Home and Away is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. The following is a list of characters that appeared in 2017, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the soap's executive producer, Lucy Addario. The 30th season of Home and Away began airing from 30 January 2017. was introduced during the following episode. made her debut in May, while June saw the arrival of the four-strong Astoni family consisting of parents and , and their daughters and . and made their first appearances in July, and was introduced in August. make his debut in October. November saw the first appearance of , and arrived in December.