Heath O'Loughlin is an Australian journalist. He has previously been a weekend sports presenter and reporter for '' Nine News'' Melbourne.

Career

At the end of 2006, O'Loughlin moved from the

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to the Nine Network to replace Leith Mulligan as weekend sport presenter, with Mulligan moving to Fox Sports News. O'Loughlin presented alongside news presenter

Jo Hall Jo Hall (born 25 June 1958) is a former Australian retired television presenter. Hall currently presents '' Nine News Regional Victoria'' and is a reporter for '' Nine News''. Career Hall began her career with a Melbourne newspaper cadetship, ...

and filled-in for the weeknight sports presenter Tony Jones. O'Loughlin previously worked for ''

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'' as a reporter. He started work with the

in production roles behind the scenes and after learning how the industry worked off-camera, O'Loughlin pursued a journalism cadetship with the newsroom. After completing his cadetship and six years of reporting general news for the network. As an athlete Heath was a member of the national volleyball team and was headed to the Olympics, but left the team to pursue his career in journalism. He plays basketball, Australian rules football and boxing. O'Loughlin finished at '' Nine News'' when his contract ended in November 2008. He was replaced by

Grant Hackett Grant George Hackett OAM (born 9 May 1980) is an Australian swimmer, most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to ...

. He subsequently worked for the North Melbourne Football Club.

References

External links

Heath O'Loughlin, Nine News
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