[9] In March 2020, the channel was temporarily rebranded as Sky News COVID-19, as part of the networks' extended coverage of the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in Australia.

The channel featured a combination of live and pre-recorded news bulletins, press conferences and segments relating to COVID-19 across the nation.

[11][12] The channel featured a combination of live and pre-recorded news bulletins, press conferences and segments relating to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament across the nation.

[14] Sky News Extra content features live broadcasts from Australia's Parliament House in Canberra (including sittings of the House of Representatives, the Senate, parliamentary Committee meetings and political press conferences), the parliaments of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland as well as sittings of the United States Congress, live broadcasts of speeches from the Australian National Press Club and a program which provides coverage of the New Zealand, Canadian and British parliaments.

[5][4][1] At launch Sky News Extra was available via satellite and cable, then Internet streaming on its website, as well as on free-to-air digital television in Sydney as a trial.