Jeremy Fernandez is an Australian journalist and television

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with the

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(ABC).

Career

Fernandez joined the

in 2000 working as a producer for

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. He has presented programs on Australia Network and has worked as a voice-over artist for

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. He has worked with

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in London, UK as a writer and a producer before joining ABC again in 2009, where he continues to work at the network's Sydney bureau. In December 2012, Fernandez replaced Felicity Davey as '' ABC News NSW'' weekend presenter. In early 2017, Jeremy hosted ''

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'' while regular hosts, Tony Jones and

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were on leave. In December 2017, ABC announced that Fernandez will present ABC's new late night bulletin, ''ABC Late News''. In May 2018, the ABC flew Fernandez and

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to host coverage of the

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. In August 2021, Jeremy guest hosted '' Media Watch'' after

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was injured from a bicycle accident.

Personal life

He was born in Malaysia and grew up there before his family migrated to Australia when he was 13. His father is an Associate Professor in journalism at Curtin University in Perth.

Racial abuse incident

In February 2013, Fernandez was racially abused by a female fellow passenger on a Sydney bus for about 15 minutes, while taking his two-year-old daughter to child care. One other passenger intervened, but was also the recipient of remarks by the abuser. Fernandez says that the woman's daughter had been physically abusing his daughter. Fernandez says that, after the woman and her children left the bus, other passengers offered him their names and contact details as witnesses to the incident. Fernandez later talked to the bus driver, who said he should have moved. Fernandez has described this incident as his "

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moment".ABC News anchor racially abused on bus
Lexi Metherell, ABC The World Today, 8 February 2013, accessed 10 February 2013

References

External links

– profile page, ABC {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez, Jeremy Living people ABC News (Australia) presenters Racism in Australia Malaysian emigrants to Australia Year of birth missing (living people)