Australia
In Australia, the first major use of news tickers also occurred in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001. Since the initial introduction, morning programs Sunrise and Today have kept tickers, although they have both since stopped; Sunrise changed to a news "flipper" (showing one headline on screen for a few seconds before alternating to the next headline, instead of scrolling across the screen) and Today uses a ticker for weather forecast details only.
Sky News Australia maintained a news ticker which used to feature a stream of weather information before they updated their graphics. Now the ticker provides basic headlines about the latest news and sport. The weather information is located on the left, and the time for every Australian and New Zealand timezone on the right.
The ABC Midday Report, along with Seven & Nine's early, morning, and afternoon bulletins have adopted the news ticker. Ten's early morning news, ABC News Breakfast and the ABC News 24 channel all use a news flipper.
The Bigpond.com website also launched a news ticker in May 2009.
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