ABC journalist Lisa Millar will move away from news.

ABC journalist Lisa Millar will move away from news.Credit:Justin McManus

Millar,55,also took to Instagram to share the news. “It’s a tough decision,but I’m excited about what the future holds,” she said.

She went on to thank the viewers for their passion and loyalty. “I’m going to miss the fact that you have invited me into your homes every morning,and you’ve shared your stories with us.”

Millar permanently replaced Virginia Trioli as co-host of the breakfast show in 2019,joining Michael Rowland on the couch.

Fellow ABC journalist Leigh Sales,who has been friends with Millar fornearly 30 years,took toInstagram to share some words of support.

“The one thing I know after 25 years working with this woman is whatever she delivers is done with quality,warmth and integrity,” Sales wrote. “You get a colleague like Lisa working alongside you once in a lifetime and Michael Rowland and the team have benefited hugely from having her there for five years. I’m proud of the amazing job she’s done and can’t wait for the next chapter!”

Following the announcement,ABC News director Justin Stevens described Millar as a “superb journalist and broadcaster who personifies the very best values and attributes of ABC journalists”.

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“She’s done a fantastic job presentingNews Breakfast over the past five years – one of the toughest jobs in Australian TV. The relentless hours never impeded her incredible warmth and energy,or her passion for delivering the best program for the audience,”Stevens said.

Millar first joined the ABC in 1993 and,before starting with the show,spent a decade as a bureau chief in both London and Washington DC. In that time,she covered the Boston Marathon bombing,the Sandy Hook school shooting and terrorist attacks in Paris. She won a Walkley Award for her investigative journalism in 2005.

Alongside the breakfast show,Millar has narrated the Logie-nominated programMuster Dogs,guest-presentedBack Roads and co-hostedThe Newsreader podcast.

Millarspoke in 2021 about the barrage of abuse she had faced on Twitter (now X),including messages she would see whilst she was presenting. “It got to a point where there was nothing I could do and the balance had totally swung,” she said. “I could not stop the constant barrage of criticism while we were on air.” She deactivated her account.

Millar’s final appearance onNews Breakfast will be on August 23.

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