Alicia Loxley (née Gorey) is an Australian journalist and news presenter. Loxley is currently weekend news presenter on ''

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'' and '' Nine Afternoon News Melbourne''.

Career

Loxley was born in Melbourne and made her first media appearance on Radio National's ''The Sports Factor''. From there she joined the ABC in

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. It was a stint as a reporter on

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radio that was the impetus for her move to Perth. Loxley presented her first ''

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'' bulletin in late 2003 and in 2005 she was appointed to the position of weekend news presenter on ''ABC News'' in Western Australia. In February 2006, she replaced

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as weeknight presenter of ''ABC News'' in Western Australia. In addition to presenting news each night, Loxley took on a new role at ABC Radio in mid-2007 where she hosted the statewide regional drive program on

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. Loxley resigned in May 2008 to move back to Melbourne and was replaced by

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. In July 2008, Loxley joined ''Nine News Melbourne'' as a reporter. In October 2009, Loxley filled in as presenter of ''Nine Afternoon News'' and ''Nine Late News''. During the 2009/2010 summer period she also presented the news on ''

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'', and on ''Nine News Melbourne''. In June 2010, she relocated to Sydney, where she replaced

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on ''

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'' as news presenter and was also the Monday news presenter on ''Today'', as

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presents ''Nine News Sydney'' on Friday and Saturday. In November 2010, she joined

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's variety program ''Warnie'' on the

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. In December 2010, Loxley co-hosted

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alongside

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and

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. Loxley has also been a fill in news presenter for ''Nine News'' including presenting news updates on ''

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'', ''Nine Morning News'', ''Nine Afternoon News'', Qantas Inflight News and ''Nine News Sydney'' news updates. She has also been a fill-in presenter for

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on ''Weekend Today'' and

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on ''Today''. In November 2011, it was announced that Loxley would replace

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as weekend presenter on ''Nine News Melbourne'' with Hall scaling back her commitments with the Nine Network.

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replaced Loxley on ''Weekend Today'' and ''Today''. Loxley has also filled in for

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on the weeknight edition of ''Nine News Melbourne'',

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on ''

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'' and Sylvia Jeffreys and

on ''Today''. In May 2017, Loxley was appointed presenter of ''Nine Afternoon News Melbourne,'' a local weekday afternoon news bulletin which replaced the national '' Nine Afternoon News'' bulletin. In December 2021, it was announced that

will scale back to 4 days a week from January 2022 presenting from Monday to Thursday with Loxley presenting on Friday. Loxley is currently a fill in presenter on

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Personal life

Loxley married in 2012, and has three children,.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loxley, Alicia Australian television journalists ABC News (Australia) presenters Nine News presenters 1981 births Living people Television personalities from Melbourne Journalists from Melbourne People educated at Loyola College RMIT University alumni