The three commercial networks join forces to present Australia Unites: Reach Out To Asia, a telethon to raise funds for the World Vision tsunami relief appeal, after a catastrophic tsunami hit southern Asia, claiming hundreds and thousands of lives and displacing millions.

As well as being broadcast across the Seven, Nine and Ten networks, Australia Unites was also relayed via ABC’s Australia Network, which broadcast to some of the countries affected by the disaster.

Ten years ago: Australia Unites [2015]

(This listing excludes digital-only SBS World News Channel which is not listed in Herald Sun)

Source: Herald Sun, 8 January 2005

	ABC	SEVEN	NINE	TEN	SBS	C31
6AM	Rage (cont’d)	6am One World	6am Codename; Kids Next Door 6.30 Jay Jay The Jet Plane	6am The Big Cheez. Jade Gatt, Ryan Lappin, Lenka Kripac	6am Worldwatch: 6am Cantonese News, 6.20 Mandarin News, 6.50 Filipino News, 7.25 Italian News, 8am Das Journal, 8.30 Spanish News, 9.20 Le Journal, 9.55 Russian News, 10.30 Greek News, 11.30 Arabic News, 12.05 Indonesian News, 12.30 Business Report, 1pm The Journal	(5.30am) SYN City 6.30 SYN Summer
7AM		7am Saturday Disney. Includes The Proud Family, Dave The Barbarian, Disney’s Team Supremo	7am Barney And Friends 7.30 Cushion Kids	7.30 Totally Wild		7am SYN TV 7.30 Hello Music Show
8AM			8am The Shapies 8.30 Snobs	8am Worst Best Friends 8.30 Pirate Islands		8am Aussie Kidz Show 8.30 Hocus Pocus
9AM		9am Go Go Stop 9.30 Legend Of Tarzan	9am So Fresh	9am Video Hits		9am Playgroup In A Box 9.30 Pluck
10AM		10am Teacher’s Pet 10.30 Disney’s The Weekenders	10am Cricket: Tour Match: Australia A v West Indies. Live from Hobart			10am Innate TV 10.30 The Shambles
11AM	11.15am Degrassi: The Next Generation	11am K-Zone TV				11am Vasili’s Garden 11.30 Two Wheel Torque
12PM	12pm Greatest Heroes In History 12.30 A Big Country Revisited	12pm The Weird World Of Sport 12.30 Tennis: WTA Harcourt Championships		12pm Bright Ideas. Warwick Moss		12pm KO Boxing 12.30 MXTV
1PM	1pm Tennis: Hopman Cup. Live from Perth		1.30pm Speed Machine		1.30pm The Adventures Of Pinocchio (Italy)	1pm Golf Zone 1.30 Fishing Trip
2PM		2pm Tennis: The Next Generation Hardcourts	2pm Cricket (cont’d)	2pm Let’s Do It! Monte Dwyer, Faye De Lanty 2.30 Kickstart Careers	2.30 The Three Musketeers (B&W) (France)	2pm Romanian Mosaic
3PM				3pm Totally Wild Weekend 3.30 Special: Making Of Saturday Night Fever	3.40 The Making Of The Manns (Germany)	3pm Truth In Focus 3.30 Punjabi TV
4PM				4pm Animal Lifeline	4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer (PBS)	4pm Eastern Newsbeat 4.30 Asian Community TV
5PM				5pm Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight	5.30 Living Black	5.30 Words Of Peace
6PM		6pm Seven News 6.30 Special: Australia Unites: Reach Out To Asia. Andrew O’Keefe, Rove McManus, Eddie McGuire. Live from Sydney Opera House and Telstra Dome, Melbourne.	6pm National Nine News 6.30 Special: Australia Unites: Reach Out To Asia. Andrew O’Keefe, Rove McManus, Eddie McGuire. Live from Sydney Opera House and Telstra Dome, Melbourne.	6pm The Simpsons 6.30 Special: Australia Unites: Reach Out To Asia. Andrew O’Keefe, Rove McManus, Eddie McGuire. Live from Sydney Opera House and Telstra Dome, Melbourne.	6pm Motor Racing: Dakar Rally. Highlights 6.30 World News. Lee Lin Chin	6pm Jaanz Live 6.30 4WDTV
7PM	7pm ABC News 7.30 Living Famously				7pm World Sport 7.30 As It Happened (Germany)	7pm Regional Italian Cuisine 7.30 The Garden Tap
8PM	8.25 ABC News 8.30 The Bill				8.30 The Iron Chef (Japan)	8pm Nu Country TV 8.30 Chartbusting ’80s
9PM	9.25 ABC News 9.30 Cracker	9pm Rosemary And Thyme	9pm Nightline 9.30 Movie: Donnie Brasco. 1997 [IMDB]	9pm Movie: Housesitter. 1992 [IMDB]	9.15 Fashionista. Lee Lin Chin 9.30 Movie: Faust 5.0. 2001 (Spain) [IMDB]	9.30 In The Limelight
10PM	10.25 At Home With The Braithwaites	10.10 William And Mary				10pm The C Word 10.30 Living It Loud
11PM	11.15 Rage (Continues to 6.30am)	11.20 Murder City		11.05 The Shield	11.05 The Best Of Eat Carpet	11am Champagne Comedy 11.30 Asylum
12AM		12.50am American Family	12am Movie: Star Trek: Generations. 1994 [IMDB]	12.05am NYPD Blue	12.05am Movie: I Am Alone, You Are Alone. 1995 (India) [IMDB]	12am Club Axis
1AM		1.50 Cosby		1.05 Cops 1.35 Video Hits Up Late
2AM		2.20 Cedric The Entertainer Presents	2.30 The Late Show With David Letterman	2am Home Shopping	2.45 Close	2am Chaos TV
3AM		3pm Guthy-Renker Australia	3.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?			3am Visions 3.30 Fishcam (Continues to 6am)
4AM		4.30 Danoz Direct	4am Jesse Duplantis 4.30 Life Today	4am Bayless Conley 4.30 The Key Of David
5AM		5am Dateline NBC (Continues to 6am)	5am Undercurrents 5.30 Turn Round Australia (Continues to 6am)	5am Hour Of Power (Continues to 6am)