Previously ABC Capricornia also aired local news bulletins at 8:30 am and 5:30 pm but under controversial programming changes that were implemented nationwide by the ABC in early 2016, the five local bulletins on ABC Capricornia were reduced to three. The 8:30am bulletin was replaced with a brief 90 second update of local and national headlines read by a locally-based newsreader. The 5:30 pm local news bulletin was also axed and was also replaced with a brief national update, read by the producer of the regional drive program.