George Donikian was the service's first presenter; veteran newsreader Mary Kostakidis began reading the weekend news in 1986.

World News Australia was relaunched in its current one-hour format in January 2007 taking over the timeslot of Toyota World Sport and signing CNN correspondent Stan Grant to co-present alongside Mary Kostakidis.

[citation needed] In 2017 SBS World News was upgraded with a new set and improved website.

It is presented by Janice Petersen from Sunday to Thursday, and Anton Enus on Friday and Saturday.

Fill in presenters for the bulletin include: Ricardo Gonçalves and Darren Mara (News); Robert Grasso, Mariana Rudan and Lucy Zelić (Sport); and Catalina Flórez, Virginia Langeberg or Darren Mara (Finance).

Regular presenters for this bulletin include Ricardo Gonçalves, Darren Mara and Catalina Flórez.

Previous presenters include Anton Enus, Ben Fajzullin, Neena Mairata, Amrita Cheema, Indira Naidoo and PJ Madam.

Until its end in August 2006, the specially produced online news bulletins were presented by Ashleigh Nghiem.

In October 2010, it was announced that Neena Mairata would leave SBS due to cost-cutting measures.