Angela Tsun balances Sunday-to-Thursday shift with family team

angela tsun says her new Sunday-to-Thursday co-anchor role at 7NEWS has reshaped the home schedule, and she entered it worried about how her family would manage the extra load. She now says her husband has taken on more of the school run, lessons and pickups while she settles into the expanded hours.

“It’s much easier being a newsreader, let me tell you — being a mum is 24/7. There are no sick days, you don’t get paid, but it’s so rewarding,” Tsun said. She added that the job change brought stress at the start because she was thinking, “How are we going to manage it as a family?”

Tim McMillan and the new roster

Tsun recently became co-anchor with Tim McMillan from Sunday to Thursday, a change that pushes more of the weekday rhythm onto her family. Her husband is now “picking up the slack,” taking the children to dancing and swimming lessons, picking them up from school and looking after them.

That shift has turned the anchor desk into a family logistics issue as much as a newsroom one. Tsun said, “I’ve got an amazing husband — I couldn’t do what I do without him,” and described the arrangement as teamwork rather than a solo adjustment.

Zoe, Mimi and the 6 o’clock bulletin

Tsun’s two daughters, Zoe and Mimi, have been part of that routine for years. She said they were used to seeing her at the desk because she was pregnant with both girls while reading the news, adding, “Someone was kicking me in the tummy while I was reading the news.”

Zoe is nine and “loves the news,” Tsun said, and will not miss a six o’clock bulletin even when her mother is not reading it. Mimi, who is 8, watches to see what Tsun is wearing, and reacts best when the outfit is yellow.

Mother’s Day at home

On Sunday, Tsun said she was looking forward to being spoilt with breakfast in bed for Mother’s Day. She also said motherhood has become the most challenging and rewarding job she has taken on, a line that lands with more weight now that her work hours have widened and her husband has become part of the daily production schedule at home.

For readers balancing shift work and childcare, Tsun’s account is blunt: the new roster works because the home roster changed with it. That is the practical answer in her case, and it is the part of the story that actually matters.