ABC News Breakfast: Outgoing co-host Lisa Millar's replacement is revealed READ MORE: Lisa Millar quits ABC News Breakfast By Clareese Packer For Nca Newswire and Stephen Bisset For Daily Mail Australia Published: 18:37 EDT, 14 August 2024 | Updated: 18:42 EDT, 14 August 2024 e-mail 4 View comments Bridget Brennan will be the new co-host of News Breakfast after Lisa Millar announced she will be stepping down. The announcement was made on Thursday morning. Brennan, who has been with the ABC since 2010, will take over as co-presenter alongside Michael Rowland .
Sharing the news with viewers on Thursday morning, Brennan said she was 'honoured and excited' to start the new role. 'It's been a dream come true to work with Michael and Lisa who I've been watching for years and to sit alongside you, learn from you both and become deep and wonderful friends has been a privilege,' she said. Brennan started working at ABC as a cadet journalist and has previously worked as the broadcaster's Indigenous Affairs Editor and National Indigenous Affairs correspondent.
The announcement comes weeks after Millar, 55, revealed that she will finish up with the show on August 23. 'What a blast the past five years has been, whether it was interviewing prime ministers and global thought leaders or getting karaoke encouragement from my childhood idol Gladys Knight,' Millar said on-air in July. Bridget Brennan (pictured) will be the new co-host of ABC News Breakfast after Lisa Millar announced, in July, .