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Tracy Grimshaw
Tracy Grimshaw (born 3 June 1960) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. She was the host of ''A Current Affair'' between 2006–2022, and was a co-host of ''Today'' between 1996–2005. Career Grimshaw's career began in 1981 when she joined '' Nine News'' in Melbourne as a reporter. In 1985 she began presenting news bulletins and by 1987 had been appointed the presenter of '' Nine Morning News''. Through the early 1990s, Grimshaw reported on overseas events for the Nine Network, as well as reporting for ''A Current Affair'' and hosting the program over the summer non-ratings period. In 1995, Grimshaw appeared as co-host of ''The Midday Show'' with David Reyne. The following year she was host of '' Today on Saturday'' and ''Animal Hospital''. In November 1996, Grimshaw was appointed the co-host of ''Today'' with Steve Liebmann, a position she held for nine years. She finished her role as co-host of ''Today'' on 23 December 2005 and was replaced by Jessica Rowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Journalists
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse) Australian (1858 – 15 October 1879) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was exported to the United States where he had modest success as a racehorse but became a very successful and influential breeding stallion. Backgr ..., a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1960 Births
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Langdon
Allison Langdon (born 20 May 1979) is an Australian television presenter, reporter, journalist, and author. From 2023, Langdon will be the host of ''A Current Affair'' through Monday to Thursday, whilst Deborah Knight will still host from Friday to Sunday. Langdon also is a reporter and presenter on the localised version of current affairs program ''60 Minutes''.Allison Langdon - Nine News Reporter & Presenter, Sydney — (retrieved 11 June 2010) Early life and training Langdon attended Wauchope High School and |
Liz Hayes
Elizabeth Hayes (née Ryan, born 23 May 1956) is an Australian reporter, journalist and television presenter. Career Hayes is best known for her work as a reporter on ''60 Minutes'', and as a former co-host of ''Today''. Hayes was born in Taree, New South Wales, and started her career as a cadet journalist on the local ''Manning River Times'' newspaper, becoming assistant editor. She moved to Sydney and worked for ''New Idea'' and ''TV Week'' for a few weeks, before becoming a reporter for Network Ten's ''Eyewitness News''. In 1981 she was signed to the Nine Network, reporting for ''National Nine News'' and then presenting the '' National Nine Morning News''. In 1986, Hayes was appointed co-host of ''Today'' with Steve Liebmann and stayed co-host until 1996 with Tracy Grimshaw replacing her. In 1996, she joined ''60 Minutes'' as a reporter and remains in this position today. In 2021, Hayes celebrated 40 years with the Nine Network. Personal life Hayes met, and married, her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Brown
Tara Brown (born 14 March 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian television presenter and reporter. Early life and career Brown attended Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales, graduating in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts (Communication) Degree. After graduation, she joined Channel Seven's Sydney newsroom as an assistant to the chief-of-staff. In 1991, Brown moved to WIN Television in Wollongong , and undertook a cadetship in journalism. Nine Network In 1992, she joined the Nine Network and began working on compiling features including "Australian Agenda" reports for the Nine Network's late news programme ''Nightline''. In 1993 she left ''Nightline'' and began reporting on ''A Current Affair''. Her most memorable stories for ''A Current Affair'' include a series of reports on a group of Australian soldiers returning to Vietnam on the 20th anniversary of the fall of Saigon; uncovering a tyre dumping racket which posed a major environmental threat; an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wilkins (TV Presenter)
Richard Stephen Wilkins (born 19 June 1954) is an Australian television and radio presenter. He is the entertainment editor for the Nine Network, co-host of ''Weekend Today'' and weekend announcer on smoothfm, and master of ceremonies. Biography Early life, music and management Wilkins was born in New Zealand on 19 June 1954, where he graduated from teachers' college, majoring in English and music. Using the name "Richard Wilde" he became an aspiring pop singer. PolyGram signed him to a worldwide deal. In 1980, he brought his band ''Wilde And Reckless'' to Australia. He released some singles and a six-track EP, and toured with Grace Jones. He left the music industry to work behind the scenes as Promotions and Marketing Manager for Sydney radio stations 2Day FM and 2UW. He was part of the Australian Olympians' group which released the top-30 single " You're Not Alone". In 2006, he returned to the stage for his role as Vince Fontaine in the mega-production "Grease: the Arena S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. Originally known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), it was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing the following year. The VFL, aiming to become a national competition, began expanding beyond Victoria to other Australian states in the 1980s, and changed its name to the AFL in 1990. The league currently consists of 18 teams spread over five of Australia's six states (Tasmania being the exception). Matches have been played in all states, plus the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, as well as in New Zealand and China to expand the league's audience. The AFL season currently consists of a 23-round regular (or "home-and-away") s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Kilda Football Club
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league. The club's name originates from its original home base in the bayside Melbourne suburb of St Kilda, Victoria, St Kilda in which the club was established in 1873. The club also has strong links to the south-eastern suburb of Moorabbin, Victoria, Moorabbin, due to it being the long-standing location of their training ground. St Kilda were one of five foundation teams of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), now known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), and later became one of eight foundation teams of the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), original Victorian Football League in 1897, now known as the AFL. Additionally, St Kilda are in an alignment with the Sandringham Football Club in the modern VFL. St Kilda have won a single List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmead Hospital
Westmead Hospital is a major tertiary hospital in Sydney, Australia. Opened on 10 November 1978, the 975-bed hospital forms part of the Western Sydney Local Health District, and is a teaching hospital of Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney. The hospital serves a population of 1.85m people and is located on one of the largest health and hospital campuses in Australia. In 2016/17, Westmead Hospital provided more than 1.5m occasions of care to outpatients, in addition to approximately 107,000 inpatients. Annually, there are over 21,000 medical operations, almost 5,800 births, and more than 75,000 presentations to emergency department. Westmead Hospital is located on the junction of Darcy and Hawkesbury Roads in Westmead and provides a full range of tertiary medical and dental services except for paediatrics which is serviced by the adjacent Children's Hospital at Westmead, relocated from Camperdown to Westmead in 1995. The Hospital includes a large Dental Clinical S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
