Liz Hayes.
Journalist Liz Hayes will be "pursuing new opportunities" outside of the 9Network in 2025.
The departure caps off a 44-year tenure with Nine, spanning 9News, Today, 60 Minutes and Under Investigation with Liz Hayes.
The network said she will remain part of the Nine family, and viewers can expect to see her on their screens for special stories and events broadcast on the 9Network.
She joined 9News in 1981 as a reporter and then went on to present the morning bulletin. In 1986 she became co-host of Today with Steve Liebmann, a role she held for 10 years.
She joined 60 Minutes in 1996 and has covered everything from US presidential elections to the heart-wrenching Syrian refugee crisis, as well as natural disasters across the globe.
"When I arrived at Nine I had little more than a notebook and a typewriter, but like my new and far more experienced colleagues, I carried with me an enormous passion for telling stories," she said.
"I was blessed. I had found my tribe. Even Nine's owner at the time, Kerry Packer, seemed to carry the same passionate story telling gene. Of course since then much has changed. The media world has evolved as have I. What hasn't changed is the need for good stories to be told, and I will continue to tell them.
“I leave Nine grateful for the decades of experience, the wonderful friendships that have endured and deeply appreciative to the many people who trusted me to tell their stories.”
Nine director of television, Michael Healy, said Liz Hayes is an Australian television legend.
“Her many accomplishments speak volumes about the type of journalist she is - tenacious, a truth seeker, and above all, a storyteller. I’d like to recognise Liz for the impact she has had on Australian journalism and thank her for all she has done for Nine over the past 44 years.
“We know Liz’s next chapter will be just as successful as her last, and she has our full support.”
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