Jim Middleton is an Australian journalist and was a senior advisor to former South Australian Senator

Tim Storer Timothy Raphael Storer (born 24 October 1969) is a former Australian politician who served as a Senator for South Australia from February 2018 to June 2019. Following the disqualification of Skye Kakoschke-Moore during the parliamentary eligi ...

. Middleton graduated from the

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before joining the

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(ABC) in 1970. Middleton was involved in the transformation of radio station

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into the national

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brand, networked nationally around Australia. He served as the ABC's North America correspondent until 1988, when he became the ABC's chief political correspondent in

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. In 2008, Middleton left his political role in Canberra to join the

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, presenting ''Newsline'' and ''

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''. Middleton took a

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from the ABC following the closure of the Australia Network due to funding cuts signing off on 2 September 2014. Middleton joined

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a month later, beginning on 22 September 2014, as a reporter and foreign correspondent. In July 2016, he became presenter of new program '' Weekend Agenda''. Middleton departed Sky News in early 2018 to serve as a senior advisor to former Senator and family friend

. In 2022 Middleton became media advisor to the

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group.

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