Geraldine Frances Doogue (born 29 April 1952) is an Australian

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and

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and

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Career

After graduating from the

University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany, Western Australia, Albany an ...

with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Doogue intended to train as a schoolteacher, but instead decided to apply for a cadetship at ''

The West Australian ''The West Australian'' is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, ''The Sunday Times''. It is the second-oldest continuousl ...

'' newspaper. She later worked for ''

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'' and spent several years in the United Kingdom as London correspondent for

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's Australian newspapers.

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executives were so impressed with Doogue's on-air presence during an interview with the ''

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'' program, that she was offered a hosting role on ''Nationwide''. In 1985 she and

Richard Morecroft Richard Morecroft (born 20 January 1956) is an English-born Australian radio announcer, TV newsreader and presenter, and conservationist. He presented the Adelaide News bulletin, before becoming the long-running host of the nightly bulletin of ...

co-hosted ''The National'', the ABC's short-lived experiment with a nationwide hour-long nightly news service, combining news and current affairs, with

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and

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as chief reporters. She worked at TEN-10

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from 1988 to 1989 as co-presenter on ''

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'' with Steve Liebmann and on commercial radio with 2UE, then returned to the ABC in 1990. In 1990 Doogue hosted the

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, which is a national business award highlighting migrant and Indigenous excellence in business. She went on to host these awards again in 1995, 1999, 2002, and 2004. Doogue was the host of

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's ''

Life Matters ''Life Matters'' is a radio program that has been broadcast on Radio National by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation since 1992. The first presenter was Geraldine Doogue, and Hilary Harper and Michael MacKenzie present the program. Histor ...

'' program for 11 years from its inception in 1992. She received a United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award and two

Penguin Award The Penguin Award is an annual award given for excellence in broadcasting by the Television Society of Australia. It was founded in 1954. The award trophy depicts an ear listening to a television tube, but strongly resembles a penguin, hence the ...

s for her role in ABC TV's coverage of the

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. She was the host of ''

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'' on ABC TV from 1998 to 2017. Since 2005, she has hosted the ''Extra'' and ''Saturday Extra'' programs on

. In November 2018, Doogue was inducted into the Australian Media Hall of Fame.

Personal life

Doogue was first married to Tim Blue and then to ABC executive

Ian Carroll Ian Robert Carroll (17 November 1946 – 19 August 2011) was a television executive, primarily at the Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). At the ABC, Carroll established many news and current affairs programs including ''Lateline'' and the ...

who died from pancreatic cancer on 19 August 2011. With Carroll she had two children and two stepchildren. Her elder daughter with Tim Blue, Eliza Harvey, is also an ABC journalist who is married to Adam Harvey, a son of journalist

Peter Harvey Peter Michael St Clair Harvey (16 September 19442 March 2013) was an Australian journalist and broadcaster. Harvey was a long-serving correspondent and contributor with the Nine Network from 1975 to 2013. Career Harvey studied his journalism c ...

Works

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Honours and awards

* Two Penguin Awards for excellence in broadcasting * United Nations Media Peace Prize * Churchill Fellowship for social and cultural reporting * Doctor of the University, University of Newcastle Australia, 2015. * Honorary degree,

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

, 2019

References

External links

Long Distance Call
at the Australian Women's Register

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