Candice Wyatt (born 8 October 1982) is an Australian

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and

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for

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. She has worked for the broadcaster since October 2010.

Career

After graduating from VCE in the rural Victorian town of

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Candice Wyatt completed a Bachelor of Arts

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. From 2003–2005 Candice worked at Melbourne’s Werribee Times newspaper. In 2006 she moved interstate and began her broadcast journalism career at

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affiliated TV station in

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. While in Tasmania she reported on the Beaconsfield Mine Disaster which made international news headlines. In 2008 she moved to

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where she later became the Senior Journalist for the ABC rural bureau. In 2010 Wyatt joined the

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at its

station

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. For two years she was the station's crime reporter for Ten News Melbourne . In this role she reported on

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's tragic death. She also chased drug mules to Malaysia and Indonesia and covered the disappearance of flight MH370. She was the first reporter to go live from Bali as Schapelle Corby was released from prison. Wyatt has also appeared on the Network's current affairs show The Project as a reporter and co-host. In November 2014 she became the permanent co-anchor for

's ''

'' with

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. Wyatt co-anchored the bulletin until February 2017, when she returned to field reporting, She remains a fill-in presenter for the bulletin. In 2017 she was contracted to the Essendon Football Club as a roving reporter and special event MC. Her work can be viewed on the club's online station, "Bomber TV". She is also a passionate Essendon FC supporter.

Personal life

Candice Wyatt is an ambassador for the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation after losing her 56-year-old mother to the disease in 2013. She enjoys spending her free time socialising. She is also an

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supporter. She is the former girlfriend of Australian cricketer

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References

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