict with Andrew Clennell will guide viewers through the major developments and political reactions, followed by Outsiders at 9:00am hosted by Rowan Dean, Rita Panahi and James Morrow and Business Weekend from 11:00am hosted by Ross Greenwood with a look at the economic implications of the election results.
Election analysis continues from 12:00pm with NewsDay: Australia’s Verdict hosted by Kieran Gilbert, followed by Afternoon Agenda: Australia’s Verdict from 2:00pm, with Ashleigh Gillon.
The day wraps up with Holly Stearnes returning to host NewsNight: Australia’s Verdict from 5:00pm, providing the latest updates and final tallies. Tom Connell will continue his analysis of key seats across the day.
Sky News live election coverage will be available across its breadth of broadcast, digital and audio platforms including Sky News and the Sky News Election Channel,free-to-air channel Sky News Regional, FAST channel Sky News Now, SkyNews.com.au, the Sky News Australia app available across mobile, tablet and compatible Smart TV devices, and Sky News Radio available on DAB+ digital radio in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
SkyNews.com.au will be the best destination for live data updates and to be the first to know when seats are called, with interactive features giving users an in-depth look as the national contest unfolds or drilling down to comprehensive analysis of data coming in from individual seats.
Sky News Program Schedule:
Saturday May 3 – Election 2025: Australia Decides
6:00am First Edition: Australia Decides with Peter Stefanovic
9:00am AM Agenda: Australia Decides with Laura Jayes
11:00am NewsDay: Australia Decides with Ashleigh Gillon
2:00pm Afternoon Agenda: Australia Decides with Holly Stearnes
5:00pm Australia Decides: Election Night anchored by Kieran Gilbert and featuring an expert panel including Peta Credlin, Andrew Clennell, Chris Uhlmann, Murray Watt, Sarah Henderson, Barnaby Joyce, Joel Fitzgibbon and Sky News Chief Election Analyst, Tom Connell.
Sunday May 4 – Election 2025: Australia’s Verdict
6:00am Weekend Edition: Australia’s Verdict with Tim Gilbert
7:00am Sunday Agenda: Australia’s Verdict with Andrew Clennell
9:00am Outsiders with Rowan Dean, Rita Panahi and James Morrow
11:00am Business Weekend with Ross Greenwood
12:00pm NewsDay: Australia’s Verdict with Kieran Gilbert
2:00pm Afternoon Agenda: Australia’s Verdict with Ashleigh Gillon
5:00pm NewsNight: Australia’s Verdict with Holly Stearnes
*All times are in AEST
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2025 Federal Election on Sky News broadcast details
