Media Watch host Paul Barry will leave the ABC show in December.
The 72-year-old veteran TV presenter announced his departure on Thursday afternoon.
“It is a great privilege to host Media Watch and I have thoroughly enjoyed it,” said Mr Barry.
“But I’ve been in first place for eleven years and it’s time to give someone else a chance.”
‘Thanks to all our viewers. I’ll stay with you until December. And I’m sure the program will do great things even without me.
‘I’ll hang up the microphone at the end of this year. But there is still a lot of fun to be had before then.’
Media Watch host Paul Barry will leave the ABC show in December
Mr Barry first hosted Media Watch in 2000 before returning in 2013. It is unclear whether he will remain with the network.
An ABC spokesperson said: ‘The award-winning journalist will leave the show at the end of the year with a track record of independent commentary, analysis and robust discussion about the media industry and its ethics – or lack thereof. ‘
The ABC will announce a new host later this year.
The British-born journalist has won numerous awards for his investigative journalism and first joined the ABC in 1987, a year after moving from Britain.