Mark Ferguson (born 22 February 1966) is an Australian news presenter. Ferguson currently presents ''

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'' in

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on weeknights. He was previously a senior news presenter with '' Nine News Sydney'', presenting the weeknight news bulletin.

Career

After working with regional stations in

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and

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, Ferguson joined the

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in 1989 and reported for a number of ''

'' programs, including ''11AM'' and ''Hinch''. He moved to Sydney in 1991, before moving to the

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in 1992. At Nine he became London correspondent and reported from the UK on a number of major stories including the death of

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. In 1997, he returned to Sydney as a reporter and in 2001 became a presenter, initially on the ''National Nine Early News'' at 6 am, and later the ''National Nine Morning News'' at 11 am. In 2003, he became the weekend presenter of '' National Nine News Sydney'', occasionally filling in for Jim Waley on weeknights whenever required. He presented the flagship 6:00 pm weeknight news in Waley's absence in the final quarter of 2003 when he took leave to battle skin cancer, and during the 2004-05 non-ratings period, in which the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami disaster in south-east Asia occurred. His efforts during this coverage, which drew high ratings for Nine, saw him retain the main weeknight presenting role on a permanent basis, replacing Waley, under whom the bulletin had retained a comfortable ratings lead following the retirement of Brian Henderson in 2002. However, due to dwindling ratings at the

, Ferguson was replaced by Peter Overton in January 2009 and demoted back to his former weekend presenting role. In July 2009, it was revealed that Ferguson would move to ''

'' from October. Ferguson, who had been with Nine for 17 years, was removed immediately from the weekend bulletin, and was replaced by

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. He continued to present the news on '' This Afternoon'', and then on ''

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'' until September 2009. In September 2009, he signed off ''

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'' for the final time, after more than 17 years with the network. He then presented the weekend bulletin on '' Seven News Sydney'', replacing

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who took over from Ian Ross. Ferguson also presented '' Sunday Night'' while

was at the

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. In January 2014, Ferguson was appointed weeknight presenter for '' Seven News Sydney'' replacing

References

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