7NEWS Presents: The Seven – 2025 in Review

9th December 2025

They brought you 2025’s biggest stories, now what they really thought

7NEWS Presents: The Seven – 2025 in Review

It’s been a year that rattled Australia and reverberated across the world: from courtroom drama that gripped the nation, to political upheavals, royal reckonings, global flashpoints and viral pop‑culture moments, 2025 has left its mark. 

Now, Seven’s biggest names in news drop their unfiltered thoughts on the events that shocked, inspired and united us this year, with The Seven: 2025 in Review, Thursday 11 December, on Seven and 7plus. 

Across seven big categories that defined 2025, 7NEWS’ most trusted voices in news and current affairs – 7NEWS Spotlight host Michael Usher, Sunrise co-host Natalie Barr, 7NEWS presenters Rebecca Maddern and Mike Amor, Political Editor Mark Riley, Foreign Editor Hugh Whitfeld, Chief Reporter Chris Reason and US Correspondent Mylee Hogan – give frank analysis on the top stories they covered this year. 

There was the mushroom trial that became a national obsession, the Dezi Freeman manhunt, a volatile Middle East, royal shocks that reverberated from London, a rollercoaster year in Canberra, uplifting sporting moments that kept us hooked and that viral “kisscam” moment. 

On Victorian crime, Mike Amor said: “I moved my family back from LA here to Melbourne because I hoped they’d be safer. And I can honestly say I don’t know that they are. I don’t know that my son is safer on the streets of Melbourne compared to Los Angeles and that’s a really difficult thing to comprehend.” 

On the Federal Coalition, Michael Usher said: “Two words about the Coalition. It’s not complicated and it’s not deep political analysis: hot mess.”

On Prince Andrew, Natalie Barr said: “He’s lost his title. And yes, he’s lost a fancy house, but he will live in luxury in a house that King Charles is paying for forevermore.”

On Travis and Taylor, Bec Maddern said: “I loved, truly loved, when these two got engaged. I think they are as quirky as each other. I think they are perfectly suited to each other, and I love them. I can’t wait for the wedding.”

Join us as we unpack the stories that mattered most in 2025 with 7NEWS Presents: The Seven – 2025 in Review, Thursday 11 December on Seven and 7plus. 

7NEWS Presents: The Seven – 2025 in Review 
Thursday 11 December, on Seven and 7plus

Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide        7.00pm

Sydney                                                7.30pm                       

Perth                                              8.00pm