Sue Kellaway (born ) is a New Zealand-Australian former television journalist and presenter. Kellaway worked in her native country, before coming to Australia, where she was the original hostess of breakfast news program, '' Good Morning Australia'', a format based on the American concept of ''

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'' opposite

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, and subsequently on the

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program ''

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'', opposite

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Biography

Early career

Kellaway was educated at

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and attended the

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, she trained as a nurse, before switching to modelling and singing. She then won

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pageant, before entering public relations and advertising.

Career in New Zealand

Kellaway started her career in journalism then in her native New Zealand on television as a reporter and presenter for

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Career in Australia

Kellaway visited Australia in 1980 on a vacation and realized there were not many women working as news anchors at the time. She was selected to host '' Good Morning Australia'', a new breakfast TV news program which was being launched on

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, and would follow a similar concept to the American morning show ''

In 1982, she moved to co-host the Nine Network's ''

'' program, another breakfast show, when it launched and she continued to co-host opposite

until 1985. She lives in the United Kingdom with her husband, New Zealand business executive Charles Bidwill, and has homes in Mexico and Portugal

References

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