Peter Holland (born 1944) (also known as Austin HollandUniversity staff profile
at Edith Cowan University) is an Australian former broadcaster, interviewer and newsreader, who worked for the

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in radio and television news from 1966 to 1998 and then Channel Nine from 1998 to 2003. He then became a senior lecturer at the

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University (ECU) was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition. WAAPA (commonly pronounced "whopp-a") operates as a part of ECU, located at the ECU campus in ...

. In the 1984 federal election he unsuccessfully ran for the seat of Forrest for the

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. In 1995, he won the ''Western Australian Citizen Of The Year (community services)'' award. He won the '' Premier's Book Award'' in 1994 for an anthology of Western Australian writing. In 2003, in the midst of ''National Nine News national dominance in the ratings, Holland left his role with local television station

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and took up a full-time teaching post with

Edith Cowan University Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a public university in Western Australia. It is named in honour of the first woman to be elected to an Parliaments of the Australian states and territories, Australian parliament, Edith Cowan, and is the only Aust ...

, having been a part-time member of staff since 2001. Since 2005, he has been coordinator of the Graduate Diploma of Broadcasting course at the

at the

campus. Holland currently resides in the

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, where he has lived since 1972.

Works

* As Interviewer - in - ''Talking theatre''. (1993) Perth, W.A : PICA Press, . "This small volume consists of interviews first broadcast on the ABC Radio programme `Peter Holland's Sunday' April to August 1993 on 720 6WF" included: Bill Dunstone, Andrew Ross, Alan Becher, Angela Chaplin, Barry Moreland, Edgar Metcalfe, David Britton, David Hough, David Williams (journalist), Geoff Kelso and Ray Omodei. * As editor -(1993) ''Summer shorts : stories-poems-articles-images'', South Fremantle, W.A :

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. * As editor - with Barbara Holland (1994) ''Summer shorts : stories-poems-articles-images. 2'', South Fremantle, W.A : Fremantle Arts Centre Press. * With -

Liz Byrski Elizabeth Ann Byrski (born 1944 in London) is an Australian writer and journalist. Biography After graduating from Notre Dame Convent in Lingfield, Surrey, in 1960, Byrski furthered her education at the Crawley College of Further Education ( ...

. (1996) ''The grapevine : quick and tasty cookbook'' .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holland, Peter Australian television newsreaders and news presenters 1947 births Living people People from Perth, Western Australia Academic staff of Edith Cowan University