Heather Foord (born 1965) is an Australian television journalist. Foord was a news presenter for the

Nine Network The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...

in Brisbane for over 20 years, presenting the weekday edition of ''

Nine News Queensland ''Nine News Queensland'' is the flagship state-based news bulletin of the Nine Network in Brisbane. It is screened across Queensland on weeknights, while on weekends it is also screened on a half-hour delay in the Northern Territory. Like all '' ...

'' with

Bruce Paige Bruce Paige (born 10 November 1948) is a former newsreader in Brisbane, Australia. He previously presented '' Nine Gold Coast News'' alongside Eva Milic. He previously co-presented ''Nine News Queensland'' alongside Melissa Downes, having pair ...

between 1995–2001, and again between 2004–2008. She also presented the weekend news with Mike London between 2001–2004, and then solo between 2009–2011 before retiring from television news in June 2011.

Career

Foord attended

Brisbane State High School , motto_translation = Knowledge is Power , city = South Brisbane , state = Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Public, selective, co-educational, secondary, ...

for her secondary education. After graduating from the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

, Foord worked with ''Good Morning Australia'' at

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before joining '' Nine News'' as a reporter. She quickly made the transition to news reader, taking a weekend hosting position after 6 months. For a duration of three weeks in October 2007, Foord also presented the news bulletins for the

's ''

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'', an additional duty requiring her to fly between Sydney and Brisbane daily. While her daughters India, Grace, Riley and Maya were young, Heather returned to the weekend

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so she could spend more time with her family, but returned to the main desk in 2004 - a position she held until December 2008, when Foord announced her resignation from the news desk after 21 years.

Melissa Downes Melissa Downes (born 17 September 1973) is an Australian broadcast journalist. Downes is currently a co-presenter of ''Nine News Queensland'' alongside Andrew Lofthouse. Career Downes first worked with Seven Brisbane where she was a report ...

was named her successor in 2009, by which point the strong ratings for ''Nine News Queensland'' had worn off. Foord was announced as the host of Channel Nine Brisbane's Extra in January 2009 replacing

Jillian Whiting Jillian Whiting is an Australian television presenter. Whiting has previously been a presenter on '' Nine News Queensland.'' Early life Whiting was born in Mackay, Queensland on 12 July 1971, moving with her family to Brisbane after her paren ...

. Extra was axed in late June, and Foord moved back to '' Nine News'' in July as the weekend presenter. She remained in this role before stepping down permanently in June 2011; she was replaced by

Eva Milic Eva Milic (born 27 June 1978) is an Australian journalist who represented Australia at Miss World 2001. Milic is currently the presenter of '' Nine Gold Coast News''. Career Milic completed a Bachelor of Business degree in 2001 after graduatin ...

. Aside from working on with Channel Nine, Foord is an advocate supporting sufferers of

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ...

, a condition which affects her nephew.

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